660 Ordeb 90.— BORRAGINAOB^. 



1 B. ofiScinilis L. Z«s. ovate, alternate, the lower ones petiolate ; cal. spread- 

 ing; ped. terminal, many-flowered; filaments included. — (D A common inhabitant 

 of the garden. The whole plant is rough with short, bristly hairs, erect, 2f high, * 

 with terminal clusters of handsome, sky-blue flowers during summer. It was 

 formerly in high repute as a cordial. The young leaves form a. good salad and 

 pot-herb, if Bur. 



2 B. orientdlis. JJvs. cordate, petiolate; ped. many-flowered ; ^i exserted,vil- 

 lav^. — (J) An ornamental garden plant, B. Bur. Stem and leaves hairy. Flowers 

 blue, appearing in the spring months. J (Psilostemou DC.) 



6. SYM'PHYTUM, Tourn. Comfrey. (Gr. avi^cjtvaig, a joining or 

 healing; from its reputation for healing wounds.) Calyx 5-parted ; 

 corolla tubular-campanulato, orifice closed with 5, subulate scales, con- 

 verging into a cone ; achenia smooth, ovoid fixed by an excavated base. 

 — y Oriental herbs. 



S. ofBoinale L. Hairy, branching above; Ivs. extensively decnrrent, the lower 

 and radical petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, upper and floral lanceolate ; sep. lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; cor. limb with 5-recurved teeth. — A large, coarse-looking mucilagi- 

 nous plant, in gardens and low grounds. Mid. States. Whole plant rough with 

 dense hair's. Stem 3 — 4f high, wmged by the decurrent leaves, bearing terminal, 

 revolute racemes. Corollas white, pink and red, appearing all summer. :j: § 



7. LYCOP'SIS, L. Wild Buoloss. (Gr. XvKog, a wolf, and 6i/>, the 

 eye ; name suggested by the small blue flowers.) Calyx 5-cleft ; corolla 

 funnel-form, tube incurved, orifice closed with ovate, converging scales ; 

 achenia perforated at base, ovoid, angular. — (D Distinguished mainly 

 by the curved corolla tube. 



L. arvensis L. Plant hispid ; Ivs. lanceolate, repand-denticulate ; rac. leafy ; fls. 

 sessile ; cal. shorter than the curved tube of the corolla. — ^A very hispid, almost 

 bristly plant, in fields and roadsides, N. States, probably introduced. Stem erect, 

 branching, roundish, about a foot high. Leaves 5 or 6 times as long as wide, the 

 margin irregularly and slightly toothed. Pis. small. Calyx erect. Corolla sky- 

 blue with white scales within. June, July. § S. Bur. 



8. ONOSMO'DIUffl, Mx. (From Oraosma, another genus of this order, 

 and eWog, appearance.) Calyx deeply 5-parted, with linear segments; 

 corolla cylindrical, having a ventricons, half 5-cleft limb, with the seg- 

 ments converging and the orifice open ; anthers sessile, sagittate, in- 

 cluded ; style much exserted ; achenia imperforate, whitish, shining. — 

 y North American. Rac. terminal, subspicate, one-sided. Fls. white. 



1 O. Virginicum Alph. DO. Clothed with appressed, stiff bristles from a tuber- 

 cular base ; Ivs. oblong, sessile, entire, acute or rather obtuse, 5-veined, caL very 

 bristly, lobes lance-linear; cor. hispid or nearly smooth, a third longer than the 

 calyx, the segm.1ance-subidate ; anih. strongly sagittate. — Dry soils, ST. Eng. to Fla. 

 and La. Plant mostly erect, 15 to 30' high, branching, very rough. Lvs. varia- 

 ble, 15 to 30'' by 5 to 9". Floral lvs. braotlike. Cor. 4 to 5'' long. Jn.— Aug. 

 (0. hispidum Mx.) 



2 O. Carolinianum DC. Tall, clothed with long spreading, rusty-white, brisSy 

 hairs tubercled at base; lvs. lance-oblong, sessile, entire, "J -veined, acute, gradually 

 diminished upwards ; fls. shaggy, bristly ; cal. lobes lance-oblong; cor. near twice 

 longer, limb dilated, segm. ovate, obtusish; anth. linear-oblong, cells scarcely di- 

 verging at base.— By streams, W. N. T. to "Wis., La. and Ga. St. hollow, 2 to 

 4f high, branched. Lvs. 2 to 3' or more long, near 1' wide. Cor. 5 to 6". Ach. 

 large, white. May — Jl. Varies in leaves and hairiness. 



p. MOLLE. Bristles short, appressed, and on the lower surface of {he oblong-ovate 

 lvs. soft dowjiy, except the 1 prominent, bristly veins. — Plant smaller. Lvs. 

 approaching to ovate, acute or obtuse. (0. moUe Mx.) — Chiefly S. Western. 



