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rOrULAH FLORA. 



Loben of tlio snlvcr-shnpod or funnel-iilin]ieil corolla fiprcnding, rounded. 

 Kaclj with ono odgo outside and one inside in the luid : corolla very 



short, {s}fiii>tioliii) ScourioN-CtUAisH or FoHOF.T-ME-NOT. 



Two lobcji covering the others in the hud, 



( Corolla Hhort, white or whitisli. funnelRlif>i>ed, {Lit.'i"i*/wnnmii) GlioMWKLt,. 

 Corolla lonj?, orange-yellow, Halver-shaped, {LithoufwriinDii, Ji /idt.irliia) PltC(K).N, 

 A kenea or lobes of the ovary prickly, fixed by their sidi; or upper end t() the base of the 

 style. Corolla salver-shai)ed, with 5 8c;iks in the tliroat, 

 Krect, prickly on the margins only. Flowers small, {F!chinoii}Hrmnm) Stickskki\ 



Ohlicpio or flattened from above, sliort-i>ricklyor rouj;li all over. {f'lntmildxSHm) Hounij'h-toN(;i;e. 

 * * Ovary r.ot lobed, but splitting when ripe into 4 ukenos : corolla short, 



{Ifeliotrupium) *Hkljotrope. 



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6d. WATERLEAP FAMILY. Onl.r HYDUOPIIYLLACE.I^. 



Horb.^swith l(>l)e(], ooiuixunul, (tr l«»ot]KMl aii<l mostly alteitiato leaves ; the rci^'ular flowers 

 mucli like tho.se of the Bonuge ianiily, except as to the o\ai y, which is^lolmlarand (»nly 



[-•■filed and hcais the 

 lew Of many ovules and 

 seeds on the walls (|t;ui- 

 etal), or on two jnojections 

 from them. In Waterleaf, 

 Xemophila, &<■., the two 

 ])lacentas, hearinj^' the few 

 seeds, hroaden and make 

 a kind of lining; to the 

 ])od. Corolla l>ell-shaiie<l 

 or wheel-shaped ; its lohos and the stamens always 5. Style 2-('le!ta'>ove. The Water- 

 leaf furnishes our ])rin(ipal ]»lants of the family that are (on nion wild. But .some 

 Neniophilas and lMia<elias, from Tex:vs and California, are .showy j^aiden annuals. 



I.e;ives <))H)osife, at least the lower one.s. Slanieim not j'^ojeoting Iteyond the corolbi. 



(\ilyx without appemhi^'es or teeth between tlie divisions, large in fruit, (f-^llisia) Em.ISIA. 

 Caly.\ with 5 reflexed teeth between the divisions, {Xeiuophilu) *Nkmophila. 



Leiives alternate: ajijiendaires of the cal\ x none or minute : stamens long. 



Mostly annuals ; seeds on the walls of the pod. or two narrow placentas, (Pliarilia) PH.VCEI.IA. 

 Peieimi;ils, with scaly-toot hetl lootstocks. Seeds i to 4, enclosed in a numhiane 

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

 below, {Hinlroph^llidit) Wateiu.EAE. 



Waterleaf. IbidronhijUum. 



1. YrnoiNlA W. Smoothish, 1° or 2" high ; leaves pinnately divided into 5 or 7 narrow and t'.,t . 



or clef t lobes ; calyx hairy. Rieh woods. H. ] in/in 1 



2, Canada W. Smoothish ; leaves rounded, palmately lobcd, longer than the peduncle ; e:i!_\ \ 



smooth. Ilich woods. H. Canadcube, 



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45'1 Flower of VlrKliiii* Watnrlo.af. \'X enroHii l:il(1 hihmi, and fctametm. 

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