POPULAK FLORA. 



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4. Narrow-leaved S. Minutely hoary or downy, slender, 1° or 2° high; leaves lance-oblong « 

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



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



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

 i' long. Dry or sandy banks of rivers, &c. 8. pdrvula^ 



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

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



64. BOBBAGE FAMILY. Order BORRAGINACE^. 

 Herbs with 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 soma 

 species yielding a red dye. 



Ai5, Branch orFor?et-me-no(, in flower, 



446. The corolla laid open, wilh Ihe 

 sumenB, ma^nitied. 



447. The pistil with its 4-lobed ovary ; 

 calyx, &c. cut awuy, 



448. Two or the ripe akenefi in the 

 calyx ; the two sepals towards the eye 

 and two of the akenes removed. 



449. Akene cut through lengthwise, 

 magnified ; the whole kernel embryo. 



450. Flowers of Corafrey. 



451. Corolla enlarged, laid open, show, 

 ing the sharp scales inside, and the stamens. 



* 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 somewhat irregular {the lobes rather unequal), funnel-shaped (blue or purple). 



Its throat naked and open : stamens protruding, rather unequal, (Echium) Vipee's-Bugloss, 

 Its throat closed by 6 blunt scales; tube curved: stamens included, {Lycdpsis) Bugloss. 



Corolla, &c. 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, ( Symphytum) Comfbet. 



Its throat open, naked or with 5 small projections. Akenes mostly stony. 



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



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



fleshy. Plant very smooth, {Merleima) Lungwort. 



