﻿BORAGE 
  FAMILY 
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  IV. 
  MYOSOTIS 
  L. 
  

  

  Low, 
  annual, 
  biennial, 
  or 
  perennial 
  herbs 
  ; 
  stems 
  branching, 
  

   erect, 
  or 
  diffuse. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  entire. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  

   blue, 
  pink, 
  or 
  white, 
  in 
  elongated, 
  bractless 
  racemes. 
  Calyx 
  

   5-cleft, 
  the 
  lobes 
  erect 
  or 
  spreading 
  in 
  fruit. 
  Corolla 
  salver- 
  

   form, 
  5-lobed, 
  the 
  tube 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  calyx, 
  the 
  throat 
  with 
  

   5 
  small 
  appendages. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  tube 
  of 
  the 
  

   corolla, 
  included. 
  Ovary 
  4-parted 
  ; 
  style 
  slender. 
  Nutlets 
  

   smooth 
  or 
  downy, 
  elliptical, 
  compressed.* 
  

  

  1. 
  M. 
  scorpioides 
  L. 
  FORGET-ME-NOT. 
  Perennial, 
  from 
  slender 
  

   rootstocks; 
  steins 
  slender, 
  downy, 
  rooting 
  at 
  the 
  nodes, 
  6-15 
  in. 
  

   long. 
  Leaves 
  oblong 
  to 
  oblong-lanceolate, 
  obtuse, 
  narrowed 
  to 
  the 
  

   sessile 
  base, 
  appressed-downy. 
  Racemes 
  many-flowered 
  ; 
  pedicels 
  

   becoming 
  elongated 
  in 
  fruit. 
  Lobes 
  of 
  the 
  calyx 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  

   tube, 
  spreading 
  in 
  fruit. 
  Corolla 
  blue, 
  with 
  a 
  yellow 
  eye. 
  Nutlets 
  

   angled, 
  smooth. 
  In 
  gardens 
  and 
  often 
  naturalized 
  from 
  Europe.* 
  

  

  2. 
  M. 
  laxa 
  Lehm. 
  SMALL 
  FORGET-ME-NOT. 
  Annual 
  or 
  perennial 
  ; 
  

   whole 
  plant 
  downy 
  ; 
  stem 
  slender, 
  weak, 
  decumbent 
  and 
  rooting 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  long. 
  Lower 
  leaves 
  spatulate, 
  the 
  upper 
  lanceolate. 
  

   Racemes 
  loosely 
  flowered, 
  becoming 
  elongated 
  in 
  fruit; 
  pedicels 
  

   spreading. 
  Calyx 
  rough-hairy, 
  the 
  lobes 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tube. 
  Corolla 
  

   pale 
  blue, 
  with 
  a 
  yellow 
  eye. 
  Nutlets 
  convex 
  on 
  all 
  sides. 
  On 
  low 
  

   ground 
  and 
  in 
  brooks 
  and 
  ponds.* 
  

  

  V. 
  MERTENSIA 
  Roth. 
  

  

  Perennial 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  generally 
  pale, 
  smooth, 
  and 
  entire. 
  

   Calyx 
  short, 
  deeply 
  5-cleft 
  or 
  5-parted. 
  Corolla 
  somewhat 
  

   trumpet-shaped 
  or 
  funnel-shaped, 
  often 
  with 
  5 
  small 
  folds 
  or 
  

   ridges 
  in 
  the 
  throat, 
  between 
  the 
  points 
  of 
  insertion 
  of 
  the 
  

   stamens. 
  Style 
  long 
  and 
  slender. 
  Nutlets 
  smooth, 
  or 
  at 
  length 
  

   becoming 
  wrinkled. 
  

  

  1. 
  M. 
  virginica 
  Link. 
  LUNGWORT, 
  BLUEBELLS. 
  Smooth, 
  nearly 
  

   erect, 
  1-H 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Basal 
  leaves 
  large, 
  obovate 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  and 
  

   petioled 
  ; 
  stem 
  leaves 
  smaller, 
  sessile. 
  Flowers 
  clustered. 
  Corolla 
  

   nearly 
  trumpet-shaped, 
  varying 
  with 
  age 
  from 
  lilac 
  to 
  blue 
  (or 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  white). 
  Stamens 
  with 
  slender 
  filaments 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  corolla 
  tube. 
  Damp, 
  open 
  woods, 
  and 
  banks 
  of 
  streams 
  ; 
  some- 
  

   times 
  cultivated. 
  

  

  