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Boraginese. 
as the cor-tube. — Meadows, road- and wood-edges; dis- 
trib. but wanting in some parts 4, 5 sylvatica Hoffm. 1549. 
— Fr-pedicels thicker than in the last, hardly longer than 
the cal.; cal. covered with numerous applied, but few 
spreading and hooked, hairs; the fr.-calix narrower 
at the base than in the last; the stem lower.—Alp., 
subalp. and Jura. 6, 7 . alpestris Schmidt. 1550. 
5. Racemes leafy below, and gen. commencing near the 
base of the pi. Fr.-pedicels almost erect, distinctly 
shorter than the cal. which is closed at maturity Ls 
covered underneath with hooked hairs.—Hills, sandy 
fields; Simplon, Zermatt, Sion, Branson, Bern, Bale, 
Bremgarten, Diessenhofen. 4 . . stricta Link. 1551. 
— Racemes leafless. Fr.-pedicels almost horizontal, or at 
least erect-spreading ...... 0 
6. Cor. yellow, then rose and blue. Cor.-tube, during its 
entire development, almost twice as long as the cal. 
Fr.-pedicels shorter than the cal.; cal. longer than in 
1554. Stem not very firm.—Fields, grassy places, es¬ 
pecially on silicious earth ; not everywhere (wanting in 
(4. U A ). 5. versicolor Rchb. 1552. 
— Cor. blue; cor.-tube enclosed in the cal. . . 7 
7. Fr.-pedicels longer, as much as twice as long as the 
cal.; cal. closed when mature by the connivent cal.-lobes. 
Racemes, also during their entire development, gen. 
shorter than the non-branching part of the stem, which is 
fairly strong.—Fields,slopes,road-sides; everywhere.4—10 
intermedia Link. 1553. 
— Fr.-pedicels as long as, or shorter than, the cal.; cal. open 
when mature. Racemes longer, during their whole de¬ 
velopment, than the non-branching part of the stem, 
which is slender. FIs smaller than in the last.—Grassy 
places, slopes; gen. rarer than the last (wanting in 
T. L.). 5 . . . . . hispida Schlecht. 1554. 
399. Lithospermum. Lithosperm. Y, 33. 
1. FIs fairly large (12—15 mm in diam.), rather violet, then 
azure (like those of Pulmonaria!).—Mountain woods, 
here and there (wanting in G. U. L. A.). 5 
purpureo-coeruleum L. 1555. 
— FIs small, white or yellowish, very rarely light blue 2 
2. Stem with close-set ls. FIs- greenish or whitish yellow. 
Carpels smooth, shining, white or bluish gray. —Gravelly, 
wooded places; distrib. 6 . . officinale L. 1556. 
— Stem with distant Is FIs white, the tube often having 
a violet ring, very rarely light blue (L. medium Cheval.?). 
Carpels rough, dull brown. — Fields and road-side hillocks ; 
everywhere. 4 . . . arvense L. 1557. 
