20 O BORAGINACJ-..K. 



Order 75. EORAGINACEJE.— Bo, aye Family. 



Verbs, tkvjhf rough-hairy, vriXk alternate entire leaves, and njmetrical Jlmnrt %ci!\ 

 a 'j-f-artcl calyx, a rtffubar 'Aubni ooroBa, ^ sUvm<-7}.< inserted on its tube, and a dee) ly 

 4-fob'd '.vary vhicfi forms in fr U 4 -'• •-'<> n ' ttt ■• rrounding the lose of the 

 sinylc seed. Ft. WSSLS axillary, oc mostly iu one-sMu 1 r-u-< ineB or t-j ikes *k:ek are 

 xcvolulc Clreinatci before expansion, and often bra< 



1. ECHIUM, Tourn. Viper's Bug loss. 



Gr. echio. a riper; from the spotted stem of some ppecies. 



. Calyx 5-parted; srymmts subulate, erect. Corolla 

 bell-shaped or funnel-form, with an unequally spreading .">- 

 lobed border; loles rounded, throat expanded, naked. Sta- 

 mens 5, mostly exserted, unequal. Style filiform. A CHEN I A 

 tuberculate, imperforate. — Serbs or shrubs, with entire haves 

 and irregular cyanic Jiowers, in spicule panichJ racemes. 



¥i. yulgare, L. Viper's Bughs.*. Blue-tcccd. 



*Rougii-bristly : tttm erect, mostly simple: stem-leaves linrar-lanccelate, Kfldlfl 

 tpi:.fs lateral, hairy, deflected ; corolla-tube shorter than the calyx. 



Readtides and nvaclsnYs, rare, introduced. June. Biennial. Strm 18 to 20 

 indies high. Isavrs 'J to Punches lone, and V^ to 1 inch wide, upf tr'ones clasping. rnUi>, 

 dull preen. Flowers in short lateral .-pikes, at first srrt ading. thaw erert.dupoftd 

 it a long and narrow raceme; corolla reddish-purple changing to violet-blue. 



2. LYCOPSIS, Linn. Bugloss. 



Cr. lucos, a wolf, and opsis, appearance. 



Corolla funnel-form, with a curved tube ; the throat 

 closed with 5 convex obtuse bristly scales placed opposite 

 the lobes. Stamens 5, and with the style included. 

 ACHENIA rough-wrinkled, concave (perforate) at the base. — 

 Annual •kcrhs, icith blae flowers, distinguished from Anchusa only 

 U)j I he curved corolla title. 



L. aryenszs, L. Small Bugloss. 



Very rough-bristly: le-ivts lanceolate, ob*<urely toothed, the upper partly elop- 

 ing: f.ou-crs in lesfy racemes: calyx as long (or nearly ae long) as tk« tube of th« 

 corolla. 



Dry w sandy fields and roadside*, sparingly np.tnralized. Jure, July. St**% 1 

 foot high, erect, branching, roundish. Leaves 5 or 6 times as lonj as uid«. ZUm- 

 trt small. C rolUi sky-blue with whit* scaies -within. 



3. SYMPHYTUM, Tourn. Comfrey. 



fir. sumpluin, to grow together; probably in allasisn to its reputed heal irig rirtnee. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla oblong-tubular, inflated above, 

 5-toothed, the throat closed with 5 converging linear-subu- 

 late scales. Stamens included; anthers elongated. Style 



