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BORAGINEZE. XXVII. Myosorts. 345 
with adpressed bristles, deeply 5-cleft when in fruit, mostly 
connivent, shorter than the diverging pedicels; limb of the 
corolla flat, longer than the tube: lobes somewhat emarginate. 
%. H. Native of Scotland ; and in Yorkshire, Kent, and Sus- 
sex, in open heaths and parts of forests. Root creeping. 
Leaves lingulate. Nuts smooth. Plant pilose. 
Creeping Scorpion Grass, or Mouse-ear. Fl. April, Aug. 
Britain. Pl. 1 foot. 
15 M. corrixA (Hook. engl. bot. suppl. 2629. ed. 2d. t. 257.) 
annual; calyx beset with spreading, uncinate bristles, open and 
ventricose when bearing the fruit, as long as the diverging pedi- 
cels; limb of corolla concave, shorter than the tube. ©. H. 
Native of Britain, common in dry fields, and on sunny sandy 
banks, flowering early in summer, and soon withering away. 
M. arvénsis, Smith, engl. bot. 2558. engl. fl. 1. p. 252. Ra- 
cemes without peduncles, the flowers beginning among the 
leaves, sometimes from the very base of the stem.  Corollas 
small, blue, with a yellow throat. 
Hill Scorpion Grass. Fl. May, June. Britain. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
16 M. arve’nsis (Sibth, fl. oxon. p. 68.) leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, acute, hairy; racemes bractless; pedicels spreading 
while bearing the fruit, twice as long as the calyx, which is 
erect, 5-cleft, and open; limb of corolla erectly spreading, 
nearly the length of the tube. (2. H. Native throughout 
Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, in corn fields and 
in sterile dry places; plentiful in Britain in like situations. 
Bess. fl. gal. 1. p. 142. Wahl. fl. lapp. p. 55. Bieb. fl. cauc. 
l. p. 119. Willd. spec. 1. p. 747. Lehm. asper. p. 90. M. 
annua, Meench, fl. hass. no. 153. — Lapeyr. abr. p. 84. D. C. 
syn. no. 2724. M. scorpioides, Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 153. M. scor- 
pioides, var. a arvénsis, Lin. spec. ed. 2d. p. 188. Smith, fl. 
brit. 1. p. 212. engl. bot. suppl. 2629. Œd. fl. dan. t. 583. Bull. 
herb. t. 355. Lin. fl. suec. ed. 2d. no. 157. Echioides annua 
Moench. meth. p. 416.— Hall. hist. no. 590.— Gerard, hist. p. 
338. f. 4.—Lob. icon. 461. f. 2. Stem beset with spreading 
hairs. Lower hairs of calyx hooked.  Calycine segments 
linear-lanceolate, unequal, conniving when in fruit. Corolla 
with a white tube, which is a little shorter than the calyx ; limb 
blue; throat yellow ; segments hardly emarginate. 
Var. B. simplex (Pers. ench. 1. p. 156.) stem very simple; 
leaves rosulate; petals not emarginate; flowers on short pedi- 
cels. ©. H. 
Far. à. alpina ; stem dwarf, branched, more pilose; radical 
leaves tufted; flowering racemes revolute; flowers on short 
pedicels; corolla small, blue, rarely white or purple, with a 
yellow throat. ©. H. 
Corn Scorpion Grass, or Mouse-ear. Fl. April, Aug. Bri- 
tain. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
17 M. ve'nNA (Nutt. gen. addend.) small and hairy; stem 
simple; radical leaves spatulate-oblong: cauline ones linear- 
oblong; spikes simple; flowers nearly sessile; seeds smooth 
and shining. (2. H. Native of New Jersey, in sandy woods - 
and by way sides. Flowers small and white. Lycópsis Virginica, 
Pursh ?. 
Spring Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. Fl. May, July. PI. 
18 M. wurrICcAV'/Lis (Wall. cat. no. 7020.) plant rough from 
short strigee; stems numerous, simple, ascending, dividing into 
racemiferous branches at top; radical leaves oval, on long peti- 
oles : lower cauline ones petiolate : upper cauline ones sessile, 
oval-oblong ; racemes numerous, axillary, and terminal, slender; 
pedicels erect. 2%. H. Native of Nipaul, in Gosainsthan. 
Stems many from the same root. Racemes twin or solitary. 
Nuts unknown. 
Many-stemmed Mouse-ear. Pl. ascending, 1 foot long. 
19 M. pa‘txens (Wall. cat. 7019.) hispid from strigæ ; stems 
erect, simple; radical leaves rosulate: cauline ones lanceolate, 
VOL, IV. 
sessile, and half stem-clasping, bluntish, mucronate ; terminal 
racemes twin, with a flower in the fork: axillary ones solitary ; 
nuts unknown. ©. H. Native of Kamaon. Lower leaves 
lanceolate-spatulate. ^ Pedicels at length drooping. Nearly 
allied to M. arvénsis. 
