344 BORAGINEJE. 
Scattered-flowered Scorpion Grass. Fl. May, June. Clt. 
1822. Pl. $ foot. 
7 M. svrLva'ricA (Ehrh, herb. 31. Lehm. asper. p. 85.) 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, clothed with soft hairs ; 
racemes very long, loose, bractless ; pedicels diverging while 
bearing the fruit, a little longer than the 5-cleft, closed calyx ; 
limb of corolla flat, longer than the tube. Y. H. Native 
throughout Europe, in woods in mountainous places. Hoffm. 
deutschl. fl. 1. p. 85. exclusive of M. alpina. Baumg. fl. trans. 
1. p. 117. exclusive of the synonymes. Pers. ench. 1. p. 156. 
Sut. fl. helv. 1. p. 102. M. intermèdia, Smith, engl. fl. 1. p. 
250. M. scorpioides, var. sylvática, Horn. hort. hafh. 2. p. 956. 
M. scorpioldes, var. Smith, fl. brit. 1. p. 212. M. arvénsis, 
Wahl. fl. suec. 1. p. 120.—Hall. helv. no. 591.—Knip. cent. 
11.t.81. M. perénuis, 9, D. C. fl. fr. no. 2725. M. arvén- 
sis,? f, sylvatica, Pers. ench. 1. p. 156. M. intermèdia, a, 
parviflora, Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 187. Stems simple, divided at top 
into long loose racemes, hairy. Racemes solitary and conjugate. 
Calycine segments unequal, lanceolate, acuminated, obsoletely 
$-nerved, furnished with hooked hairs at the base, conniving 
while bearing the fruit. Corolla blue, with a yellow throat.— 
There is a variety of this species found at the Cape of Good 
Hope. See Cham. in Linnza, 4. p. 445. 
Wood Scorpion Grass. Fl. June, July. Britain. Pl. 4 to 1 
foot. 
8 M. cxsPrrósA (Schultes, fl. starg. suppl. p. 11. Ledeb. 
fl. alt. 1. p. 188.) plant strigose, tufted; leaves lanceolate, ob- 
tuse; calyx 5-cleft, about equal in length to the tube of the co- 
rolla, strigose ; fruit bearing pedicels twice as long as the calyxes; 
racemes loose, naked. X4. H. Native of the duchy of Meck- 
lenburgh ; and of Altaia, near Riddersk, Smejow, &c., in boggy 
places; in Britain, common about ponds. Link. enum. 1. p. 
165. Bess. pl. volh. p. 52. Hook. suppl. engl. bot. t. 2661. 
M. lingulata, Schultes. Lehm. asper. 1. p. 110. M. uliginósa, 
Schrad. M. commutata, Schultes, syst. 4. p. 102. M. strigu- 
lòsa, Rchb. M. scorpioides parviflora, Wahl. fl. suec. 1. p. 
119. Hairs of the stem and calyx adpressed. Corolla blue, 
with a yellow throat; limb as long as the tube. 
allied to M. palástris. 
Tufted Mouse-ear. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. Pl. tufted. 
9 M. ALPE'TRIs (Hoppe, in Schmidt, fl. boh. cent. 3. no. 
225.) stems tufted, erect; leaves lanceolate, or oblong-linear, 
acutish, obsoletely 3-nerved, strigose; racemes strict, bractless; 
pedicels spreading while bearing the fruit, a little longer than 
the calyx, which is 5-parted and spreading ; limb of corolla flat, 
a little longer than the tube. )2/. H. Native of Europe, and 
the north of Asia, on the alps, and in dry alpine places; in 
Scotland, on the elevated range of the Breadalbane moun- 
tains. Lehm. asper. p. 86. Schultes, fl. austr. 1. p. 788. 
Willd. enum. 1. p. 175. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 189. M. litho- 
spermifólia, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 173. M, scorpioides, f, 
lithospermifólia, Willd. enum. 1. p. 175. M. suavéolens, Waldst. 
et Kit. hung. ined. Willd. l. c. M. odorata, Poir. suppl. 4. 
p. 44. M.rupícola, Smith, engl. bot. t. 2559. M. Pyrenaica, 
Pourr. mem. acad. toul. 3. p. 323. M. montàna, Bess. fl. gal. 
l. p. 142. Bieb. 3. p. 116. exclusive of the syn. of Erhr. pl. 
volh. p. 8. M.alpína, Lapeyr.— Barrel. icon. t. 404. Root 
brown. Stem beset with adpressed hairs, simple at bottom, but 
divided at top into short racemes ; the raceme terminating the 
stem, conjugate ; those terminating the branches solitary. Calyx 
beset with hooked hairs; segments linear-lanceolate, acute. 
