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pale green, flowers azure, corolla-tube glabrous within 

 below the ring of hairs ; thickets, local ; Schaii hausen, 

 Engadine, Tirol, Lombardy, Puy-de-D6me, Pyrenees. 

 P. tuberosa^ Schr. {vulgaris^ Men); leaves very rough, 

 not spotted, inflorescence rough and bristly, corolla-tube 

 pubescent below the ring of hairs ; Eastern Switzerland 

 (rare), Dauphiny, Pyrenees. P. inontana^ Lej. (inollis, 

 Wolff) ; flowers violet, inflorescence covered with viscid 

 glands, corolla-tube hairy below the ring of hairs, leaves 

 soft with glandular hairs; Southern Switzerland, Pyre- 

 nees, rare. 



8. Myosotis, L. 



Flowers regular, small, blue, in terminal scorpioid 

 cymes ; corolla saucer-shaped, the throat closed by five 

 scales alternate with the stamens ; calyx-tube long. 



All the English lowland species of Forget-me-not are 

 found also in Switzerland, viz. : — M. palustris^ With, 

 (including strigulosa, Rchb.), the marsh species with 

 large flowers ; M. versicolor y Rchb., with large flowers, 

 at first yellow, then dull blue, on dry banks ; M. sylvatica, 

 Hoffm., the wood species with large flowers; M. ccBspi- 

 tose, Schulz., the marsh species with small flowers ; and 

 the two small-flowered species found on dry banks in the 

 very early spring, M. arvensisy Hoffm. {intermedia^ Link;, 

 and collina, Hoffm. {hispida^ Schlecht.). Also M. stricta. 

 Link; under-side of the leaves covered with hooked 

 hairs; fields in the south. The following are alpine: — 

 M, alpestris, Schm. (PI. 88) ; closely resembling sylvaticay 

 stem 2-6 in., flowers crowded, at first reddish, then azure, 

 corolla-tube entirely concealed by the calyx ; common at 

 high elevations. M. py^'enaica^ Pourr. ; flowers bright 



