76 CHARACTERS OF BRITISH PLANTS.. 
characters of the latter species, although the form of the 
corolla gives a first-sight resemblance to E. ciliaris. 
Myosotis palustris (With.)J—Pubescence spreading only 
on the lower parts of the stem and branches. It is worthy 
of note that there is still a spreading pubescence on the 
lower párts of those branches which spring from the middle 
part of the stem where the hairs are nearly erect or even “ 
appressed. On the upper part of the stem the pubescence 
is always appressed, as in M. cespitosa. 
Myosotis cespitosa (Schultz.)—Lirab of corolla variable in 
size ; in some plants equalling that of M. sylvatica, in others 
scarcely so large as that of M. arvensis. The teeth of the 
calyx, particularly when in fruit, are more ovate than lanceo- 
late; being almost equally broad as those of M. palustris, 
though the calyx of the latter is much less deeply divided. 
The characters of leaf-bearing and leaf-less racemes are occa- 
sionally interchanged between this species and M. palustris. 
Myosotis collina (Hoffm.—The pedicels are twice the 
length of the calyx im luxuriant specimens, which present 
the characters of M. collina in other respects. 
Myosotis arvensis (Hoffm.)—The calyx, though closed when : 
fresh, has invariably opened under pressure in the process of 
drying many specimens; that is, so far as my own observa- 
tion extends. 
Veronica Buxbaumii (Ten.)—I have specimens from Ber- 
wickshire in my herbarium, yet the figure in the Flora of 
Berwick cannot be intended for this species, since it has the 
capsules of V. polita. 
Veronica humifusa (Dickson.)—Introduced into my garden 
in 1841, this has grown to a large patch, far exceeding the 
largest plants of the common form of V. serpyllifolia, which 
comes up abundantly as a weed in the same garden ; yet, while 
the latter flowers freely, the former has not shewn a blossom. 
Neither will it lower when confined in a flower-pot. 
Linaria vulgaris (Moench.) —Rachis and pedicels so fre- 
quently glabrous that the contrary condition ought certainly 
