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Leaves rounded, cordate at the base, palmately 5-y-lobed, the lobes pointed and 

 unequally toothed, somewhat pubescent. Lower leaves long-petioled and very 

 broad, sometimes nearly i foot in diameter; upper leaves smaller and shorter- 

 petioled. Flowers in cymes, purplish or white. Calyx lobes linear-awl-shaped, 

 smoothish, sometimes with minute appendages in the sinuses. Corolla short- 

 campanulate. In woods. 



3. Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, Michx. (L., appendicula, a small appen- 

 dage.) APPENDAGED WATERLEAF. Rough and hairy biennial. Stems slender, 

 i to 2 feet long. Lower leaves long-petioled and pinnately incised or divided, the 

 lobes dentate or incised. Upper leaves smaller, rounded, palmately 5-lobed, the 

 lobes pointed and irregularly toothed. Calyx with a reflexed appendage in each 

 sinus. In damp woods. 



II. ELLI'SIA. 

 (Named for John Ellis, naturalist.) 



Slender branching annuals, with pinnately lobed or divided leaves 

 and small white or bluish flowers, solitary or racemed. Calyx spread- 

 ing, 5-lobed or parted, enlarging in fruit. Corolla campanulate or 

 cylindric, hardly, or not at all, exceeding the calyx ; 5 minute appen- 

 dages within the tube. Stamens included. Ovary i -celled; placentae 

 as in Hydrophyllum, each 2-4-ovuled. 



i. Ellisia Nyctelea, L. (Gr., nyktelios, nightly.) Somewhat hairy, 6 to 12 

 inches high. Leaves ovate-oblong in outline, the lobes mostly oblong and cut- 

 toothed. Corolla whitish. Peduncles opposite the leaves, i-flowered. In shady 

 and damp situations. 



BORAGINACE^. BORAGE FAMILY. 



Mostly rough, hairy herbs, but sometimes shrubs and trees, with 

 alternate, entire leaves and perfect flowers borne in cymes, racemes, 

 or spikes, which are often scorpioid. Calyx 5-lobed, cleft, or parted. 

 Corolla gamopetalous, mostly 5-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted on the 

 tube of the corolla and alternate with its lobes. Ovary superior, mostly 

 deeply 4-lobed. Style undivided or 2-cleft. Fruit appearing like 4 

 i -seeded nutlets. 



I. CYNOGLOSSUM. Hound's Tongue. 

 (Gr., kyon, dog; glossa, tongue.) 



Coarse herbs, with long-petioled basal leaves and mostly sessile 

 upper leaves. Flowers in panicled, somewhat scorpioid racemes. Calyx 

 5-parted. Corolla funnel-form, its tube about equaling the calyx, and 

 the throat closed by obtuse scales opposite the lobes. Stamens 

 included. Nutlets beset with short, barbed prickles. 



