SECT. II 



PHANEROGAMIA 



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are covered with coarse hairs (Asperi- 

 foliaceae). Inflorescence ahvaj^s cincin- 

 nal C^). Flowers actiuomorjihic or zygo- 

 niorphic. Petals frequently provided 

 with scales standing in the throat of the 

 corolla. Ovary alwa3-s bilocular but 

 divided by false septa into four one-seeded 

 nutlets. The style springs from the midst 

 of the four-lobed ovary. Ovules pendu- 

 lous. Fruit, a schizocarp, separating into 

 four portions (Figs. 690, 691). Family 

 distributed in the temperate and tropical 

 zones ; especially abundant in the Medi- 

 terranean region. 



Genera. — Symj^hytum (Comfrey), 

 BorcKjo (Borage), Anchusa (Alkanet), 

 Echuim (Bugloss), Myosolis (Forget-me- 

 not), are among the commonest and most 

 conspicuous herbaceous plants of our 

 flora ; all have entire, alternate leaves, 

 covered with harsh hairs and relatively 

 large flowers of a lighter or darker bhie, 

 groujied in complicated inflorescences. In 

 Echium, and especially in Puhnonaria 

 officinalis, which flowers in spring, the 

 colour of the corolla changes from red to a 



I u c 



Fig. 003. — Galeopsis ochroleiica. a, Flower ; b, the 

 same with calyx removed ; c corolla ?nt open, 

 showing stamens and style ; d, calyx and 

 gynaeceum ; e, fruit. (", b, nat. size ; c, d, 

 e X -2.) 



Fig. 604. — Lavandula veia (i nat. size). 

 Official. 



