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THE FLOE A 



10. SYiq'AN'DRA. Synandra. 



Calyx 4-cleft. Upper lips of corolla entire, vaulted, 

 the lower in 3 unequal, obtuse lobes. Throat widened. 

 Stamens ascending beneath the upper lip, tlie two up- 

 per anthers cohering. (Figs. 597, 90.) 



1 S. grandiflo'ra. Great-flowered S. Grows in woods, West. 

 6-8' high. Leaves opposite, ovate, cordate, toothed. Fls. 

 few, 1'' long, upper lip very large. June. 



11. PHYSOSTE'GIA. Lion's-heart 



P. Virginia'nii. Virginian L. Stem square, erect 2-3f., with 

 very smooth, sessile leaves in four rows, and a terminal, 

 4-rowed spike of large, showy, pnrplish-white flowers. 

 Aug., Sept. (Figs. 5S9-59L) 



Order XC. BOHKAGmACE.^. Borragev/orts. 



Fig. 59S. Borrage (Borrago officinalis). 9. The four nuts with the style sni calyx. Fig. 600. 

 One of the nuts cut open, showing the seed, embryo, &c. 1. Pnccoon {Lithospermum canes 

 cens). 2. Corolla laid open, showing the stamens. 8. Pistil of Comfrey, consisting of the deeply 

 4-lobed ovary with the slender style arising from between the lobes and near their base. 



Herbs., shrubs, or ti^ees, with round stems and branches ; 



leaves alternate, generally rough with stiff hairs ; stipules none ; 



