i2 4 PHLOX ORDER 



high ; stem leaves lance-ovate or spatulate 

 to linear 



(1) Leaves lance-ovate to oblong, thin and 



smooth; mostly in woodland M.pratensis 



(2) Leaves lanceolate, or oblanceolate to 



linear, thickish, usually rough hairy ; 

 mostly in open places M. lanceoldta 



2, Filaments much shorter and narrower than the 



anthers; stems 2 to 12 in. high; at 10-14000 ft. M. alpina 



Myosotis Linne 1753 Forget-me-not 



(Gr. mys, mouse, otis ear, from the hairy leaves) 



PI. 21, fig. 4. 



Sepals 5, united, petals 5, blue, pink or white, united into a salver- 

 form corolla, stamens 5, inserted on the corolla tube, included, ovary 4- 

 divided, style thread-like, fruit of 4 nutlets attached by their bases ; flowers 

 in many-flowered elongated bractless more or less 1 -sided racemes, or 

 sometimes leafy at the base ; leaves alternate entire ; annual, biennial or 

 perennial. 

 Stems 4-10 in. high; leaves soft-hairy, linear-oblong 



to lanceolate M. alpestris 



Onosmodium Michaux 1803 False Gromwell 

 (Of doubtful application) 



Sepals 5, united, petals 5, yellowish or greenish white, united into 

 a tube- or funnel-shaped corolla, the lobes erect, the tube with a glan- 

 dular 10-lobed band within at the base, stamens 5, inserted on the throat of 

 the corolla, included, ovary 4-parted, style thread-like, exserted, fruit 

 4 nutlets (commonly only 1 or 2 ripening), ovoid, shining, smooth, white, 

 attached by the bases ; flowers in terminal leafy-bracted 1-sided spikes or 

 racemes; leaves alternate, entire, strongly veined; perennial. 

 Plants pale to green, hairy or shaggy, 1-3 ft. high; 

 leaves lance-ovate to oblong O. carolinidnum 



Symphytum Linne 1753 Comfrey 

 (Gr. syn, together, phyo, grow, from supposed healing properties) 



PL 21, fig. 7. 



Sepals 5. united, petals 5, yellow, blue or purple, united into a tubular 

 corolla, slightly dilated above, the throat with 5 crests below the lobes, 



