BORAGE FAMILY. Boraginaceae. 

There are a good many kinds of Mertensia, natives of 
the northern hemisphere. They are handsome perennials, 
never very hairy and sometimes perfectly smooth all over, 
with leafy stems and broad leaves, sometimes dotted, the 
lower ones with leaf-stalks. The pretty, nodding flowers 
are in clusters and have a purple, blue, or white corolla, 
often turning pink, more or less trumpet-shaped, the lobes 
not spreading much, the throat open, with or without 
crests; the ovary deeply four-lobed, with a threadlike 
style and one stigma; the nutlets wrinkled. These plants 
are all commonly called Lungwort. 
racti nd gracef ss 
Languid Lady, A very attractive and graceful moun 
Lerietrart tain plant, with pretty flowers and fine 
Merténsia Sibirica foliage. The stems are hollow and usually 
Blue smooth, from one to five feet tall, and the 
5) sae leaves are rather thin and soft in texture, 
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usually smooth, with a “bloom.” The 
flowers are in handsome loose clusters, most of them 
drooping, and have a corolla over half an inch long, which 
is a beautiful shade of bright light blue, often tinged with — 
pink, with white crests in the throat, and the style is long 
and protruding. The buds are bright pink, contrasting 
well with the blue flowers. This grows near streams, in the 
higher mountains. It is often called Mountain Bluebell, 
but that name belongs to Campanula and is therefore 
misleading. (This has recently been “separated’’ into 
several species.) 
This is an attractive plant and looks 
Lungwort 
Morente a good deal like a Forget-me-not. It 
brevistyla grows from four to ten inches tall and has 
Blue dull bluish-green leaves, which are downy 
Spring, summer 
Utah, Col., Wyo. 2 the upper side and smooth on the under, 
and graceful clusters of pretty little flowers. 
The buds are pinkish-purple and the flowers are small, 
with hairy calyxes and brilliant sky-blue corollas, the 
stamens and style not protruding. This grows in mountain 
canyons, up to an altitude of seven thousand feet. 
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