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rounded scales in tlie throat. Filaments of stam. short. 

 Nuts tubercled, compressed, attached by their narrow side, 

 covered by the compressed calyx. 



[2. EcHiNospEEMTiM. CaJ. in 5 deep segments. Cor. salver- 

 shaped with rounded scales in the throat. Stam. subsessile. 

 Nuts triqtmt7-ous with mtcricate margins, attached throughout 

 their inner edge.] 



3. Oynorlossum. Col. 5-cleft. Cor. funnelshaped, the 

 mouth closed with prominent blunt scales. Filaments very 

 short. Nuts roundish-ovate, depressed, muricate, attached 

 by the upper part of their inner edge. 



Tr. II. ANCHTJSEJE. Nuts 4, on an hypogynous disk, with 

 an excavated space surrounded by a tumid ring at their 

 base. 



4. BoKAGO. Cal. in 6 deep segments. Cor. rotate; tube 

 very short; throat vsdth short erect emarginate scales. 

 Stam. exsmied ; filaments bifid, the inner fork bearing the 

 anther ; anthers linear-lanceolate, connivent in the form 

 of a cone. 



5. AifCHtrsA. Cal. 5-fid. Cor. funnelshaped with a straight 

 tube ; throat closed by prominent blunt scales. Stam. in- 

 cluded, subsessile. Nuts depressed. 



6. Ltcopsis. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Tube of the cor. 

 curved ; limb oblique. Otherwise Hke Anchusa. 



7. Symphytum. Cal. 5-cleft or 5-parted. Cor. cylindrieal- 

 bellshaped, throat closed hy a prominent cone of connivent 

 lanceolate-swbidate scales. Stam. exserted from the tube but 

 covered by the scales ; iilaments short. Nuts ovate. 



Tr. ni. LITEOSPERMEJ]:. Nuts 4, affixed to an hypogy- 

 nous disk, their base not excavated but attached by a flat 

 or rather convex sm-face. 



8. EcHiuM. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. sub^bellshaped ; 

 throat dilated, naked ; limb irregular. Stam. exserted ; ^la- 

 ments very long, unequal. Style bifid. Nuts wrinkled, at- 

 tached by a flat triangular base. 



9. PtTLMONARiA. Cal. tubular, 5-fld. Cor. funnelshaped, its 

 throat naked. Stam. included in the tube ; JUaments very 

 short. Style simple. Nuts smooth, attached by their trun- 

 cate base which has a central tubercle. 



10. Mertensia. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. bellshaped, 

 with a short thick cylindrical tube with 5 minute protu- 



