BORAGINEX. XXVII. Myosoris. 347 
or lanceolate, erectly spreading. Nuts beset with hooked bris- 
tles at the sides, nevertheless shining. 
Peduncular Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. Fl. May, June. 
Cit. 1824. Pl. 1 to 4 foot. 
37 M. Tenuirxora (Viv. fl. libyc. 9. t. 1. f. 2.) plant stri- 
gose; stem erect; lower leaves spatulate: superior linear- 
oblong; calyx 5-parted, equal in length to the corolla, erect 
when bearing the fruit; bracteas linear-lanceolate, exceeding 
the flowers. (2. H. Native of Cyrenaica, in dry, exposed 
parts of mountains. Stem sparingly branched. Flowers dis- 
posed in short, imbricate, solitary, terminal spikes. Calyx 
hispid ; with linear, acute, connivent segments. Corolla fur- 
nished with 5 fascicles of hairs inside. Nuts triquetrous, having 
the margins and back tubercled. 
Thin-flowered Mouse-ear. Pl. 1 foot. 
88 M. na‘na (Vill. dauph. 2. p. 459.) leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, villous ; racemes few-flowered, leafy at bottom ; nuts den- 
ticulately crenulated on the margins. 21. H. Native of the 
alps of Dauphiny, Piedmont, Switzerland, Tyrol, Carinthia, 
Carniola, and Savoy. Vill. delph. 4. t. 13. prosp. p. 41. t. 23. 
f. 3. All. ped. no. 189. Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 1. p. 261. Schmidt, 
fl. boh. cent. 2. p. 27. Lam. ill. 1. p. 396. no. 1780. D. C. 
syn. fl. fr. no. 2726. Lois. fl. gall. 1. p. 104. Sut. fl. helv. 1. 
p.102. Pers. ench. 1. p. 157. M. pauciflora, Vittm. summ, 
l.p. 3882. M. Terglovénsis and M. nana, Vittm. summ. 1. p. 
$82. M. Terglovensis Hacq. pl. alp. carn. p. 21. t. 2. f. 6. 
Arétia Hacq. in act. soc. hist. nat. berol. 1780. p. 128. Lithos- 
permum alpinum tomentósum minimum Tourn. inst. p. 137. 
Plant tufted, the smallest species of the genus. Root blackish. 
Stems numerous, simple, leafy. Radical leaves rosulate. Ra- 
cemes simple, with hardly ever more than 4 flowers. Calyx 
villous ; segments lanceolate, bluntish. Corollas large, sweet- 
scented; tube pale, about the length of the calyx; limb blue; 
throat yellow ; segments ovate-roundish. 
Dwarf Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. Fl. May, July. Clt. 
1800. Pl. 1 to 3 inches. 
39 M. rrcriNA TA (Pall. itin. vol. 3. append. no. 71. t. E. f. 
4.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, villous ; racemes erect, strict, brac- 
teate; nuts truncate at the apex, pectinated by erect marginal 
bristles, u%. H. Native among frigid, mossy rocks, at the 
Jenissee ; also about the Baical and in Kamtschatka. Pers. 
ench. 1. p. 157. Willd. spec. 1. p. 750. Lam. ill. p. 396. 
Lehm. asper. p. 105. Root fibrous, adhering to the fissures of 
rocks, Stems erect, pilose, many from the same root, divided 
into simple racemes at top. Calyx pilose, with lanceolate, 
acute segments. Corolla blue, with a pale throat; tube length 
of calyx. 
Pectinate-fruited Mouse-ear. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
40 M. crara (Rudolph, in mem. acad. st. petersb. 1809, 
vol. 1. p. 352. t. 11. Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 191. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 
215.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, canescent, strigose, as well as 
the stems ; racemes many, bracteate, loose; nuts truncate at the 
ud — bya toothed margin, having the teeth erect and 
D ted. Y%.H. Native of Siberia, in exposed places at the 
— eed near Krasnajarsk ; also of the Altaian moun- 
" hd alair. Root perpendicular, fibry. Stems simple, 
many from the same root, divided into numerous loose racemes 
at top, strigose and canescent. Pedicels 3 times as long as the 
flowers. Calyx pilose, with linear segments. Corolla twice 
as long as the calyx ; throat closed by 5 peculiar scales. 
Habit of Echinospérmum barbatum. 
