BORAGINEJI. 



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segments of the calyx nearly as long as 

 the corolla. Nuts shorter than the calyx, 

 conical, very hard, and deeply wrinkled. 

 In cultivated and waste places, in Eu- 

 rope and western and central Asia, not 

 extending to the Arctic regions, but 

 carried out as a cornfield weed to various 

 parts of the world. Rather frequent in 

 England, Ireland, and southern Scot- 

 land, but less so in the north. Fl. spring 

 and summer. 



Fig. 689. 



2. Common Lithosperm. Lithospermum officinale, Linn. 

 (Fig. 690.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 134. Gromwell) 



Stock perennial, with a stouter and 

 taller stem than that of the corn X., 

 which this species otherwise much re- 

 sembles. Flowers rather smaller, of a 

 yellowish white ; the calyx shorter in 

 proportion. JNuts hard and white, very 

 smooth and shining, without any wrinkles 

 unless dried before they are ripe. 



In waste places, on roadsides, etc., 

 diffused over the whole of Europe and 

 Russian Asia, except the extreme north, 

 and established in many parts of North 

 America. Common in several parts of 

 England and Ireland, but rare in Scot- 

 land. Fl. spring and summer. 



Fig. 690. 



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