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BOKRAGINE^. (BORAGE FAMILY.) 



cleft or -jyarted calyx (in Cordia sometimes irregularly 3-8- 

 toothed), a regularly b-lohed corolla (in Echium^ Echiochilon, 

 and some Anchusce irregularly odohed, and in Cordia 6-8- 

 jparted), stamens usually 5, . nserted on the corolla, alternat- 

 ing with its lohes, and a single style — Stamens rarely 4 

 sterile and 1 fertile. Pistil composed of one, l-celled, two, 

 2-celled, or four, 1-eelled ovaries, each 1 -seeded. Style ter- 

 minal or basilar, arising from middle of cells. Fi'uit a 

 green drupe, or twin, 2-celled pyrenes, or quadruple, 1-celled 

 nutlets. Seeds with or without albumen. Inflorescence 

 usually in a scorpioid cyme or raceme. 



Fig. 251. 



(a) Flowering stem of Myosotis, showing the 5-fid calyx, the 5-lobed, gamopetalous 

 corolla, and the scorpioid inflorescence, and undivided leaves. (&) The corolla laid open, 

 showing the stamens alternating with the corolla-lobes, and inserted into the corolla tube,- 

 and between them the scales which constitute the crown at the threat of the corolla, (c) 

 The 4-lobed pistil, from the middle of the cells of which arises tha style, (d) Three lobes 

 of the calyx, with two akenes out of the four in sitti. (e) One of the akenes cut lengthwise. 

 (/) A raceme of Symphytum. (^) The corolla laid open, showing the stamens and inter- 

 vening scales of the crown. 



Tribe I, COKDIE-SE. Ovary single with terminal style. Fruit a green drupe. 

 Seeds 4, exalbuminous. 



1. OOEDIA. Glabrous or scabrous trees, the fruit used in making bird-lime. 



Tribe II. HEIilOTROPE^. Ovary single, with terminal style and 4 sutures. 

 Fruit (in f'urs) dry, separating into 2 pyrenes or 4 nutlets. Seeds sparingly albuminous — 

 Herbs or shrubs. 



2. HELIOTROPITJM. Stigma surrounded at base by a fleshy ring. 



Tribe III. BORRACE^. Ovary consisting of two, 2-parted, rarely 2-celled 

 carpels. Style arising from base, between carpels. Nutlets four, 1-celled, or two, 2-celled. 

 Seeds exalbuminous — Herbs or shrubs. 



