Ctjnoglossum.] BORAGINEyE 171 



pedicels; limb of the corolla flat, longer than the tube; root- 

 leaves on long dilated stalks. Br. Fl. 1. p. 84. E. Hot. 

 Suppl. t. 26o0. 



In dry shady places. The Cave-hill and other places near Belfast ; 

 Mr. Templcton. Fl. June, July. %.. — Nearly allied to the following 

 species, from which it may be distinguished by ils greater size, some- 

 what more deeply divided calyx, audits shorter less remarkably hooked 

 bristles. 



4. M. arvensis, Hoffm. Field Scorpion-grass. Fruit smooth; 

 calyx with spreading uncinate bristles one-half 5-cleft, when in 

 fruit ovate, closed, shorter than the diverging pedicels; limb of 

 the corolla concave, equalling the tube. Br. Fl. I. p. 85. E. 

 Bat. Suppl. t. 2629. — M. scorpioicles, a. arvensis, Linn. Sp. PL 

 p. 188. Fl. Br. p. 212. 



Very common in cultivated grounds, &c. Fl. June — Aug. 0. — ■ 

 From 6 to 12 inches high. Steins usually several, erect, from a curved 

 base, with ascending axillary branches. Lower leaves obtuse, ovate, 

 or spathulate, tapering down to a broad winged stalk. Upper ones 

 acute, oblong-lanceolate, sessile, and partially embracing the stem, 

 which is angular from the edges and midrib of the leaves being decur- 

 rent, and like the leaves, greyish with abundance of soft spreading 

 hairs curved upwards. Racemes terminal, solitary or in pairs, dense 

 and revolute at first, as usual in the genus, and gradually becoming lax 

 and erect as the flowers expand, and then separated by a considerable 

 interval from the uppermost leaf. Flowers numerous, small ; tube of 

 the corolla yellowish, a little inflated, rather shorter than the calyx, with 

 a concave limb about the same length, rose-coloured at first, afterwards 

 pale bright blue. 



5. M. versicolor, Lehm. Yellow and blue Scorpion- grass. 

 Fruit smooth; calyx with spreading uncinate bristles, when in 

 fruit oblong, (closed) longer than the almost erect pedicels ; 

 limb of the corolla concave, shorter than the exserted tube. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 86. E. Fl. v. i. p. 253. E. Bol. t. 2558.— 31. 

 scorpioides, /3. Huds. Angl.p. 78. Sm. Fl. Br. p. 212. E. Bol. 

 t. 480. (fig. sinist.) 



Common in wet meadows, as well as dry sandy places. Plentiful iu 

 sandy fields near Kilbarrick Church, &c. Fl. April— June. ©.— 

 Leaves narrow. Clusters much elongated and erect when in fruit, 



8. Cynoglossum. Linn. Hound's-tongue. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla short, funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Scales 

 of the orifice convex, converging. Stigma emarginate. 

 Nuts depressed. — Name from kvwv, a dog, and ^\wc<ra, a 

 tongue : from the shape and texture of the leaf. 



Pentandria. Moncgynia. 



1. C. officinale, Linn. Common Hound 's-tongue. Stamens 

 shorter than the corolla; stem-leaves broadly lanceolate, downy, 

 sessile; flowers without bracteas. Br. Fl. \. p. 87. E. FL v. i. 

 p. 260. E. Bol. I. 921. 



