POPULAR FLORA. 



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

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



* * * Flowers single, in tlie 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, &;o. S. pdrvula. 



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

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



64. BORRAGE FAMILY. Order BORRAGINACEiE. 

 Herbs with alternate entire leaves, not aromatic, commonly rough : the flowers regular, 

 with a 5-leave(l caly.\, 5-lobed corolla, 5 stamens on the tube, one style, and a 4-lobed 



ovary, making 4 akenes. 

 Flowers generally in one- 

 sided raueme-like clusters, 

 coiled up at the tip, and 

 unfolding as the blossoms 

 e.xpand. Innocent mucila- 

 ginous and slightly bitter 

 plants, the roots of some 

 species yielding a red dye. 



iA5. Br;inch of Forget-me-not, in flower. 



446. Tlie co.ollii laid open, with tlie 

 itiimene. ina|rnifletl 



447. The pistil with its 4-lobed ovaiy ; 

 calyx, Ac. cat aWHy. 



448. Two of the ripe nkenes in the 

 cnlyx ; the two sepals towartls the eye 

 and two of the ukenea removed. 



449. Akene cut through lengthwise, 

 mn^nified ; the whole kernel embryo. 



4oO Flowers of Comf.ey 

 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) Vipkk's-Bugloss. 

 Its throat closed by 5 blunt scales; tube curved: stamens included, (Lycopsis) Bugloss. 



Corolla, &o. 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) Comfket. 



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



Lobes of the tubular corolla acute and erect, ( Ono&mddlum) False-Gromwell. 



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



fleshy. Plant very smooth, {Mertensia) Lungwokt. 



