246 54. BOEAGIKACE^. 



Cal. fleshy, usually tipped with red ; sep. lanceolate, about as 

 long as their tube, adpressed. Anth. apiculate. Scales narrow ; 

 connecting membrane not adpressed, forming cuplike spaces 

 between itself and the corolla. — Parasitical upon Clover chiefly. 

 A. Vn.— IX. aover-Bodder. E. 



l_C. approx'itnata (Bab.); like Sp. 2 but scales divided by 

 acute spaces and truncate, was found on Bockhara Clover. 

 A. N. H. xvi. t. i. ; and C. hassiaca (Pfeiff".) ; Jl. stalked, cor. -tube 

 bellshaped closed with converging scales, stig. capitate, Helio- 

 trope-scented, on Lucerne. Both introduced. A. VIII. IX.] 



Order LIV. BOEAGINACE^. 



Fl. mostly in soorpioidal cymes, symmetrical. Cal. inferior, 

 5-parted, persistent. Cor. hypogynous, usually regular. Stam. 

 5, inserted on the corolla. Ovary of two 2-parted carp., with 

 each lobe 1-seeded ; ovules pendulous. Style simple, from near 

 the base between the lobes of the ovary. Fr. separating in 4 

 nutlets or 2 bilooular portions. Seeds without albumen. — L. 

 alternate. — Stip. 0. 



Tribe I. CTN0GL0S8EJE. Nutlets 4, on the persistent base 

 of the style. — Stam. included. 



1. AsPEBUGO. Cal. 5-cleft with alternate smaller teeth, 

 enlarged and cornpressed in fruit. Cor. funuelshaped with 

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

 Nutlets tuhercled, compressed, attached by their narrow side, 

 covered by the compressed calyx. 



2. Cynoglossum. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. funuelshaped, the 

 mouth closed with prominent blunt scales. Filaments very 

 short. Nutlets rmmdish-ovate, depressed, muricate, attached 

 by the upper part of their inner edge. 



Tr. II._ ANCHUSEAi. Nutlets 4, on an hypogynous disk, 

 with an excavated space surrounded by a tumid ring at their 

 base. 



3. BoBAGO. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor, rotate; tube 

 very short ; throat with short erect emarginate scales. 

 Stain, exserted; filaments bifid, the inner fork bearing the 

 anther ; anthers linear-lanceolate, connivent in the form of 

 a cone. 



4. Anchtjsa. Cal. 6-fld. Cor. funnelshaped. with a straight 

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

 cluded, suhsessile. Nutlets depi'essed. 



