POPULAE FLORA. 



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4. Nakeo-w-leaved S. Minutely hoary or downy, slender, 1° or 2° high; leaves lanoe-oblong or 



linear, entire ; raceme short, as in the foregoing. E. and S. S- integrifblia. 



* * * Flowers single, in the axils of the leaves. 



5. Dwarf S. Minutely downy, 3' to 6' high ; leaves round-ovate or the upper lance-ovate, entire, 



4' long. Dry or sandy banks of rivers, &c. S. pdrvula. 



6. Slender S. Slender, 1° or 2° high ; leaves lance-ovate, serrate, with a roundish or slightly heart- 



shaped base, sessile ; flowers 5' long. Wet woods. S. galericuUda. 



64. BOBEAGE FAMILY. Order BORRAGINACE^. 

 Herbs witli alternate entire leaves, not aromatic, commonly rough : the flowers regular, 

 with a 5-leaved calyx, 5-lobed corolla, 5 stamens on the tube, one style, and a 4-lobed 



ovary, making 4 akenes. 

 Flowers generally in one- 

 sided raceme-like clusters, 

 coiled up at the tip, and 

 unfolding as the blossoms 

 expand. Innocent mucila- 

 ginous and slightly bitter 

 plants, the roots of some 

 species yielding a red dye. 



445. Eranch ofPor^et-mc-not, in flower. 



446. The corolla Juid open, wilh ibe 

 Etiimens. magiiilied 



447. The pjBLil wilh its 4-Iobed ovary ; 

 calyx, &c. co( aivay. 



448. Two of the ripe akenee in the 

 calyx; the two sepals towards the eye 

 and two of the akenes removed. 



449. Aken^' cut through lengthwise, 

 magnified ; the whole kernel embryo. 



450. Flowers of Corofrey. 



451. Corolla enlarged, laid open, show- 

 ing the sharp scales inside, and the stamens. 



44J 447 



4^5 450 



* Ovary 4-parted, making 4 akenes around the base of the style. 

 Akenes or lobes erect, fixed by the lower end, separate from the style, not prickly. 



Corolla soi^ewhat irregular (the lobes rather unequal), funnel-shaped (blue or purple). 



Its throat naked and open: stamens protruding, rather unequal, {Echium) Viper's-Bugloss. 

 Its throat closed by 5 blunt scales ; tube curved: stamens included, (Lycdpsis) BuGLoss. 



Corolla, &o. perfectly regular. 



Its throat closed by 5 converging scales, one before each lobe. 



Corolla wheel-shaped; its lobes acute. Plant rough-bristly, (Borrago) *Borrage. 



Corolla tubular and somewhat funnel-shaped, 5-toothed, {Symphyiwn) Comfeey. 



Its throat open, naked qr with 6 small projections. Akenes mostly stony. 



Lobes of the tubular corolla acute and erect, ( Onosmodium) False-Geomwell. 



Lobes of the trumpet-shaped corolla spreading, rounded, short. Akenes 



fleshy. Plant very smooth, (Mertensia) Lungwort. 



