VLASS v.— PENTANDEIA 



Order 1. — Monogynia. 



f Flower monopetalous, inferior; seeds 4, naked, 



ASPLRIIOLI-E. 



168. RELIOTKOPiUM. L. (Turnsol.) 



Calix tubiilous, 5 toothed. Corolla salver- 

 sLaped, 5-clelt, with 5 inteimediate teeth or 

 plaits; orifice of the tube naked. Stigma emar- 

 ginate. 



spikes recurved, flowers inclined to one side. 



Species. 1. //. indicum. Apparently native, in the 

 warnrier siates. 2. cicrassavicum. 3. europienm? Around 

 Harper's Ferry, (Viri^in-a.) On the banks ot" the Stienan- 

 doah. Flowers w lute. Leaves hoary. This genus exists 

 principally in the warmer parts of" South America, (Peru 

 and the West Indies) and Jnd a, there are also some spe- 

 cies in Africa, a, id 2 in Europe. A few oi the species are 

 ornamental and odorous. 



169. MYOSOTIS. L. (Scorpion-grass.) 



Calix 5-clert. Corolla saiver-formed, tube 

 sliort, border flat, 5-lobed, lobes subemarginate; 

 orifice closed wiih 5 convex, connivent, squa- 

 mnlre (or small scales.) Stigma 1. Seed sinooih 

 or scabrous. 



Flowers mcs'ly disposed in terminal one sided spikes. 



Species. 1. J\f. scorpioides. 2. arvensls. 3. virginiana. 

 4. Lappula. 5. *gIome)'ata. Seeds rugose; leaves spathu- 

 late-hnear, on the stem rather acute, hu'su'e; spikes pe- 

 dunculate, axillary, cong-lomerate, bihd, sessile above; ca- 

 lix extremely hispid; lobes of the corolla entire. 



