686 



BORAGINACEAE (BORAGE FAMILY) 



corolla scarcely longer than the calyx. Sandy fields and road- 

 sides, Me. to Ont., Kan., and south w. May- Aug. (Nat. from 

 Eu.) FIG. 871. 



2. EULITHOSP^RMUM DC. Nutlets 

 smooth and shining, white like ivory ; 

 corolla greenish-white or pale yellow, 

 small, with 5 distinct pubescent crests 

 in the throat ; perennial. 



872. L. officinale. 



2. L. OFFICINA.LE L. (COMMON G.) 

 Much branched above, erect, 0.3-1 m. 

 high ; leaves thinnish, broadly lanceolate, 



871. L. arvense. acute, with a few distinct veins, rough 

 above, soft-pubescent beneath ; corolla 

 exceeding the calyx. Roadsides and pastures, e. Que. to 

 Minn, and N. J. (Nat. from p]u.) FIG. 872. 



3. L. latifblium Michx. Stem loosely branched, erect, 5-9 

 dm. high, rough ; leaves ovate and ovate-lanceolate, mostly 

 taper-pointed (even the floral ones 3-9 cm. long), ribbed-veined, 

 roughish above, finely soft-pubescent beneath, the basal leaves 

 large and rounded ; corolla shorter than the calyx. Open 

 ground and borders of woods, w. Que. and N. Y. to Minn., 

 s. to Va. and Ark. FIG. 873. 



3. BATSCHIA (G. F. Gmel.) Endl. Nutlets white, smooth 

 and shining ; corolla large, salver-form or nearly so, deep 

 orange-yellow, somewhat pubescent, the tube much exceed- 

 ing the calyx, and the throat appendaged; roots perennial, 

 and deep, yielding a red dye. 



* Corolla-tube one half to twice longer than the calyx, not much 

 longer than the ample limb, the lobes entire; appendages 

 little if at all projecting. 

 873. L. latifoiium. 4 L Gmelini (Michx.) Hitchc. Hispid with bristly hairs, 



2-8 dm. high ; stem-leaves lanceolate or linear, those of the 

 flowering branches ovate-oblong, bristly-ciliate ; corolla 

 woolly-bearded at the base inside, the limb 1.5-2.5 cm. 

 broad ; flowers distinctly peduncled, crowded, showy ; 

 fruiting calyx 1 cm. or more long, 3-4 times longer 

 than the nutlets. {L. hirtum Lehm.) Pine barrens, 

 etc., N. Y. to Minn., south w. and westw. Apr.-June. 



5. L. canSscens (Michx.) Lehm. (PuccooN.) 

 Softly hairy and more or less hoary, 2-5 dm. high ; 

 leaves obtuse, linear-oblong, or the upper ovate-oblong, 

 more or less downy beneath and roughish with close 

 appressed hairs above ; flowers sessile ; corolla naked 

 at the base within ; fruiting calyx 6-8 mm. long, barely 

 twice the length of the nutlets. Plains and open 

 woods, in sandy soil, Ont. to N. J., Va., Ala., and 



westw. Apr., May. FiG. 874. 874. L. canescens. 



* * Corolla-tube in well developed flowers 2-4 times the length of the calyx and 

 of its erose-toothed lobes, and the appendages conspicuous and arching; 

 later flowers small, cleistogamous. 



6. L. angustifblium Michx. Erect or diffusely branched from the base, 1-5 

 dm. high, minutely rough-strigose and hoary ; leaves linear ; flowers pediceled, 

 leafy-bracted, of two sorts; the earlier large and showy (corolla-tube 1.5-3.5 

 cm. long), the later and those of more diffusely branching plants with incon- 

 spicuous or small and pale corollas, without crests, and the pedicels commonly 

 recurved in fruit ; nutlets usually punctate. (L. linearifolium Goldie. ) Dry 



