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POPULAR FLORA. 



Lobes of the salver-shaped or funnel-shaped corolla spreading, rounded. 



Each with one edge outside and one inside in the bud : corolla very 



short, {Myosbiis) Scohpion-Grass or Forget-me-not. 



Two lobes covering the others in the bud. 



Corolla short, white or whitish, funnel-shaped, (Lithosjiermum) Gromwell. 



Corolla long, orange-yellow, salver-shaped, {LitJwspermum, § Bdlschia) PuccooK. 



Akenes or lobes of the ovary prickly, fixed by their side or upper end to the base of the 



style. Corolla salver-shaped, with 5 scales in the throat. 



Erect, prickly on the margins only. Flowers small, (Eihinospermum) Stickseed. 



Oblique or flattened from above, short-prickly or rough all over, { Cynof/lossum) Hound's-tongue. 



* * Ovary not lobed, but splitting Avhen ripe into 4 akenes ; corolla short, ( [Idiotrbjiium) *HELiOTr,orE. 



452. Flower of Virginia Waterleaf. 453. Corolla liiid opei 

 454. Ciilyx ai\^ young pod, VMih Ihe style. 



65. WATERLEAF FAMILY. Order HYDROPHYLLACE^. 



Herbs with lobed, compound, or toothed and mostly alternate leaves ; the regular flowers 

 much like those of the Borrage Family, e.xcept as to the ovary, which is globular and onlj- 



one-celled and bears the 

 few or many ovules and 

 seeds on the walls (pari- 

 etal), or on two projections 

 from them. In AVaterleaf, 

 Nemophila, &c., the two 

 placentas, bearing the few 

 seeds, broaden and make 

 a kind of lining to the 

 pod. Corolla bell :haped 

 or wheel-shaped ; its lobes and the stamens always 5. Style 2-cleft above. The "Water- 

 leaf furnishes our principal plants of the family that are common wild. But some Ne- 

 mophilas and Phacelias, from Texas and California, are showy garden annuals. 



Leaves opposite, at least the lower ones. Stamens not projecting beyond the corolla. 



Calyx without appendages or teeth between the divisions, large in fruit, (Ellisia) Ellisia. 



Calyx with 5 reflexed teeth between the divisions, (Nemqpkila) *Nemophila. 



Leaves alternate: appendages of the calyx none or minute: stamens long. 



Jlostly annuals: seeds on the Avails of the pod, or two narrow placentas, (Phacelia) Phaceli.v. 

 Perennials, Avith scaly-toothed rootstocks. Seeds 1 to 4, enclosed in a membrane 

 which lines the pod. Flowers white or bluish, clustered: filaments 

 bearded below, {Htjdrophjllum) Waterleaf. 



Waterleaf. Hydrophylhm. 



1. Virginia W. Smoothish, I'or 2° high; leaves pinnately divided into 5 or 7 narrow and toothed 



or cleft lobes ; calyx hairy. Rich woods. B. Virginicum. 



2. Canada W. Smoothish ; leaves rounded, palmately lobed, longer than the peduncle ; calvx 



smooth. Eich woods- H. Canadense, 



