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spikes which are at first recurved but gradually become erect. Introduced. 

 A very showy plant when in full flower, but in many places becoming trouble- 

 Borae. Viper^s Bugloss. Blue Thistle. 



6. LYCOPSIS. Z/mTi.— Bugloss. 



(From the Greek Xv»fos, a w^lf, and oxpnj a face ; from a fancied resemblance 

 to the head of that animal.) 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-form, with a curved tube; 



the mouth closed with convex connivent scales. Nuts perforate 



at the base. 



L. arvensis Linn. : leaves lanceolate, repand-denticulate, very hispid ; 

 lower ones tapering into a petiole ; upper sessile, subclasping ; calyx erect 

 while in flower, about as long as the tube of the corolla. Anchusa arvensis 

 Lehm. 



Sandy fields. N. Y. and Mass. June, July. (J). — Plant very hispid. Stem 

 12 — 18 inches high. Flowers small, bright blue, in one or more leafy racemes. 

 Introduced from Europe. Small Bugloss. 



7. MYOSOTIS. Linn. — Scorpion Grass. 



(From the Greek //vs, fivos, a mouse, and ov? , wroj , an ear ; in allusion to the 

 shape of the leaves.) 



Calyx 5-cleft or 5 -parted. Corolla salver-form ; tube short ; 

 limb flat; orifice closed -svith short connivent scales. Nuts 

 smooth or rugose, with a cavity at the base. 



1. M. ccespitosa Schultz : stem terete, erect, branching, appressed pubes- 

 cent; leaves linear-oblong, obtuse; calyx 5-cleft, appressed-hairy, shorter ^C' 

 than the pedicels, spreading when in fruit; style very short. (/).C.) 



var. laxaD.C: smoothish; pedicels longer. M.laxaLehm. M. paZus- 

 tris Tort. 



Ditches and wet grounds. Can. to Virg. W. to Miss. May — Sept. (^ ? — Stjem 

 12 — 18 inches hkfh, slender, erect or oblique, branching above, smooth or 

 sprinkled with a few appressed hairs. Leaves 1 — 3 inches long, the upper sessile, 

 the lower often petioled. Flowers very small, bright blue, in racemes which are 

 at length elongated. Marsh Scorpion Grass. 



3. M. stricta Link : stem erect, simple or branched, hispid- villous ; leaves 

 oblong, obtuse ; racemes leafy at base ; fruit-bearing pedicels erect, shorter 

 than the calyx ; calyx 5-parted, closed when in fruit, clothed with divari- 

 cate hairs; tube of the corolla included. (D. C.) M. arvensis Reich. M. 

 verna Nutt. 



Sandy fields. Can. to Virg. W. to Miss. May, June. (1). — Plant grayish- 

 pubescent. Stem 4 — 10 inches high, at length branching. Flmoers very small, 

 white, in terminal racemes which are elongated when in fruit. 



Field Scorpion Grass. 



8. ECHINOSPERMUM. I^eAm.— Stickseed. 



(From the Greek c^jvoj, dihedgehog, and ai:sp\ia^seed; the fruit being covered 

 with prickles.) 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver-form ; throat closed by short 



