NEMOPHILA PHACELIOIDES. 



ARKANSA NEMOPHILA. 



Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. Borragincx, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix ten-cleft, the exterior segments refiexed. Corolla sub-campanulate, five-lobed ; 

 lobes emarginate, and having staminiferous, marginated pits near the base. 

 Stamens short. Filaments naked. Capsules fleshy, 1-locular, 2-valved. Seeds 

 four. Nutt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Herb succulent, annual ; stem three-sided; leaves alternate, pinnatifid ; peduncles 

 very long, one-flowered, opposite-leaved, the top somewhat branched ; the 

 branches incurved ; fruit deflexed ; corolla before inflorescence convoluted. 

 Allied to Hydrophyllum. Nutt. 



"Root fibrous, annual, but more commonly biennial. Stem fragile, 

 smooth, somewhat tender and diaphanous. Plant convex, twelve 

 to eighteen inches high, branching from the base, and decumbent, 



