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 . Genus 15. BORAGE I. Borago officinalis L. 3549- Borago officinalis L. Sp. PI. 137. 1753. Stem erect, branched, i°-2i° high, thebranches spreading or ascending. Leaves ob-long to obovate, acute or obtuse at the apex,2-5 long, narrowed into margined petioles,or the upper smaller, ovate-lanceolate, sessileor partly clasping; flowers 8-io broad,pedicels rather
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 . Genus 15. BORAGE I. Borago officinalis L. 3549- Borago officinalis L. Sp. PI. 137. 1753. Stem erect, branched, i°-2i° high, thebranches spreading or ascending. Leaves ob-long to obovate, acute or obtuse at the apex,2-5 long, narrowed into margined petioles,or the upper smaller, ovate-lanceolate, sessileor partly clasping; flowers 8-io broad,pedicels rather stout, ii-2 long, spreading orrecurving; calyx-segments lanceolate, nearlyerect in fruit; corolla bright blue, the lobesovate-lanceolate; the cone of anthers darker,about 3 long; nutlets 2 high. In waste places, escaped from gardens, NovaScotia to Ontario and Pennsylvania, but prob-ably not persistent within our range. Native ofsouthern Europe. June-Sept. 16. LYCOPSIS L. Sp .PI. 138. 1753. Annual bristly-hispid branched erect or diffuse herbs, with alternate leaves, and smallblue or bluish flowers, in dense leafy-bracted terminal spike-like scorpioid racemes. Calyx5-parted. Corolla slightly irregular, salverform, the tube curved, the l
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