An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 3. Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) Lungwort. Fig. 3526. P. lanceolata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 729. 1814-Mertensia lanceolata DC. Prodr. 10: 88. linearis Greene, Pittonia 3 : 197• 1897. Glabrous or somewhat hirsute; stem simple orbranched, slender, 6-i8 high. Leaves papillose,indistinctly veined, light green, the upper lanceo-late, acute, sessil
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 3. Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) Lungwort. Fig. 3526. P. lanceolata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 729. 1814-Mertensia lanceolata DC. Prodr. 10: 88. linearis Greene, Pittonia 3 : 197• 1897. Glabrous or somewhat hirsute; stem simple orbranched, slender, 6-i8 high. Leaves papillose,indistinctly veined, light green, the upper lanceo-late, acute, sessile or slightly clasping at the base,the lower oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, 3-4long, narrowed into margined petioles; racemesfew-flowered, usually panicled; flowers blue. 5 -6 long; pedicels 2,-7 long; calyx-lobes lanceo-late, obtuse, or acutish; corolla tubular-campanu-late, the tube longer than the calyx and longerthan the 5-lobed limb, hairy at the base witlnn,the throat crested ; filaments a little longer thanthe anthers; style filifonu, scarcely exserted. In thickets, western Nebraska to Manitoba,Wyoming, Idaho and New Mexico. Races differin amount or absence of pubescence and in widthof leaves. 84 BORAGINACEAE. Vol. III. 9. AMSINCKIA Lehm. Del. Sem. Hort. Hamb. 7. 1831. Annual hispid or setose herbs, with narrow leaves, the yellow flowers in scorpioid 5-parted, the segments linear. Corolla salverform or funnelform, the tube slender,naked or minutely crested in the throat, the 5 lobes spreading. Stamens 5, borne on thecorolla-tube, included. Ovary deeply 4-lobed. Nutlets ovoid, rough, laterally attached tothe receptacle below the middle. [In honor of William Amsinck, a burgomaster of Hamburgand friend of the Hamburg botanical garden.] About 15 species, natives of western North America and Chile, the following typical.
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