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date, pilose above and nearly glabrous beneath; flowers nearly 
sessile, imbricate, disposed in spike-formed, bractless racemes. 
©.H. Native on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Plant small 
at the time of flowering, but afterwards more elongated. Radi- 
cal leaves rosulate. Racemes solitary, pilose, many-flowered. 
Calyx hairy; segments unequal, connivent, linear-lanceolate. 
Tube of corolla length of calyx. 
Sea-shore Scorpion Grass. Pl. 1 to 2 inches. 
25 M. pusitta (Lois. in Desv. journ. 2. p. 260. t. 8. f. 1. 
not 36. D.C. fl. fr. 6. p. 421. no. 2724. Lehm. asper. p. 96.) 
radical leaves somewhat spatulate, obtuse: cauline ones oblong, 
pilose ; racemes short, leafy; pedicels axillary, erect, much 
shorter than the leaves; tube of corolla a little longer than the 
calyx; limb very short. (2. H. Native of Corsica, in fields. 
Root simple, slender, with some long fibres. Stems simple, 
numerous from the same root, pilose. Calycine segments 
acute. 
Least Mouse-ear. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 
26 M. sraATULA'TA (Forst. prod. p. 12. no. 62.) stem filiform, 
procumbent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, distant, hispid from pili; 
pedicels lateral, one-half shorter than the leaves ; tube of corolla 
much longer than the calyx. ©. H. Native of New Zealand. 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 175. Willd. spec. 1. p. 748. Lehm. in act. 
soc. hal. 3. t. 1. f. 2. asper. 97. Anchisa spatulàta, Roem. 
et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 100. Stem pilose. Calyx obovate, with 
lanceolate segments. 
Spatulate-leaved Mouse-ear. P}. procumbent. 
27 M. sericea (Lehm. asper. p. 98.) stem erect; leaves 
sessile, oblong-lanceolate, silky ; racemes leafy ; pedicels axil- 
lary, erect when in fruit, length of the floral leaves; tube of 
corolla length of calyx. ©.H. Native of Siberia. Anchüsa 
sericea, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 774. M. pectinàta, Hort. 
Stem silky, divided into many erect leafy racemes at apex. 
Calycine segments linear, bluntish. Corollas large, blue. 
Silky Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. Fl. June, Aug. Clt, 
1802. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
28 M. roLiósA (Lehm. asper. p. 99.) leaves spatulate-lan- 
ceolate, roundish, obtuse, nearly glabrous; flowers axillary, on 
short pedicels, one-half shorter than the leaves ; tube of corolla 
nearly the length of the calyx. 4. G. Native of South Ame- 
rica. Anchùsa foliósa, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 775. 
Roots nearly simple. Stem scabrous from adpressed short 
hairs. Racemes leafy. Calyx pilose; with linear-lanceolate, 
obtuse segments. Corolla rather pilose outside. 
Leafy Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. P]. § to 1 foot. 
29 M. vittésa (Ledeb. act. nov. acad. petrop. 5. p. 516. no. 
3. fl. alt. 1. p. 191. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 215.) plant clothed with 
white villi; stems simple ; leaves elliptic, obtuse, 3-nerved, reti- 
culately veined, villous ; racemes twin, bracteate ; bracteas 
minute ; pedicels hardly the length of the flowers; nuts trun- 
cate, marginately toothed: teeth inflexed. Y.H. Native of 
Siberia, on the alps, along with Dryas octopétala; and of the 
bay of St. Lawrence, along with M. alpéstris. Lehm. asper. p. 
100. Anchusa villósa, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 775. 
Plant tufted, white from villi. Root woody. Stems simple, 
divided at top into simple leafy racemes. Racemes axillary 
and terminal. Calycine segments linear. Corolla rather large, 
deep blue, with a pale throat. 
Villous Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PI. 1 foot. 
30 M. anEri0lpes (Cham. in Linnea, 4. p. 443.) stems 
tufted, clothed with long white hairs, divided at top; leaves 
densely imbricated, sessile, lanceolate, cuneate at the base, 
acutish at the apex; racemes cymose, twin, terminal, each 
furnished with a leaf at the base. 4%. H. Native of the island 
of St. Laurence. Stems hardly emerging from the tufts of 
leaves, Surculi creeping. Pedicels longer than the calyxes. 
BORAGINEZE. XXVII. Myosorts. 
