SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



CLASS V. PENTANDRIA. 5 Stamens. 



ORDER 1. MONOGYNIA. 1 Pistil. 



Perianth double, inferior. Corolla monopetalous. Ovarium of 

 four lobes. Style simple in the middle. Fruit four nuts, 

 (apparently naked). Nat. Ord. Boragin'ece, Juss. (Jh- 

 perifolia, Linn.) 



f Corolla naked at the orifice. 



1. E'CHIUM, [Page 220.] Corolla wi* a short tube, irregular, 



the limb campanulate, obliquely five lobed, the two upper 

 largest, the lower acute and reflexed. Stigma deeply 

 cloven. Nuts covered with little tubercles. 



2. PULMONA'RIA, [Page 221.] Calyx campanulate, with five 



angles, five-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, five lobed. 

 Stigma obtuse. 



3. LITHOSPER'MUM, [Page 223.] Calyx in five deep segments. 



Corolla funnel-shaped, five lobed. Stigma obtuse, bifid. 

 Nuts smooth, or wrinkled. 



ft Corolla with scales or valves at the orifice. 



4. SYMPHY'TUM, [Page 226.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla cylin- 



drical, swollen upwards, limb with five short round lobes, 

 its orifice closed with subulate connivent scales. 



5. BORA'GO, [Page 228.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla wheel- 



shaped, the limb of five mostly spreading segments, the 

 orifice of the tube closed with five obtuse emarginate 

 scales. 



6. LYCOP'SIS, [Page 229.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla funnel- 



shaped, the limb of five lobes, the tube curved, its orifice 

 clothed with five convex connivent scales. 



7. ANCHU'SA, [Page 230.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla funnel- 



shaped, the limb of five lobes, the tube straight, its orifice 

 closed with five convex connivent scales. 



8. MYOSO'TIS, [Page 231.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla salver- 



shaped, the limb of five flat obtuse lobes, tube short, its 

 orifice nearly closed with smooth rounded scales. Nuts 

 smooth. 



e 



