I-lEl.D BlJ(;[.OSS 



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Field Bugloss ( I.xcojjsis arvciisis, 1..) 



Conspiciunis .uul coininon in ihc cornticlils this plant is toiind to- 

 day (and not in .my LMrly deposits) in I'luropc, W . Siln lia, W . Asia, 

 as tar as X.W. India. It has been introdiiccil intu die I'nited States. 

 Field Huojoss is tonnd in every [)art of Cireal llritain, except Radnor, 

 Cardigan. Monii^onnry ; and up to looo ft. in the llighlands. 



Field Bugloss dues not eviT, in spite of its name, occur anywhere 

 except upon cultivated land. It 

 is a familiar weed in the corn- 

 held, where it grows side by side 

 with the Poppy, Charlock, Corn 

 Marigold, Common Sou Fhislle. 

 It is also to be seen in the \icinity 

 of waste places and kindred spots 

 where cultivated weeds abound. 



The first Creek name is said 

 to refer to a fancied resemblance 

 between the llowcr of the plant 

 and a wolf's eye. It is a tall, 

 erect, slender, usually unbranched 

 plant, with a stem nearly angular, 

 and very hairy or prickly. The 

 leaves are narrowly elliptical, alter- 

 nate, stalkless, blunt, and hairy, 

 the hairs rising from a small wart- 

 like or tuberous base or tubercle, 

 wavy, pale underneath, turned 

 back and clasping the stem. 



The flowers are deep blue, ami more or less turned lo one side, 

 nearly stalkless, in turned -back drooping cymes. The sepals are 

 narrow, deeply cut, do not fall, and are erect. The corolla is funnel- 

 shaped with a crooked limb, with a closed mouth and white scales. 

 The nutlets are black, wrinkled, and netted. 



Field Bugloss is about 1-2 ft. high. The flowers bloom in May 

 right on until August. This plant is an aiuuial, propagated from seed, 

 and quite worth placing in the garden. 



The flowers are similar to those of Aiicliusa, and they have similar 

 contrivances for secreting, holding, protecting, and indicating the 

 honey. The corolla is tubular, the mouth closed by five white hairy 



FlKT.D BlGl.oss (T.ycopsis arvoisis, L.) 



