530 



BORRAGINE^. (BORAGE FAMILY.) 



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

 toothed), a regidarly ^-lohed corolla (in Echium^ JEchiochilooi, 

 and some AnchuscB irregularly o-lohed, and in Cordia 6-8- 

 jparted)^ stamens tcsually 5, nserted on the corolla^ alternat- 

 ing with its loles^ and a single style — Stamens rarely 4 

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

 2-celled, or four, 1-celled 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. 351. 



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

 corolla, and the scorpioid inflorescence, and undivided leaves. (J) 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 throat of the corolla, (c) 

 The 4-lobed pistil, from the middle of the cells of which arises tha st}ie. {d) Three lobes 

 of the calyx, with two akenes out of the four in situ, (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. CORDIEJE, Ovary single with terminal style. Fn^it a green drupe. 

 Seeds 4, exalbuminous. 



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



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

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

 Herbs or shrubs. 



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



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

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

 Seeds exalbuminous — Herbs or shrubs. 



