SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



Class V. Pentandria. — 5 Stamens. 



Order 1. Monoqynia. — 1 Pistil. 



* Perianth double, inferior. Corolla monopetalous. Ovarium of 

 four lobes. Style simple in the middle. Fruit four nuts, 

 (apparently naked). J^at. Ord. Boragin^ece, Juss. (A^- 

 perifolia, Linn. ) 



f Corolla naked at the orifice. 



1. E'cHiUM, [Page 220.] Corolla with a short tube, irregular, 



the limb campanulate, obliquely five lobed, the two upper 

 largest, the lower acute and reflexed. Stigma deeply 

 cloven. JVm/5 covered with little tubercles. 



2. PuLMONA'RiA, [Page 221.] Calyx campanulate, with five 



angles, five-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, five lobed. 

 Stigma obtuse. 



3. Lithosper'mum, [Page 223.] Calyx in five deep segments. 



Corolla funnel-shaped, five lobed. Stigma obtuse, bifid. 

 J^uts smooth, or wrinkled. 



f f Corolla toith scales or valves at the orifice. 



4. Sympht'tum, [Page 226.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla cylin- 



drical, swollen upwards, limb with five short round lobes, 

 its orifice closed with subulate connivent scales. 



5. Bora'go, [Page 228.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla wheel- 



shaped, the limb of five mostly spreading segments, the 

 orifice of the tube closed with five obtuse emarginate 

 scales. 



6. Lycop'sis, [Page 229.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla funnel- 



shaped, the limb of five lobes, the tube curved, its orijice 

 clothed with five convex connivent scales. 



7. Anchu'sa, [Page 230.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla funnel- 



shaped, the limb of five lobes, the tube straight, its orifice 

 closed with five convex connivent scales. 



8. Myoso'tis, [Page 231.] Calyx five-cleft. Corolla salver- 



shaped, the limb of five flat obtuse lobes, tube short, its 

 orifice nearly closed with smooth rounded scales. Nuts 

 smooth. 



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