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1, T. Canaden’se, L. Herbaceous, erect, wt PO ubescent ; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, ‘serrate, rounded at sd on short petioles. 
CanaDian Teucrtum. Wood Sage. Germander. 
Root peren: Stem 1-2 or 3 feet high, simple or sparingly ey square with 
the sides, cane and the angles obtuse, clothed with a retrorse cinereous pubescence, 
_ Leaves 3 5 inches long, on one fourth to three fou Gimat werinch in lan ng A 
2~3-flowered, mostly crowded, sometimes a little distant, in a ~5 or 6 inches in 
length (often an opposite pair of racemes from the axils of the first leaves be 
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urple, minutely pubescent ; en potas bajar: a central fissure on the a 
3 b ect 
side—the uy 
concave. Style longer than the s Geeeue. oe aed. seal bifid at 
Fence rows and low shaded grounds : ares, 0% the United States. Fi. July. Fr. 
August —-September. 
. This plant is frequently to be seen in low grounds, along streams, 
- and sometimes a sco 9 cat ei of teh ; it has not be- 
come generally kno an intrusive weed. observi , how- 
4 r, has thors 9 ero to ie e specimens of it eaiaten) in his 
| fields. e, he assured me, he Yitind it a very "tromblesaiaes weed—~and 
spaveover: nexieoaiely difficult hg ee I have, therefore, 
it proper to describe the it and commend it to further notice,—so 
j that its true character may be ject inly determined, before its i 
{ Since the lagi ( 
become very troublesome on some farms in n Pennsylvania. 
Orpver L, BORRAGINA’CE. (Borace Famty.) 
Mostly rough hairy herbs with r sl fac —— simple leaves without stipules and 
flowers in often Tetien Sas mes ich are spiral Sep geno before expansion. 
Calyx + ear < the vim 5-toothed, with 5 stamens inserted on its 
tube. Ovary deeply cieet a style proceeding from the base of the lobes, which in 
fruit —— é little nuts or hard akenes, each with a single seed without albumen. Herbage 
not ar 
Ap Order for the most part of rough homely pent some of them very obnoxious w 
A few are slightly medicinal. The Alkanet pa e (a red coloring scott is ae. 
ed by a plant of this Order, viz.: Anchusa norncing L. Several — ve showy 
flowers, and some of the Helictropiums are Sates for their 
* Akenes or lobes erect, fixed by the lower end, separate from the sazie; not prickly. 
Corolla apres irregular, throat ree and open. 
The rather unequal stamens protruding. 1, Ecnivm, an 
Corolla re: 
4 Its throat closed by 5 converging scales 2. SYMPHYTOM. 
4 Its throat open, with 5 hwnd or eee evident projections ; tied See ae 
q spreading, round, im age in the bud, white. 3. LITHOSPERMUM, 
° **Akenes or lobes prickly, fix + eir side or Bae gel end to the een ts 
‘ le. Sirota, salver-shaped with 5 scales in the 2 
a 
Akenes erect rickly on the margins onl 
Fowari asl eg 5 gia ieee 4. Equrnosrermum. 
Akenes ania or flattened from above or oo, ae 
over. . ¢ 5. CynoGnossrm. 
1. E’CHIUM, eae ig £ Virsn’s-BuaLoss. 
(Greek, Echis, i E 3 $ he ay 
