106 BOTANY OF LA SALLE COUNTY. 



Order 71. HYDROPHYLLACEAE. Watershields. 

 HYDROPHYL LUM. P. Leaves long-petioled, 

 angled or lobed; Ju. to Aug. Woods. 



H. macrophyllum. Rough-hairy; leaves pinnately 

 9 to 15 lobed; lobes toothed; flowers in a globu- 

 lar cluster; calyx very hairy, pale P. 



H. Virgiiiicum. Leaf lobes 5 to 7 peduncles longer 

 than petioles, 1 to 2 ft. Ju. 



H. Canadense. Smooth; leaves palmately 5 to 7 

 lobed; flowers nearly W. on short pedicels. 



H. appendicula turn. Lowest leaves pinnately 

 lobed, of the stem palmately 5 lobed; flowers in 

 loose clusters. 



ELLISIA. A. Leaves lobed, lower opposite; flow- 

 ers whitish. 



B. Nyctelea. Hairy; leaves 7 to 13 lobed; peduncles 



in the forks or opposite the leaves, 1 flowered. 

 Calyx enlarges in fruit. 6 to 12 in. Woods. 

 Order 72, BORRAGINA CEA. Borages. 



Roug'h, hairy plants; leaves alternate, entire; 

 calyx 5 parted; corolla 5 lobed; fruit 4 seed-like 

 nutlets. 



CYNOGLOSSUM. B. Lower leaves petioled; fruit 

 a bur-like nut. 



C. officinale. Common Hound's Tongue. Upper 

 leaves sessile; flowers R. P. small, many in a 

 spike-like panicle. 



ECHINOSPER MUM. Stickseed. Beggarticks. Beg- 

 gar-lice. 



R. Virginicum. Branched, leaves of stem long- 

 lanceolate, tapering to both ends, fruit a small, 

 bur-like seed; flowers very small, B. Woods. 

 MERTENSIA. Lungwart. smooth, leaves large, 



light G. 



M. Virginica. P. Virginia Cowslip. Bluebells. 

 Leaves obovate veiny, of the root long-petioled; 



