Myosotis,] BORAGINEiE. 



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feris ciliatis. Corolla calyce dupio longior, glabra, venosa : laciniis rotundatis integerrimis; genitalia corolla 

 duplo longiora, cum gerraine, glabra. 



Hab. Dry rocky plains of the Columbia, near the Priest's Rapid, "and at the Stony Islands," N.W. 

 America. Douglas, 



Ord. LXIV. BORAGINEiE.* Juss. 



1. HELIOTROPIUM. Z. 



Cor, hypocrateriformis: fauce pervia (in nonnullis barbata) ; Limhi laciniis plicatura 

 simplex vel dente instructa interjecta. Stigma subconicum. Nuces 4, uniloculares, co- 

 haerentesj basi clausse, Receptaculum commune manifestum nullum. 



1. H. Curassavicum; caule herbaceo, foliis suboppositis lanceolatis obtusissimis obsolete 

 venosis glabris glaucis, spicis conjugatis solitariisve.— Z.— ie^m. Asper, v, 1. p. 34. NutL 

 Ge7i, V. \, p, 112. Elliott^ v, !./>, 745. 



Hab. Vallies of the Blue Mountains (far removed from the sea). Mr, Douglas found it there only. 

 —[In one of my specimens from Mr. Douglases last journey, the leaves are nearly an inch broad, and the 

 spikes quaternate andquinate: in all, the leaves are much broader than in any specimens I have ever 

 seen of ^. Curassavicum.] [Hook.) 



2, MYOSOTIS. i. 



Cor. hypocrateriformis : fauce squamis brevibus instructa. Z2>«^K5 5-partitus obtusus. 

 Stamina inclusa. Nitces 4, unilocularesj fundo calycis affixse, basi perforatse, 



a. nucibus Icevibus glabris. 



\, M. alpestris; foliis lanceolatis acutiusculis obsolete trinerviis hirsutis, racemis ebrac- 

 teatis, pedicellis in fructu patentibus calyce 5-fido clause paullo longioribus, limbo explan- 

 ato tubo longiore.— ScA;«zrf^5 Bohem. Cent. 3. Lehm. Asper, v. 1. p. 86. — M. lithospermi- 

 folia. Horn. H. Hafn. v. I. p. 173. — M. suaveolens. WaldsL et Kit. — M. rupicola. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 2559, 



Hae. Common in the Rocky Mountains. Drummond. Arctic sea-shore. Dr. Richardson.— T\ie 

 American plant corresponds exactly with the European one, and varies also with blue and white flowers. 



2. M. palustris; calyce satis rectis appressis fructifero campanulato patente pedicellis 

 divergentibus breviora, corollse limbo piano tubum excedente, pube caulis patente (vel 

 nullo), — var. micrantha; caulis pube appressa. — M. lingulata. Lehm. Asper. v, I, p. 110, 

 inter species in quas inquirendum esset. — M. csespitosa, Schultz. Flor. Starg. Suppl. p. IL 

 Spreng. Syst. Veget v. I. p. 557. (excL synon,) 



Hab. Canada. Mrs. Percival, Mrs. Sheppard. Newfoundland. Dr. Morrison, Mr. Cormack — This 

 plant, though in my opinion only a variety, is, however, as such, a very distinct one. 



3. M. versicolor; foliis lanceolatis obtusiusculis hirsutis, racemis ebracteatis, pedicellis in 

 fructu e recto -patentibus calyce 5-fido acuto clauso brevioribus, limbo patente tubo breviore. 



Pcrs. Syn. v, \. p. 156. Engl. Bot. L 480. Lehm. Asper. v. I. p. 93. 



By Professor Lehmann 



VOL. 11. 



