248 FLORA HISTORICA. 



FORGET-ME-NOT, or MOUSE-EAR SCOR- 

 PION-GRASS. Myosotis Palustrls. 



Natural Order AqjerifoUce. Borrac^ine.ce^ Juss. A 

 Genus of the Pe?itandria Monosynia Class. 



Pour exprimer ramour, ces fleurs semblent eclore ; 

 Leur langage est iin mot — mais il est plein d'appas ! 

 Dans la main des amans elles disent encore : 

 Aimez-moi, ne m'oubliez pas. 



Lett res a Sophie. 



This beautiful little flower, which enamels the 

 banks of our rivers with its corollas of celestial 

 blue, has become celebrated by a German tale, so 

 full of melancholy romance as to affect all the Da- . 

 mons and Phillises of Europe that haunt the purl- 

 ing streams. 



It is related that a young couple, who were on 

 the eve of being united, whilst walking along the 

 delightful banks of the Danube, saw one of these 

 lovely flowers floating on the waves, which seemed 

 ready to carry it away. The aflianced bride ad- 

 mired the beauty of the flower, and regretted its 

 fatal destiny, which induced the lover to precipitate 

 himself into the water, where he had no sooner 

 seized the flower than he sank into the flood, but 

 making a last effort, he threw the flower upon the 



