1124 BORAGINACEAE 
5. MYOSOTIS [Rupp.] L. Annual, biennial, or perennial, pubescent poa 
Calyx slightly accrescent. Corolla manifestly longer than th l 
and free portions of the filaments short. Fruit surpassed by the uide 
About 35 species, of wide geographic distribution.—Spr.-sum.—FORGET-ME- 
NOTS. SCORPION-GRASSES 
Calyx open at maturity, pubescent with straight hairs 
Calyx-lobes longer than the tube: corolla-limb mostly less than 6 mm. wide: 
style s short. M. laza. 
e shorter than the tube: corolla-limb mostly over 
m. wide: style elongate. 2. M. palustris, 
Calyx d IRE at maturity, pubescent with hooked hair 
Pedicel longer than the calyx at maturity: style ender 
about as long as the ovary 3. M. arvensis. 
Pedicel shorter than the elc style stout, very short. 
Fruiting racemes with man 2 erect or 
dud RA E a usually up to m. long at 
aturity : nu s 15 m Jong. 4. M. virginica. 
Fruiting racemes Ets i1 more or less recurv ing pedi- 
s: calyx over 5 mm. long at maturity: nutlets 2 
io nc 5. M. macrosperma. 
. M. laxa Lehm. — 1-5 dm. long: leaf-blades spatulate to elliptie- -lanceo- 
late: pedicels 5—10 . long: calyx-lobes triangular to triangular-lanceolate: 
corolla mainly ae bine; lobes about 1 mm. 
long: nutlets about 1 mm. long.—Spring- 
is and muddy p various ‘provinces, 
Ga. to Tenn., Ont., N. S. 
2. M. palustris (L.) Lam. Stem 2-6 dm. 
lon le edi spatulate to elliptic or 
l-8 cm : 1 
b 
ous pru N of Coastal Plain, Ga. to 
W. Va. and N. S. Nat. of Eu. 
M. arvensis (L.) Willd. Stem 1-3 dm 
tall: d blades uad to elliptie or elliptic. -lanceolate, 1—5 . long: calyx 
becoming 3—4 mm. long; lobes equal or nearly so: corolla are e k a 
white; lobes ove r% a s long as the t iube: : uo abou E 1.5 m ong.—Low 
grounds, various pro N of Coastal Plain, N. C. to W. Va. T MIT and 
N. B. 
4. M. virginica (L.) B.S Stem 1-4 dm. tall, with short, stiff, often numer- 
ous branches: leaf-blades per to elliptie, '1-8 em. long: mature raceme 
rh re ijs n. fruiting calices: pedicels 1-3 mm. long: calyx be- 
ng; lobes slightly mu s corolla white; lobes less than 
V, i as ied as won tube: nutlets about 1.5 mm. long.—Dry hills and fields, vari- 
ous provinees, Fla. to Tex., Minn., Ont., ud. Me. 
macrosperma Engel Stem 2-6 dm. tall, with few, elongate, Me sat 
branches: leaf-blades nds to those of M. arvensis but larger: 
racemes with few widely separated fruiting calices: pedicels 3-6 mm. 
calyx becoming 6-8 mm. long; lobes very e corolla white; lobes less 
than 14 as long as the tube: nutlets about 2 mm. E —Hillsides, woods, and 
stream-banks, Coastal Plain and adj. provinees, Fla. to Tex., Ar k., Ind., and 
Mad. 
