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BORAGINACEAE (BORAGE FAMILY) 



M. laxa. Forget-me-not. Perennial from slender subterranean 

 shoots; stems very slender, decumbent; pubescence appressed; leaves 

 lanceolate-oblong; calyx open in front, its lobes as long as the tube; 

 corolla pale blue. In water and wet ground. May to August. 



M. virginica, Forget-me-not. Bristly-hirsute, branched from the 

 base, erect; leaves obtuse, linear-oblong; calyx very hispid closing in 

 fruit; corolla very small, white. Dry grounds and rocky woods. 

 April to July. 



MERTENSIA 



Smooth herbs, with pale and entire leaves. Flowers purplish- 

 blue in loose clusters. Corolla longer than the calyx. Nutlets 



ovoid, fleshy when 

 fresh. 



M. virginica. Lung- 

 wort. Very smooth, 

 pale, erect ; leaves 

 obovate, veiny ; co- 

 rolla trumpet-shaped, 

 many times exceed- 

 ing the calyx, light 

 blue (pinkish in 

 bud), rarely white; 

 filaments exserted ; 

 nutlets r o u g h i s h . 

 Stream banks. April, 

 May. 



LITHOSPERMUM 



Herbs, with thick- 

 ish, and usually red 

 roots, sessile leaves, 

 solitary or spiked 

 flowers, almost ses- 

 sile, included an- 



Mertensia virginica, Lungwort. 



thers, and smooth or rough, hard nutlets. 



L. arvense, Gromwell. Minutely rough and hoary; stems erect; 

 leaves lanceolate or linear; corolla nearly white, scarcely longer than 



