114 FLOWERS C)I- LAKES, RIVJ.RS, ETC. 



The Scorpiiin Grass is an acjiialic j)lant, which is coniiiKiii by the 

 sides of rivers, margins of iai-:es, pools, and ponds; and ic may also be 

 found growing on wet ground of a more or less marshy or boggy 

 character caused by an overflow of any of the former. 



The Marsh Forget-me-not, as it is also calleil, has long roots and 

 is stoloniferous, then erect, with branched, smooth or hairy, rounded, 

 solid stem, with spreading hairs. The lea\-es are slalkless, lance- 



sha[K;d, blunt, smooth, 

 and the first Latin name 

 refers to their shajje or 

 texture, being like a 

 mouse's ear. 



The flowers are blue 

 or violet, stalked, and 

 form a scorijioid cyme, 

 with a smooth 5-lobed 

 calyx covered with closely- 

 jiressed bristles or hairs, 

 with sub-ec]ual, short, 

 blunt teeth, nearly as long 

 as the corolla, and the 

 limb of the corolla twice 

 as long. The style equals 

 the calyx, ;uid the loljes 

 of the corolla are notched 

 at the end. 



The stem is 2 ft. high 



at most, and tlowers are 



in bloom between April 



and August. The ])lant 



pro[)agated b)' di\"ision, being worth 



Photo. C. Edw.irds 



ScoRi'ioS Grass iJ/yom/is scorpiuides, I..) 



M anil 



is a herbaceous perenni, 

 cultix'ating. 



The pistil and stamens in the different species varv in position, 

 but [he floral mcch.inism is similar to that of J/, iii/cniwdia, in the 

 length of the tube, which is 3 mm. long. Die corolla is .salver-.shaped 

 with a flat limb, and the mouth is closed bv 5 scales or glands. The 

 anther-stalks are fixed in the neck of the tube; the anthers are oblong, 

 yellow, with a club-shaped tip, and are included. The style is as long 

 as the tube, and the stigma blunt. It is visited bv the Common P)!ue 

 Butterfly [Lvcrnia /cams), and a lly, Rvipis. 



The fruits are hooked and mav catch in the coats ot animals and 



