Ray, who listed over 18,000 plant species in his works, is credited with establishing the monocot/dicot division and some of his groups — mustards, mints, legumes and grasses — stand today (though under modern family names).
Nemophila spatulata is a dicot in the family of Boraginaceae.
The widespread genus contains eight species that grow on dicots, especially the tropical flowering plant family Verbenaceae.