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ORDER LXXXV. BORAGINE.E. Juss. Lind. 



Calyx 5-divided, persistent. Carol hypogynous, monopeta- 

 lous, regular, 5-cleft ; aestivation imbricate. Stamens insert- 

 ed into the corol, alternate with its segments ; anthers erect. 

 Ovary 4-lobed, 4-celled ; ovules 4, each suspended from the 

 inner angle near the summit of the cell ; style simple, arising 

 from the base of the lobes of the ovary ; stigma simple or 

 bifid. Nuts 4, distinct. Seed separable from the pericarp, 

 destitute of albumen ; embryo with a superior radicle ; coty- 

 ledons plano-convex. 



Herbs or shrubs with round stems. Leaves alternate, sca- 

 brous, without stipules. 



1. LITHOSPERMUM. Linn. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corol funnel-form, small, 5-Iobed. Sta- 

 mens included. Nuts imperforate at base, shining, smooth or 

 rugose. Pentandria. Monogynia. 



1. L. arvense Linn. : stem erect, branched ; leaves sessile, linear- 

 lanceolate, rather acute, veinless, rough, hairy ; calyx a little shorter 

 than the corol ; segments spreading ; nuts rugose. 



HAB. Fields. N. S. April, May. 0. Plant hispid-pilose. 

 Flowers solitary, axillary, white. Calyx with the segments 

 thrice as long as the fruit. Introduced. Corn Gromwell. 



2. L. qfficinale Linn. : stem erect, much branched, covered with rigid 

 hairs ; leaves broad-lanceolate, acute, nerved, rough on the upper sur- 

 face, hairy on the lower ; tube of the corol as long as the calyx ; 

 nuts smooth. 



HAB. Fields. N. S. May. If Stem 12 feet high. Flowers 

 axillary, pale yellow. Nuts whitish-brown, highly polished. 

 Introduced. Common Gromwell. 



3. L. dentlculatum Lehrn. : stem erect ; leaves nerved, subglabrous, 

 acute ; margin scabrous, with minute teeth ; radical ones ovate ; those 

 on the stem oblong ; segments of the calyx denticulate on the margin. 

 Pulmonaria sibirica Pursh. App. 



HAB. New- York. June. If. MuhlStem 610 inches high. 

 Peduncles many-flowered. Corol purple. 



4. L. marit imum Lehm. : very smooth ; stem procumbent, branched; 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, fleshy, glaucous. Pulmonaria maritima Linn. 



HAB. Sea shore. New-Eng. Pursh. N. to Subarc. Amer. July. 

 Lf . Stem diffuse, much branched. Lower leaves on petioles, 

 and acute ; upper ones sessile. Flowers somewhat racemed, 

 purplish-blue ; tube short. Seaside GromwtlL 