Ciliated-toothed Mouse-ear. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
41 M. a’terva (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 91.) stem 
erect, much branched, and are, as well as the leaves, hispid, white; 
leaves sessile, linear, acutish ; spikes terminal, leafy ; flowers 
sessile; calyx closed; nuts scabrous. ©. H. Native of 
Mexico, near San Juan del Rio, and Hacienda de Lira, at the 
altitude of 1000 hexapods. Lithospérmum ramósum, Lehm. 
asper. p. 328. ex Lam. Leaves 1 to 13 inch long, and one line 
broad. Corollas very minute, yellow, glabrous; and the pro- 
cesses of the throat orange-coloured. Calyx hispid, with 
linear-lanceolate segments. 
Whitened Mouse-ear. PI. 1 foot. 
42 M. cnANULOsA (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 5. no. 1.) stem 
erect; leaves linear-lanceolate, bluntish, rather hispid ; corolla 
twice longer than the calyx; nuts granular. (2. H. Native of 
Peru, in sandy places in the provinces of Lima and Chancay. 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 157. Lehm. asper. p. 108. Plant hispid, or 
strigose. Root fusiform, fibry. Branches disposed in a 
corymbose manner. Racemes terminal. Flowers distant. 
Calyx hairy, with obtuse segments. Corolla white. Nuts 
ovate, 
Granular-fruited Mouse-ear. PI. $ to 1 foot. 
43 M. numinis (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 5. no. 4.) stems 
procumbent; leaves linear, hispid; flowers lateral, secund ; 
nuts rugose. )/. G. Native of Peru, in fields. Pers. ench, 
l. p. 157. Lehm. asper. p. 108. Plant hispid from pili. 
Root fusiform, fibry. Middle stems erect. Flowers on short 
pedicels. Calycine segments lanceolate. Corolla white, longer 
than the calyx. Nuts ovate. 
Humble Mouse-ear. Pl. procumbent. 
44 M. rv'rvA (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 38.) 
hispid; stem erect, nearly simple; leaves remote, broad-linear, 
bluntish ; racemes spike-formed, conjugate, bractless ; calyx 
densely pilose, deeply 5-parted ; nuts only 2, and one of which 
is abortive. ©. H. Native of Chili, about Conception. Stem 
slightly branched upwards. Root fusiform, simple.  Pedicels 
and calyxes clothed with fulvous hairs. Leaves strigose. Co- 
rola white. Nuts wrinkled. 
Fulvous-haired Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PI. 1 foot. 
45 M. micra’ntna (Pall. in litt. ex Lehm. asper. p. 109.) 
stems diffuse, decumbent; leaves narrow-lanceolate, obtuse, 
strigose; flowers nearly sessile, interfoliaceous ; nuts rugose, 
with prominent ribs.—Native of Siberia, at the Volga. Stems 
strigose, branched, many from the same root. Flowers distant, 
secund, axillary, and interfoliaceous. Calyx hairy; segments 
lanceolate, elongated and spreading when in fruit. Corolla 
small, a little longer than the calyx. Nuts ovate. 
Small.flowered Mouse-ear. Pl. procumbent. 
46 M. Cuonista‘na (Cham. in Linnza, 4. p. 444.) plant beset 
with white strigose pili; radical leaves linear, acute, obscurely 
3-nerved ; stems filiform, ascending, usually simple, bearing 
racemes from the base; segments of calyx, bearded at apex; 
stigma capitate; nuts wrinkled. ©. AH: Native of New 
California, at port St. Francisco. Calyx beset with adpressed 
strigee. Radical leaves 3 inches long, and 2 lines broad. Co- 
rolla rotate. Calycine segments lanceolate, acute. Said to 
agree in hairiness and duration with M. cæspitòsa, Schultes, and 
in the racemes being leafy at bottom with M. parviflora, but the 
nuts are wrinkled, and the habit peculiar. 
Choris's Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PI. 1 to 1 foot. 
47 M. GLOMERA‘TA (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 112.) stem erect, 
simple ; leaves spatulate-linear, those on the stem rather acute, 
hairy ; spikes pedunculate, axillary, conglomerate, bifid, sessile 
above; calyx extremely hispid; lobes of corolla entire. &. 
H. Native of the Missouri, on arid, argillaceous hills, around 
the great Bend. Cynogléssum glomeràtum, Pursh. fl. amer. 2. 
. 729. Rochélia glomeràta, Torrey. Radical leaves villous, 
obovate-spatulate. Corolla white; tube constricted near the 
base. Stigma capitate. Stamens included beneath the arched 
protuberances of the orifice. Nuts rugose, with an elevated, 
scabrous, or minutely crenulated ridge in the centre. 
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