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11. CYNOGLOSSUM. 



Biennial or perennial ; stems pubescent or hispid ; leaves 

 alternate, the lower long-petiolecl, the upper sessile ; flowers 

 in panicled racemes ; calyx 5-parted, enlarged and spreading 

 in fruit ; corolla funnel-form, with 5 obtuse scales closing 

 the throat of the tube ; stamens included ; ovary 4-lobed, 

 style slender ; fruit 4 ovate nutlets which are covered with 

 hooked or barbed bristles. 



C. ViiHiiNicuM L. Wild Comfrey. Peremiial; stem stout, 

 simple, erect, leafless above, 2-3 ft. high; leaves oval or oblong, the 

 upper clasping by a cordate base ; racemes bractless ; flowers pale 

 blue, on short pedicels which are recurved in fruit ; nutlets not mar- 

 gined, separating and falling away at maturity. April-June. On 

 dry soil. 



III. MYOSOTIS. 



Low annual, biennial or perennial herbs ; stems branching, 

 erect or diffuse ; leaves alternate, entire ; flowers small, blue, 

 l)ink or white, in elongated bractless racemes ; calyx 5-cleft, 

 the lobes erect or spreading in fruit ; corolla salver-form, 

 5-lobed, the tube as long as the calyx, the throat with 5 small 

 appendages ; stamens 5, inserted in the tube of the corolla, 

 included ; ovary 4-parted, style slender ; nutlets smooth or 

 l)ubescent, elliptical, comi)ressed. 



1. M. I'ALi'STRis (L.) Lam. Fohokt-mk-not. Perennial, from 

 slender rootstocks ; stems slender, pubescent, rooting at the nodes, 

 C-lo in, long; leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed 

 to the sessile base, appressed-pubescent ; racemes many-flowered; 

 pedicels V)ecoming elongated in fruit ; lobes of the calyx shorter 

 than the tube, spreading in fruit; corolla blue with a yellow eye; 

 nutlets angled, smooth. April-July. Common in gardens and 

 often naturalized, 



2. ^L LAXA Lehm. Small F<>i:<;i: i-mk-noi'. Annual or peren- 

 nial; whole plant ]>ul)escent; stem .slender, weak, <lecumbent and 

 rooting at the base, 1-2 ft. long; lower leaves s})atulate, the upper 

 lanceolate; racemes loosely flowered, becoming elongated in fruit; 

 l)edicels spreading; calyx hispid, tlie lobes as long as the tube; 

 corolla ]»ale l>Iue with a yellow eye; luitlets convex on all sides. 

 Mav .hilv. ()ii low irround. 



