BORAGE FAMILY. Boraginaceae. 
There are many kinds of Heliotrope, widely distributed 
in temperate and tropical regions; ours have small, white 
or blue flowers, in coiled spikes; the corolla salver-form or 
funnel-form, without crests or hairs; the stamens not 
protruding, the filaments short or none, the anthers some- 
times joined by their pointed tips; the ovary not four- 
lobed, but sometimes grooved, with a short style, the 
stigma cone-shaped or round. 
This is not a pretty plant and is rather 
Sea-side Helio- insignificant because of its dull coloring. 
trope, Chinese 
Pusley It forms low, branching, straggling clumps, 
Heliotropium with thickish stems and leaves, which 
he a 5 are succulent and perfectly smooth, witha 
ite 
““bloom,’’ and the flowers are small, the 
Summer, autumn : ‘ : 
~ Cal, Oreg., etc. Corolla white or pale lilac, with a yellow 
“‘eye’’ which changes to purple, forming 
crowded coiled spikes, mostly in pairs, without bracts. 
The fruit consists of four nutlets. This is widely dis- 
tributed, in moist, salty or alkaline places, growing also 
in the East and in South America and the Old World. 
There are several-kinds of Oreocarya, natives of western 
North America and Mexico, coarse, hairy, perennial or 
biennial herbs, with thick woody roots; the leaves narrow, 
alternate or from the root; the flowers small, mostly white, 
in clusters, with a funnel-form or salver-form corolla, usually 
with crests and folds in the throat; the stamens not pro- 
truding; the style usually short. The name is from the 
Greek, meaning ‘“mountain-nut,’’ which does not seem 
very appropriate. 
A rather pretty plant, about six inches 
+e) , 2 
galige. tall, not rough and harsh like most kinds 
multicaulis of Oreocarya, for the pale grayish-green 
White stem and leaves are covered with white 
Spring 
down. The flowers are quite pretty, about 
three-eighths of an inch across, with 
white corollas, with yellow crests in the throat. This is 
found as far east as southern Colorado and New Mexico. 
O. setosissima is quite tall, growing in the Grand Canyon, 
and has a large cluster of small white flowers and is harsh 
and hairy all over, covered with such long stiff white 
hairs as to make it conspicuous and very unpleasant to 
touch. ; 
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Ariz., Utah, etc. 

