BORAGINACEAE. 



[Vol. III. 



2. Myosotis laxa Lehm. Smaller 

 Forget-me-not. (Fig. 3039.) 



Rfyosolis laxa I.<.-lim. .\sperif. 8.v 181S. 

 Myosotis paltislris var. laxa A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 

 365. 1867. 



Perennial, appressed-pubescent, similar to the 

 preceding species; stems decumbent, spreading, 

 rooting at the nodes, 6'-2o' long. Leaves ob- 

 long, oblong-lanceolate or spatulale, obtuse; 

 racemes very loosely many-flowered; pedicels 

 spreading, much longer than the fruiting calyx; 

 hairs of the calyx straight, appressed, its lobes 

 equal, ovate-lanceolate, acutish, spreading in 

 fruit, <iuite as long as the tube; corolla blue with 

 a yellow eye, its limb concave, about 2" broad; 

 nutlets convex on both the inner and outer sides. 



In wet muddy places, Newfoundland to Ontario, 

 south to Virjfinia and Tennessee. Also in Europe. 

 Ascends to 3500 ft. in Virginia. May-July. 



3. Myosotis arvensis (L. ) Lam. Field 

 Scorpion-grass, or Mouse-ear. (Fig. 3040. ) 



ATyosolis scorpioides var. arvensis I.,. Sp. PI. 131. 1753. 

 Myosotis arvensis Lam. Fl. Fr. 2: 283. 177S. 



Annual or biennial, hirsute-pubescent; stem 



erect, branched, 6'-i8' high. Basal and lower 



leaves oblanceolate, obtuse, petioled or sessile; 



stem leaves mostly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 



obtuse or acutish at the apex, narrowed to the 



sessile base, yi'-i%' long, 2"-\" wide; racemes 



loosely flowered; fruiting pedicels longer than the 



calyx; hairs of the calyx, or some of them, with 



minutely hooked tips, the lobes equal, erect,or con- 



nivent in fruit, triangular-lanceolate, acute, about 



as long as the tube; corolla blue or white, the 



limb concave, i"-i}i" broad; uutlets convex on 



the outer side, somewhat keeled on the inner. 



In fields, New Brunswick to western Ontario and 

 Minnesota, south to West Virginia. Perhaps not 

 indigenous. .-Vlso in Europe. June-Aug. 



4. Myosotis versicolor (Pers.) Reichenb. Yellow and Blue Scorpion-grass. 



(Fig. 3041.) 



M. arvensis var. (?) versicolor Vers. Syn. 1:156. 1805. 

 Myosotis versicolor Reichenb. Fl. E-xc. i: 341. 1S30. 

 .Smith, Hngl. Bot. /. ./So.^ 



Annual, hirsute-pubescent, often much branch- 

 ed from the base, and sometimes also above; 

 stems slender, erect or ascending, 4'-! 2' high. 

 Leaves oblong, obtuse or obtusish, sessile, or 

 the lower spatulate and narrowed into mar- 

 gined petioles; racemes slender, sometimes 

 bracted at the base; pedicels shorter than the 

 fruiting calyx, erect; calyx equally 5-cleft, the 

 lobes equal, linear-lanceolate, erect or connivent 

 in fruit, longer than or equalling the tube, the 

 hairs or some of them with minutely hooked 

 tips; corolla pale yellow changing to violet or 

 blue, its limb about i" broad; nutlets convex on 

 the outer, slightly keeled on the inner side. 



In fields and along roadsides, southern New York 

 to Delaware. Naturalized from Europe. May-July. 



