434 XCIV. BORRAGINACEZ. _ Mrosoms. 
U St. and leaves usually glabrous and pellucid-punctate, the radical ones 
many-veined, cauline sessile. Rac. terminal. 
1. M. Virainica. DC. (Pulmonaria. Linn. Lithospermum pulchrum. 
Lehm.) Virginian Lungwort—FPlant erect, smooth; cal. much shorter 
than the tube of the corolla, limb longer than the tube; radical ls. (large) 
obovate-elliptical, obtuse; cauline ones long-lanceolate—A smooth, erect, an 
elegant plant, about 20/ high, native in N. Y. to Ga. and W. States, sometimes 
cultivated. ‘The leaves of the stem are sessile, much narrower than those of 
the root, whose width is 3 of their length. Flowers in terminal clusters. 
Corolla blue, funnel-form, sitting upon a short, 5-toothed calyx. Stamens and 
style included. May. . 
2. M. maritima. G. Don. (Pulmonaria. Linn. Lithospermum. Lehm.) 
Glabrous; sts. and branches procumbent or ascending; lvs. ovate, obtuse, 
fleshy, glaucous, the radical petiolate, cauline sessile; rac. leafy; cal. deeply 
cleft, scarcely half as long as the glabrous corolla.—Sea shore, Northern States, 
Pursh, N. to Greenland. Stem diffusely branched. Flowers purplish-blue, 
limb longer than the tube. Jl. 
3. M. penticuLata. G. Don. (Pulmonaria. Roem. Lithospermum. 
Lehm.)- St. erect; lvs. glaucous, rather fleshy, acute-mucronate, ciliate- 
denticulate, radical ovate, petiolate, cauline oblong, sessile, 3-veined at base ; 
cal. segments acute; pedicels as long as the flower; sty. finally exserted.—N. Y. 
Muhl. Torrey. Stems 6—12’ high, clustered. Peduncles many-flowered. 
Corolla pale purple. 
10. PULMONARIA. 
Probably named from its having been used in lung complaints. 
Calyx prismatic, 5-angled, 5-toothed; cor. infundibuliform, with a 
cylindric tube, orifice hairy in 5 lines alternating with the stamens ; 
ach. imperforate.—% European herbs. . 
P. oFFICINALIS. Common Langwort.—Plant rough; cal. the length of the 
tube of the corolla; vadical lvs. ovate, cordate, scabrous, cauline ones ovate, ses- 
sile—Native of England, but naturalized and cultivated in our gardens. 
Flowers blue, in terminal clusters. Stem a foot high. This as well as other 
foreign species of this genus, is a rough-leaved plant, while the several Ameri- 
can species are uniformly smooth. May. t 
11. MYOSOTIS. Dill. 
Gr. pvos, a rat, and (vs) ors, an ear; from the form of the leaves. 
Calyx 5-cleft; corolla hypocrateriform, the 5 lobes slightly emar- 
ginate, orifice closed with short, concave scales; achenia ovate, 
smooth, with a small cavity at base——Herbs, slightly villous. Rac. 
at length elongated. 
1. M. c#spirésa. Schultz. a. lava. DC. (M. palustris. Roth. M. scor- 
poides. Willd.) Marsh Scorpion Grass.—Nearly smooth, somewhat branched, 
erect; lvs. linear-oblong, obtuse, with short, scattered hairs; rac. without bracts ; 
pedicels divaricate in fruit, twice as long as the short, spreading, smooth seg- 
ments of the calyx. | Grows about ditches and marshes, Can. and U.S., often. 
called. water-mouse-ear from the leaves, which are roughish with appressed hairs. 
Stem about afoot high, with scattered hairs, ascending from see creeping 
roots. Leaves scattered, sessile, 1—3’ long, § as wide. Racemes terminal, or 
often one of them supra-axillary, one-sided. Flowers small, blue, on pedicels 
#/ long. May—Aug. ; 7 
2. M. srricrs. Link. (M. arvensis. Rich. and 1st edit, M. inflexa. Engelm.) 
Forget-me-not.—S!. branching; /vs. oval-lanceolate, hairy ; rac. long; pedi- 
cels in fruit suberect, about as long as the calyx; cal. se@ments oval, acuminate, 
hairy, closed, about the length of the corolla——@ Found in sandy woods, N. 
Eng.! to [ll.! Whole plant of a grayish hue from us dense pubescence. Stem 
4—10’ high, at length much branched. Leaves §—I’ in le sessile, acutish, 
