BORAGINACEAE (BORAGE FAMILY) 



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Ovary bristly-hairy, becoming a spherical capsule containing 1-4 

 seeds. 



H. virginianum, Waterleaf. Smoothish; leaves pinnately divided, 

 the S-7 divisions ovate-Iaiiceolate or oblong, pointed, cut-toothed; 

 peduncles longer than the petioles of the upper leaves; calyx-lobes 

 narrowly linear, bristly-ciliate. Rich woods. May to August. 



H. canadense, Waterleaf. Nearly smooth; leaves palmately 5-7 

 lobed, rounded, heart-shaped at base; calyx-lobes linear, awl-shaped, 

 nearly smooth. Rich woods. June to August. 



H. appendiculatum, Waterleaf. Hairy; stem-leaves palmately 

 S-lobed, rounded, the lobes toothed and pointed, the lowest pinnately 

 divided; calyx bristly-hairy, with a small reflexed lobe in each sinus. 

 Rich woods. May, June. 



BORAGINACEAE (Borage Family) 



Mostly rough-hairy herbs, with alternate entire leaves, regular 

 flowers with 5 stamens inserted on the tube of the corolla, solitary 

 style, and a deeply 4-lobed ovary forming in fruit 4 seed-like nut- 

 lets. 



CYNOGLOSSUM 



Coarse herbs, with petioled lower leaves. 

 Flowers mostly in panicled racemes. Corolla 

 funnel-form, the tube about equalling the calyx. 

 Stamens included. Nutlets roughened all over 

 with short barbed or hooked prickleS; 



C. officinale, . Hound's Tongue. Strong-scented 

 herb, clothed with short, soft hairs, leafy, panicled 

 above ; upper leaves lanceolate;, closely sfessile ; co- 

 rolla reddish-purple (nearly white) ; nutlets flat on 

 the broad upper face. Waste ground. 



MYOSOTIS 



Cynoglossum offici- 

 nale, Hound's 

 tongue. 



Low and soft-hairy herbs, with entire leaves, 

 those of the stem sessile. Flowers small, in naked racemes. Co- 

 rolla-like tube about as long as the calyx, the throat with 5 append- 

 ages opposite the lobes. Stamens included. Nutlets compressed. 



