270 FLORA HTSTORTCA. 



FORGET-ME-NOT or MOUSE-EAR SCOR 

 PION-GRASS. Myosotis PaJustris. 



Natural Order Aspenfolice: Borraginea, Juss : a 

 Genus of the Pentandria Monogynia Class. 



•* Pour expriraer Tainour, ces fleurs semblent eclore ; 

 Leur lang-age est un mot — mais il est plain d'appas ! 

 Dans la main des amans elles disent encore : 

 Aimez-moi, ne nfoubliez pas." 



Lettres 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 

 Damons and Phillises of Europe that haunt the 

 purhng 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 affianced bride ad- 

 mired the beauty of the flower, and regretted its 

 fatal destiny, which induced the lover to pre- 

 cipitate himself into the water, where he had 



