Class V. Order I. 4? 



PENTANDEJA. 



MONOGFNM. 



52. ECHIUM. 

 ECHIUM VULGARE. L. Vipers Bugloss. 



Stem bristly and tuberculated ; stem leaves 

 lanceolate and rough with stiff hairs ; flowers in 

 lateral spikes. Sm. 



Stem erect, round, covered with firm bristles standing on 

 little protuberances. Leaves rough, covered with the same 

 kind of bristles. Spikes of flowers axillary, recurved, grad- 

 ually straightening, bearing a row of crowded purplish flowers. 

 Road side. Roxbmy. June, July. Biennial. 



53. MYOSOTIS. 

 MYOSOTIS SCORPIOIDES. L. Mouse ear Scorpion grass. 



Seeds smooth ; leaves elliptic lanceolate ; ra- 

 cemes without bractes, many flowered. Sm. 



I have only met with the aquatic variety of this plant. It is 

 found about the edges of ditches and streams. Stem rooting 

 at base, ascending, mostly smooth. Leaves scattered, broad' 

 lanceolate, sessile, commonly smooth. Racemes terminal, 

 rolled back at the end. Flowers pointing one way, small, rose 

 coloured. From June to October. Perennial. 



51, CYNOGLOSSUM. 



CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICIXALE. L. Common Hounds tongue, 



Stamens shorter than the corolla ; leaves broad 

 lanceolate, downy, sessile. L. 



