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Myosotis Azorica. Azorean Mouse-ear; 

 or Forget-me-not. 



Class and Order. 

 Fentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — BoraginEjE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx quinquepartitus. Corolla hypogyna, hypocrateri- 

 morpha, tubo brevi vel calycem superante, fauce fornicibus 

 clansa, limbo quinquepartito obtuso. Stamina 5, corolla; 

 tubo inserta, inclusa; antherm peltatae. Ovarium quadri- 

 lobum. Stylus simplex ,* stigma capitatnm. Nuces 4, dis- 

 tinctae, Iaives, vel granulate, rugulosae, umbilico basilari 

 receptaculo affix ae. — Herbae notissimce, in regionibus extra- 

 tropicis totius orbis obvia ; racemis simplicibus, ebracteatis. 

 Endl. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Myosotis Azorica; perennis, caule basi decumbente rarno- 

 sissimo ubique dense setoso-hirsuto pilis reflex is, ca- 

 lyce pedicelloserectossubaequantibus profunde in seg- 

 nientis lineares strictos diviso, fructifero patentc pilis 

 erecto-patentibus setoso, corollas limbo tubum vix 

 aequante lobis marginatis. H. C. W. 



Myosotis Azorica. H. C. Watson, MS. No. 128 of Azorian 

 Specimens, collected in 1842. 



This beautiful Forget-me-not is found about waterfalls,, 

 and ou wet rocks with a North-east aspect, in the islands of 

 Corvo and Florcs, the most westerly of the Azores. Its 

 proper habitat appears to be on the mountains ; though it 

 comes down nearly to the sea shore, following the^ course 

 of rocky mountain streams, where the atmosphere is kept 

 humid by the spray of the water. The deep rich blue of its 

 numerous flowers, and their long* succession from the lateral 

 branches, combine to render this species well deserving of 

 cultivation, provided it can be brought to flourish in the 



drier 