'Tube of corolla shorter than the calyx ; limb blue; throat yel- 
low.—There are varieties of this with white and reddish flowers. 
Alp Scorpion Grass. Fl. June, July. Scotland. Pl. 3 foot. 
10 M. nemorosa (Besser. pl. volh. p. 52. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. 
p. 188.) stem erect, acute-angled, shining and smooth at the 
Very nearly 
XXVII. Myosotis. 
base; racemes loose, naked; fruit bearing pedicels a little 
longer than the calyxes; calyx 5-toothed, exceeding the tube 
of the corolla, hispid from strigze, as well as the leaves. X.H. 
Native of Altaia, in woods and groves near Riddersk, &c. M. 
laxiflóra, Rchb. 
Grove Scorpion-grass. Fl. June, Aug. Pl. 1 foot. 
11 M. noruNDtirFÓLIA (Wall. cat. no. 930.) plant tufted, beset 
with short strigae ; leaves small, oval-roundish : radical ones on 
long petioles ; upper cauline leaves sessile; racemes terminal, 
twin. 24. H. Native of Kamaon. Stems simple, erect. 
Nuts unknown. Nearly allied to W. alpéstris. 
Round-leaved Scorpion-grass. Pl. 1 foot. 
12 M.? rowerrróRA (Wall. cat. no. 929.) root creeping; 
stems smoothish, prostrate or ascending ; leaves ovate, mucro- 
nate, on long petioles, beset with short strige ; racemes short, 
simple or twin, terminal. 2. H. Native of Simla and Ka- 
maon.  Racemes and calyxes strigose. Calycine segments 
linear-lanceolate, shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla 
salver-shaped, white or blue. Nuts unknown. Habit of a 
species of Omphalódes. 
Long-flowered Scorpion-grass. Pl. prostrate, creeping. 
13 M. paxv’stris (With. p. 225.) hairs of the stem adpressed ; 
leaves obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, rather scabrous from strige ; 
racemes bractless; pedicels diverging while bearing the fruit, 
nearly twice the length of the calyx, which is 5-parted, obtuse, 
and spreading, and equalling the tube of the corolla; limb of 
corolla flat, longer than the tube. 2t. H. Native throughout 
Europe, Asia, and North Ame- 
rica, in humid meadows, bogs, 
banks of rivers, rivulets, and 
ditches; plentiful in Britain, in 
like situations. Lehm. asper. 
p. 88. Hoffm. et Link, fl. 
port. 1. p. 174. Bess. fl. gal. 
1. p.142. M. perénnis, Moench. 
hass. no. 154.  Lapeyr. abr. 
p. 84. D. C. syn. fl. fr. no. 
2725. M. scorpioides, Horn. 
hort. hafn. 1. p. 173.  Pursh, 
fl.1. p. 158. Willd. spec. 1. 
p. 746. Wahl. fl. lapp. p. 54. 
Bieb: of: cauc. Ean poe Ls: 
Michx. fl. 1. p. 129. M. scor- 
pioides, var. palistris, Lin. 
spec. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 188. fl. 
suec. ed. 2d. no. 157. Smith, 
fl. brit. 1. p. 212. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 27. t. 65. Smith, engl. 
bot. 1973. St. Hil. pl. fr. 3. t. 264. Sturm, fl. germ. fasc. 5. 
with a figure. Svensk, bot. 1. t. 72. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 
189. Echioides palüstris, Mcench, meth. p. 416. Plant pale 
green, roughish. Stems creeping at the base. Racemes simple 
or conjugate. Corolla blue; throat yellow; tube length of 
calyx ; segments of the limb obovate, emarginate, or obcordate. 
—There is also a variety of this with white flowers. This, the 
Forget-me-not, is the emblem of affection among the Germans. 
It is now a general favourite, and deservedly so; its beauty is 
so striking as to have acquired for it a kind of proverbial name. 
Few who have observed the flower are likely to forget it. 
Var. B, parviflora (Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 189.) flowers 3 times 
smaller, and more crowded than in the species. 21. H. Native 
near Barnaoul. 
Marsh Scorpion Grass, or Forget me not. 
Britain. Pl. i to 1 foot. 
14 M. keres (G. Don, Hook. fl. scot. p. 88. under M. 
palastris. Engl. bot. suppl. t. 2703.) hairs of the stem spread- 
ing; leaves obovate, obtuse, rather strigose ; calyx covered 
FIG. 36. 
Fl, April, May. 