Calycine segments lanceolate, acutish. 
limb fine blue ; genitals inclosed. 
Aretia-like Mouse-ear. Pl. 2 to 4 inches. 
31 M. rupe’srris (Pall. itin. 3. append. p. 716. E. f. 3. 
R. Br. prod. p. 494.) plant silky ; leaves linear, villous ; ra- 
cemes twin or tern, alternate, leafy at the top of the stem; pedi- 
cels erectly spreading while bearing the fruit, length of the floral 
leaves, but exceeding the flowers. 21. H. Native of Dahuria, 
and Altaia, on the mountains, in dry rocky places. Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 748. Lam. ill. p. 805. no. 1772. Lehm. asper. p. 
100. Anchusa rupéstris, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 100. 
Root simple. Stems tufted, numerous from the same root, 
simple, slender, canescent. Racemes axillary and terminal. 
Calyx villous; with spreading segments. Corolla large, showy, 
deep blue, twice as long as the calyx. Nuts truncate, mar- 
ginate, with the margins toothless.—There is a white-flowered 
variety of this plant found at the river Tschuja. 
Rock Mouse-ear. Fl. July. Clt. 1802. Pl. 4 to 3 foot. 
$2 M. oxova‘ra (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 190.) plant rather 
silky; stems tufted, simple; leaves obovate-oblong ; racemes 
twin, bracteate; pedicels hardly exceeding the flowers; nuts 
unknown. %.H. Native of Kamtschatka; also of Dahuria, 
near Nertschinsk. Root thick, woody. Radical leaves rosu- 
late, all attenuated into the petioles. Flowers like those of M. 
rupéstris. 
Obovate-leaved Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. 
July. Pl. 2 to 1 foot. 
$3 M. rra'ccipA (Dougl. mss. ex Lehm. pug. 2. p. 22.) 
stem erect, branched; leaves linear, strigose ; spikes bractless, 
bifid; calyx 5-parted, closely adpressed to the fruit, closed, 
very hispid at the base and apex. ©. H. Native of North- 
west America. Stem beset with adpressed hairs or strigæ. 
Calycine segments linear, obtuse. Corolla yellow, glabrous; 
limb short. Nuts ovate, beaked, smooth. 
Flaccid Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PI. 14 foot. 
$4 M. rrvcoeruc a (Dougl. mss. ex Lehm. pug. 2. p. 22., 
stem erect; leaves lanceolate-linear, silky above and strigose 
beneath; spikes crowded at the top of the stem, few-flowered ; 
calyx very hispid; nuts unknown. ©.H. Native of North- 
west America.—A very pretty plant. Stem angular, beset with 
adpressed hairs below, and spreading pili above. Leaves 3- 
nerved. Spikes hispid. Calycine segments linear, obtuse, to- 
mentose inside at apex. Corollas large, white; with roundish, 
obovate segments. 
Leucopheous Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. Pl. 1 foot. 
.985 M.ravcirLóRA (Ledeb. in act. nov. acad. petrop. 5. p. 
517. no. 4. Lehm. asper. l. p. 101.) leaves linear, villously 
hispid, hoary ; racemes conjugate, usually 3-flowered ; pedicels 
3 times longer than the calyx when bearing the fruit; bracteas 
minute. 2t. H. Native of Dahuria. Anchüsa pauciflóra, 
Reem. et’Schultes, 4. p. 774. Plant clothed with white, shining 
hairs. ‘Stems simple, numerous from the same root. Racemes 
terminal. Corolla large for the size of the plant, pale blue, with 
a yellow throat. 
Few-flowered Mouse-ear. 
Corolla salver-shaped ; 
Fl. June, 
Pl. 3 to 4 foot. 
§ 2. Nuts wrinkled, rugged, granular, or bristly. 
36 M. repuncutra‘nis (Trev. in scrift. ges. freund. berol. 1815. 
p. 147. t. 2. f. 6, 7, 8, 9.) leaves elliptic-roundish, obtuse; 
racemes many-flowered, bractless, loose ; pedicels longer than 
the calyxes, thickened above while in fruit; nuts pyramidal, 
downy. ©.H. Native near Astrachan, in fields and vine- 
yards. Lehm. asper. p. 102. Roots fibrous. Stems numerous 
from the same root, beset with adpressed hairs, as well as the 
leaves. Racemes terminal, simple. Calycine segments linear, 
