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5. Ltcopsis. Oal. in 5 deep segments. Tube of the cor. 

 curved ; limb oblique. Otherwise like Anchusa. 



6. Symphytttm:. Cal. 5-cleft or S-parted. Cor. eyUndrical- 

 helhhuped, throat closed hy a prominent cone of connivent 

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

 covered by the scales ; filaments shgrt. Nutlets ovate. 



Tr. III. LITSOSPESMEJE. Nutlets 4, affixed to an hy- 

 pogynous disk, their base not excavated but attached by a 

 flat or rather convex surface. 



7. EcHiTTM. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. sub-bellshaped ; 

 throat dilated, nahed ; limb irregular. Stam. exserted ; fila- 

 ments very long, unequal. Style bifid. Nutlets wrinlded, 

 attached by a flat triangular base. 



8. PtjLMONAEiA. Cal. tubular, 5-fid. Cor. funnelshaped, its 

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

 short. Style simple. Nutlets smooth, attached by their 

 truncate base, which has a central tubercle. 



9. MERTEisfsiA. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. beUshaped, 

 with a short thick cylindrical tube with 5 minute protu- 

 berances in its throat. Stam. proti-uded beyond the throat ; 



filaments rather long. Style simple. Nutlets smooth, in- 

 fiated, ratlier drupaceous, attached laterally near their base 

 by aflat surface ; seeds free. 



10. LiTHosPEEMUM. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. funnel- 

 shaped ; throat naked or with 5 minute scales. Stam. in- 

 cluded in tube ; filaments very short. Style simple. Nut- 

 lets smooth or tubercular, stony, attached by a truncate flat 

 base. 



11. Myosotis. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. convolute in the bud, 

 salvershaped ; throat closed with scales ; limb 5-fid, blunt. 

 Stam. included; filaments very short. Style simple. Nut- 

 lets smooth, convex externally, keeled within, attached by 

 a minute lateral spot near their base. — Distinguished from 

 all the other genera by the convolute corolla. 



Tribe I. Cynoglosseae. 

 1. AsPEEu'eo Linn. Madwort. 



tl. A. ■proownibens (L.). — B. B. 661. — St. procumbent, angu- 

 lar, rough, with short deflexed bristles. L. oblong, rough, 

 hispid, lower ones stalked, upper sessile. Fl. small, axillary, 