Pale Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PI. 1 to 14 foot. 
20 M. iwTERME DIA (Link. enum. 1. p. 164.) stem erect, 
branched, hispid; leaves obversely lanceolate, or ovate-oblong, 
hispid; pedicels much longer than the flowers; calyx beset 
with hooked hairs, exceeding the corolla, closed in the fruit- 
bearing state. ©.? H. Native of Europe, in humid places ; 
and of the Cape of Good Hope. M. arvensis, Lehm. asper. p. 
90. but not of Lin. Drev. et Heyne, bild. 2. t. 51. M. in- 
termédia, (3, parviflóra, Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 187. M. scorpi- 
oides, Thunb. fl. cap. 183.  Racemes strict, naked. Corolla 
small, blue, with a yellow throat. This species is usually con- 
founded with M. arvénsis. 
Intermediate Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. Fl. April, May. 
Britain. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
21 M. vznsícoron (Roth. fl. germ. 2. p. 222.) leaves lanceo- 
late, bluntish, hairy ; racemes bractless ; pedicels erectly spread- 
ing while in fruit, shorter than the calyx, which is 5-cleft, acute, 
and closed ; limb of corolla spreading, shorter than the tube. 
©. H. Native throughout Europe, in dry, arid places. Engl. 
bot. ed. 2d. t. 258. M. scorpioides, Smith, engl. bot. 480. f. 1. 
M. scorpioides, y, Lin. spec. ed. 2d. p. 189. Smith, fl. brit. 1. 
p.212. M. arvénsis, var. y, versícolor, Pers. ench. 1. p. 156. 
M. arvénsis, 6, Willd. 1. p. 747. M. discolor, Lin. syst. ed. 
15. p. 190. M. collina, Hoffm. fl. germ. 1791. p. 61. Ehrh. 
herb. p. 51.? M. arvénsis, var. 8, Gmel. fl. bad. 1. p. 411. 
Smith, fl. brit. 1. p. 213. Roth. 2. p. 223.—Knip. cent. 11. t. 80. 
Stems angular, hairy, solitary, or tufted. Flowers on short pedi- 
cels. Lower hairs of calyx hooked. Calycine segments unequal, 
narrow-lanceolate, conniving wheu in fruit. Corolla small, blue, 
with a yellow throat, or pale yellow ; segments of the limb 
obtuse. 
Var. D, arenaria (Schrad. in litt. ex Lehm. asper. p. 93. 
Schulz, starg. suppl. p. 12.) flowers small, all blue ; throat yel- 
low; stigma somewhat 2-lobed. ©. H. M. ramosissima, 
Rochel. Leaves oblong, hispid. Tube of corolla exserted, 
usually yellow. 
Var. y, lutea (Pers. ench. 1. p. 156. Hoffm. et Link, fl. 
port. 1. p. 173.) stem scabrous, hairy ; superior leaves lanceo- 
late, quite entire ; tube of corolla exceeding the calyx. ©. H. 
M. arvénsis, var. 9, Willd. 1. p. 747.  Anchüsa lütea, Cav. 
icon. 1. p. 60. t. 69. f. 1. exclusive of the synonymes. 
Party-coloured-flowered Scorpion Grass, or Mouse-ear. Fl. 
April, June. Britain. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
22 M. srRrcrTA (Link, enum. 1. p. 164. exclusive of var. ver- 
sicolor, Roth. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 186.) stem branched at the 
base, hispid as well as the leaves, which are oblong ; racemes 
strict, naked; pedicels shorter than the calyx; calyx 5-cleft, 
exceeding the tube of the corolla, hispid from hooked bristles. 
©.H. Native of Siberia, in dry sterile places on hills near 
Sogra, between Butokowna and Tscheremschuka. Flowers usu- 
ally yellow. 
Strict Mouse-ear. FI. June, July. Clt. 1822. Pl. 1 foot. 
23 M. Forsre‘rt (Lehm. asper. p. 95.) leaves obovate-spa- 
tulate, hispid from strigæ; racemes bractless; pedicels erectly 
spreading while in fruit, length of calyx; calycine segments ob- 
long, bluntish, 3-nerved. 2. G. Native of New Holland, 
where it was collected by Forster. Root creeping ; fibres in 
fascicles. Stems ascending, hispid. Racemes filiform. 
Forster’s Scorpion Grass. PI. 1 to 1 foot. 
24 M. rirronA'Lis (Stev. cat. hort. gorenki? Lehm. asper. 
p. 95.) radical leaves obovate, obtuse: cauline ones ovate-cor- 
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