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POPULAR FLOUA. 



Lobes of the sal ver-sli aped or funnel-shaped corolla spreadh)g, rounded. 



Each with one edge outside and one inside in tlie bud : corolla very 



short, {Mijosotis) Scorpion-Grass or Foiiget-me-not, 



Two lobes covering the others in the bud. 



Corolla short, white or whitish, funnel-shaped, {Lithospirmum) Ghomwki.u 



Corolla long, orange-j'ellow, salver-shajjed, {LWwspermum, § Batsclda) Puccoon. 

 Akenes or lobes of the ovary prickly, fixed by their side or upper end to tlie base oC tlic 



style. Corolla salver-shajied, with 5 scales in the throat. 

 Erect, prickly on the margins only. Flowers small, (Echinospermum) Sticksked. 



Oblique or flattened from above, short-prickly or rough all over, ( Cynor/lossum) Hound"s-to.n<;i;]:. 



* * Ovary not lobed, but splitting when ripe into 4 akenes : corolla short, {Ildiotrbpium) *nELioTi;orK. 



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452 



453 



452. Flower of Virg-inia Waterleaf. 453. Corolla laid open, and stamens, 

 454. Calyx and young pod, with the style. 



65. WATERLEAP FAMILY. Order HYDKOrHYLLACETE. 



Herbs with lobed, compound, or toothed and mostly alternate leaves ; the regular flowers 

 much like those of the Borrage Family, e.\cept as to the ovary, which is globular and only 



one-celled and bears the 

 few or many ovules and 

 seeds on the walls (pari- 

 etal), or on two projections 

 from them. In Waterleaf, 

 Nemophila, &c., tlie two 

 placentas, bearing the few 

 seeds, broaden and make 

 a kind of lining to the 

 pod. Corolla bell :haped 

 or wheel-shaped ; its lobes and the stamens always 5. Style 2-cleft above. The Water- 

 leaf furnishes our principal plants of the family that are common wild. But some Ne- 

 mophilas and Phacelias, from Texas and California, are showy garden annuals. 



Leaves opposite, at least the lower ones. Stamens not projecting beyond the corolla. 



Calyx without appendages or teeth between tlie divisions, large in fruit, {Ellisia) Ellisia. 



Calyx with 5 reflexed teeth between the divisions, (Nemdphila) *NEMorniLA. 



Leaves alternate: appendages of the calyx none or minute: stamens long. 



Jlostly annuals: seeds on the walls of the pod, or two narrow placentas, (Phacelia) Phacelia. 

 Perennials, with scaly-toothed rootstocks. Seeds 1 to 4, enclosed in a membrane 

 which lines the pod. Flowers white or bluish, clustered: filaments 

 bearded below, (njdivphi/llum) Waterleaf. 



Waterleaf. Ilydrophylluin. 



1. Virginia W. Smoothish, 1° or 2° high ; leaves pinnately divided into 5 or 7 narrow and tootheO 



or cleft lobes ; calj'x hairy. Rich woods. II. Mrginicunu 



2. Canada W. Smoothish ; leaves rounded, palmately lobed, longer than the peduncle ; calyx 



smooth. Eich woods. H. Cana(Lnse. 



