Tab. 7589. 

 MYOSOTIS DISSITIFLORA, var. Dyerm. 

 Native of Switzerland ? 



Nat. Ord. Boragine^e. — Tribe Borages. 

 Grenns Myosotis, Linn. ; {Benih. & Hook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 858.) 



Myosotis (Stropbiostoma) dissitiflora ; tota pilis gracilibus erectis patulisve 

 obsita, rhizomate repente, foliis inferioribns petiolatis ellipticis spatbula- 

 tisve acutis apiculatisve, caulinis sessilibus oblotigis ovato-oblongisve, 

 racemis elongatis laxifloris, pedicellis ascendentibus calyce inultoties 

 long;ioribus, oalycis tubo pilis simplicibas erectis vestito, segmentis 

 lanceolatis tubo triplo longioribus, corollae limbo patulo tubum longe 

 excedente, ore piloso, antheris apiculatis, nuculis ovatis acutis dorso vix 

 carinatis atris nitidis basi stipite albo crasso auctis. 



M. dissitiflora, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1868, vol. i. p. 599 ; 1882, vol. i. p. 307, 

 f. 44. 



M. montana, Hort. (non Besser). 



Var. Dyeras, B. J. Lowe ; elatior, floribus majoribus, corollas limbo £ poll, 

 expans. 



It is a singular fact, that nothing should be known of 

 the history of the beautiful and popular Myosotis dissiti- 

 flora, than that it was brought from Switzerland more than 

 thirty years ago, by the late Mr. Atkins of Painswick, 

 so well known as the successful cultivator of Cyclamens. 

 Mr. Atkins was, as I am informed by his friend Mr. 

 Baker (the author of the species), a very intelligent botanist, 

 possessing an extensive collection of rare and interesting 

 plants that were ticketed with scrupulous accuracy ; and 

 it is much to be regretted that of the present plant in 

 particular he could give no further account. What is to 

 me still more surprising is, that though thirty years have 

 elapsed since the publication of the species, during which 

 interval M. dissitiflora has become one of the most common 

 of garden plants, I can find no other reference to it in 

 botanical or illustrated horticultural works than that which 

 I have cited. 



Though closely resembling in habit and general appear- 

 ance the well-known M. alpestris, Schm., and sylvatica, 

 Hoffm., M. dissitiflora belongs to a very different section 

 of the genus from these, characterized by the nutlets 

 being provided with a stout white stipes at the base, 

 April 1st, 1898. 



