BORAGE FAMILY. Boraginaceae. 



There are many kinds of Heliotrope, widely distributed 

 in temperate and tropical regions; ours have small, white 

 or blue flowers, in coiled spikes; the corolla salver-form or 

 funnel-form, without crests or hairs; the stamens not 

 protruding, the filaments short or none, the anthers some- 

 times joined by their pointed tips; the ovary not four- 

 lobed, but sometimes grooved, with a short style, the 

 stigma cone-shaped or round. 



This is not a pretty plant and is rather 

 insi g nificant because of its dull coloring. 

 Pusley It forms low, branching, straggling clumps, 



Heliotrbpium with thickish stems and leaves, which 

 Curass&vicum are succulent and perfectly smooth, with a 



Sutmer, autumn <<bloom >" and the flowers are small > the 

 Cal., Oreg., etc. corolla white or pale lilac, with a yellow 



"eye" which changes to purple, forming 

 crowded coiled spikes, mostly in pairs, without bracts. 

 The fruit consists of four nutlets. This is widely dis- 

 tributed, in moist, salty or alkaline places, growing also 

 in the East and in South America and the Old World. 



There are several kinds of Oreocarya, natives of western 

 North America and Mexico, coarse, hairy, perennial or 

 biennial herbs, with thick woody roots; the leaves narrow, 

 alternate or from the root; the flowers small, mostly white, 

 in clusters, with a funnel-form or salver-form corolla, usually 

 with crests and folds in the throat; the stamens not pro- 

 truding; the style usually short. The name is from the 

 Greek, meaning "mountain-nut," which does not seem 

 very appropriate. 

 Oreoca a ^ ra/ t ner P r etty plant, about six inches 



Oreocarya tall, not rough and harsh like most kinds 



multicaulis of Oreocarya, for the pale grayish-green 



White stem and leaves are covered with white 



Ariz^Utah etc down. The flowers are quite pretty, about 



three-eighths of an inch across, with 

 white corollas, with yellow crests in the throat. This is 

 found as far east as southern Colorado and New Mexico. 

 0. setosissima is quite tall, growing in the Grand Canyon, 

 and has a large cluster of small white flowers and is harsh 

 and hairy all over, covered with such long stiff white 

 hairs as to make it conspicuous and very unpleasant to 

 touch. 



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