BORAGE FAMILY 



ties, and bears very handsome starry flowers, violet-blue with 

 dark anthers. 



Bethlehem Sage, Pulmonhria saccharhta, is a noticeable plant 

 because its large green leaves are curiously dotted with white spots. 

 One can readily understand why the ancient simplers prescribed 

 it for diseased lungs. The inflorescence is not unlike that of Mer- 

 tensia and shows the same change of purple into blue. 



Heliotrope, Heliotrdpium periivianum, is a well-known green- 

 house and bedding plant. Native of Peru, it is naturally a lover 

 of warmth and sunshine and only in such positions will do well. 

 Its inflorescence is the best example among our familiar plants of 

 the racemose type called by botanists scorpoid; the tip of the 

 raceme curls itself up like the tail of a scorpion. 



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