Myosotis.]
BORAGINACEÆ.
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| *** Flowers in terminal racemes without bracts, or the lower flowers alone axillary. | |
| Slender, erect, densely hispid, 6–16 in. high. Racemes elongated; pedicels short, erect. Nutlets ovoid, black | 6. M. australis. |
| Slender, weak, diffuse, 6–18 in. long. Racemes elongated, the lower flowers axillary; pedicels slender, spreading. Nutlets broadly ovoid, pale | 7. M. Forsteri. |
| Stout, erect, 6–14 in. high. Leaves coriaceous. Racemes short, stout, capitate. Flowers blue or white, ⅕–¼ in. diam. Calyx small, ⅕ in. long | 8. M. capitata. |
| Stout, erect, 6–12 in. high. Leaves submembranous, sparsely hispid. Racemes short, stout, capitate. Flowers ⅔ in. diam., large, white. Calyx ⅓ in. long | 9. M. explanata. |
| Short, stout, densely hispid, 2–6 in. high. Leaves linear-spathulate. Racemes short, capitate. Flowers ¼–⅓ in. long, lemon-yellow. Filaments very short, the tip of the anthers just above the scales | 10. M. Traversii. |
| Size and habit of M. Traversii, but leaves rather narrower. Racemes capitate. Flowers ⅓ in., white. Filaments as long as the anthers, which are wholly above the scales | 11. M. angustata. |
| Slender, 3–6 in. high, silvery-white with appressed silky hairs. Racemes long, slender. Flowers bright-yellow, ⅓ in. long. Corolla campanulate, with a short tube and broad limb | 12. M. albo-sericea. |
| Slender, 4–10 in. high, hispid with short white hairs. Racemes long, slender. Flowers pale-yellow or white, large, ½–¾ in. long. Corolla campanulate, tube shorter than the limb | 13. M. Goyeni. |
Section II. (Exarrhena). Stamens usually inserted between the corolla-scales; filaments longer than the anthers, which always reach beyond the corolla-tube, and sometimes exceed the lobes.
| Flaccid, prostrate or decumbent. Leaves on slender petioles; blade orbicular or obovate, ⅓–1 in. long. Flowers small, solitary and axillary, ⅛ in. long. Corolla-tube shorter than the limb | 14. M. spathulata. |
| Slender, diffuse, 4–14 in. high. Leaves on slender petioles; blade rounded-oblong, ⅔–2 in. Racemes long, slender. Flowers ¼–⅓ in. diam. Corolla-tube much shorter than the limb | 15. M. petiolata. |
| Slender, 6–12 in. high. Leaves membranous, sparsely hispid. Racemes long, simple. Flowers ⅓–½ in. long. Corolla campanulate; tube broad, shorter than the limb | 16. M. laeta. |
| Rather stout, 3–9 in. high. Leaves l–2½ in., linear-obovate or obovate-spathulate, coriaceous, hispid on both surfaces. Racemes many-flowered. Flowers large, white, ½ in. diam. | 17. M. amabilis. |
| Small, stout, 2–3 in. high. Leaves ½–¾ in., oblong-spathulate, hispid and hoary on both surfaces. Racemes few-flowered. Flowers small | 18. M. saxosa. |
| Small, rather slender, 2–6 in. high. Leaves ¾–2 in., lanceolate- to obovate-spathulate, hispid on both surfaces or almost glabrous beneath. Racemes many-flowered. Flowers yellow, ¼–⅓ in. long | 19. M. Monroi. |
| Stout, 2–6 in. high. Leaves 1–1½ in., oblong-spathulate, sparingly hispid. Flowers ¼ in. long. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube longer than the limb | 20. M. Lyallii. |
