292 54. BORAGIXACEJE. 



rounded scales in the throat. Filaments of stani. short. 

 Outlets tubercled, compressed, attached by their narrow side, 

 covered by the compressed calyx. 



2. CYNOGLOSSUM, Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. funnelshaped, the 

 mouth closed with prominent blunt scales. Filaments very 

 short. Nutlets roundish-ovate^ depressed, muricate, attached 

 by the upper part of their inner edge. 



Tr. II. ANCHUSEJE. Nutlets 4, on an hypo-ynous disk, 

 with an excavated space surrounded by a tumid ring at their 

 base. 



3. BORAGO. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. rotate ; tube 

 very short ; throat with short erect emarginate scales. 

 Stam. exserted; filaments bifid, the inner fork bearing the 

 anther: anthers linear-lanceolate, connivent in the form of 

 a cone. 



4. ANCHUSA. Cal. o-fid. Cor. funnelshaped with a straight 

 tube ; throat closed by prominent blunt scales. Stam. in- 

 cluded, subsessile. Nutlets depressed. 



5. LYCOPSIS. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Tube of the cor. 

 curved ; limb oblique. Otherwise like Anchusa. 



6. SYMPHYTTJM. Cal. 5-cleft or 5-parted. Cor. cylindrical- 

 bellshaped, throat closed by a prominent cone of connivent 

 lanceolate-subulate scales. Stam. exserted from the tube but 

 covered by the scales ; filaments short. Nutlets ovate. 



Tr. III. LITHOSPERME&. Nutlets 4, affixed to an hy- 

 pogynous disk, their base not excavated but attached by a 

 fiat or rather convex suface. 



7. ECHIUM. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. siib-bellsJiaped : 

 throat dilated ', naked ; limb irregular. Stam. exseried ; fila- 

 ments very long, unequal. Style bifid. Nutlets wrinkled, 

 attached by a flat triangular base. 



8. PULMONARIA. Cal. tubular, 5-fid. Cor. funnelshaped, its 

 throat naked. Stam. included in the tube ; filaments very 

 short. Style simple. Nutlets smooth, attached by their 

 truncate base, which has a central tubercle. 



9. PNEUMARIA. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. bellshaped, 

 with a short thick cylindrical tube with 5 minute protu- 

 berances in its throat, Stam. protruded beyond, the throat ; 



