72 Class V. Order I. 



A very bristly plant with small blue flowers, probably intro- 

 duced from Europe. Dry hills. June, July. 



73. CYNOGLOSSUM. 



CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALK. JL. Common Hounds tongue. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla ; leaves broad 

 lanceolate, downy, sessile. L. 



An erect, downy plant, exhaling an unpleasant odour. Stem 

 about two feet high, round, hairy. Leaves covered on both 

 sides with a greyish down, lanceolate, entire, somewhat waved, 

 the lower ones petioled, upper ones sessile, clasping, inclining 

 *o an oblong heart shape. Flowers in several racemes, which 

 are recurved at the end. Calyx downy. Corolla dull purple. 

 Seeds furnished with small hooks serving for their dispersion. 

 Road side. Charlestown. June. Biennial. 



CYNOGLOSSUM AMPLEXICAULE. MX. Clasping Hounds tongue. 

 Hairy ; leaves oval-oblong, the upper ones clasp- 

 ing ; corymb terminal, leafless, on a long stalk. 



A tall, erect, hairy plant, with large leaves and a small dis- 

 tant corymb or panicle of handsome flowers. Calyx segments 

 acute, hairy. Corolla purple, hypocrateriform, with oblong, 

 obtuse lobes, the throat crowned. Woods, Vermont and New- 

 Hampshire. June. Perennial. 



74. MYOSOTIS. 



MYOSOTIS PALTJSTRIS. Pursh. Water Mouse ear. 



Perennial ; seeds smooth ; calyx subovate, glabrous, 

 nearly as long as the tube of the corolla ; stem slight- 

 ly branched, leaves lanceolate. 



Syn. JWrosoTis SCORPIOIDES. First edit. 



This plant is by many of our botanists considered a variety of 

 M scorpioides. It is found about the edges of ditches and 

 streams. Stem rooting at base, ascending, mostly smooth. 

 Leaves scattered, broad lanceolate, sessile, aearly smooth. 

 Racemes terminal, rolled back at the end. Flowers point- 

 ing one way, small, rose coloured. From June to October. 

 Perennial. 



