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SPECIES I.-ANCHUSA ARVENSIS. Birb. 



Plate MCXI. 



lickh. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVIII. Tab. MCCCX. Fig. 1. 



BUlof, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 3159. 



Lycopsis arvensis, Linn. Sm. Engl. Bot. No. 938. Bah. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. y. p. 229. 



Eook. & Aril. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 29-5. Beiith. Handbk. Brit. Fl. ed. ii. p. 327. 



A. B.C. in B.C. Prod. Vol. X. p. 54 Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. 



p. 574. 



Annual. Radical " leaves oblong-oblanceolate, attenuated towards 

 the base into indistinct petioles; stem leaves sessile, oblong or strap- 

 shaped-oblong, undulated at the margins, the upper ones semi- 

 amplexicaul. Bracts lanceolate, sessile, the lower ones longer than the 

 calyx. Pedicels shorter than the calyx, ei'ect in fruit. Calyx seg- 

 ments strapshaped-lanceolate, divided nearly to the base. Tube of 

 the corolla curved, longer than the calyx; limb concave, slightly 

 irregular, narrower across than the length of the tube; scales velvety. 

 Style shorter than the calyx. Nucules without an appendage at the 

 base, bordered, stronglj^ wrinkled, and thickly covered with small 

 raised points. Plant thickly bristly-hairy.. 



In cornfields and waste places, in sandy and clialky soils. Common, 

 and generally distributed. Local in Ireland, and chiefly on the east 

 side of the island near the sea. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer, Autumn. 



Stem erect or somewhat decumbent, 6 inches to 2 feet high, branched 

 in large examples, angular, succulent, brittle, thickly clothed with 

 bristlelike vulnerant hairs. Leaves 1|- to 5 inches long, varying in 

 breadth, rather sparingly clothed with bristly hairs seated on tubercles 

 of unequal size. Racemes solitary or in pairs, short while in flower, 

 elongate in fruit, when they attain a length of from 3 to 6 inches. 

 Calyx in flower J- inch long, in fruit about J- inch, thickly clothed mth 

 bristly hairs like those on the stem. Limb of the corolla slightly 

 irregular, about i inch across, pale blue, with the scales white. 

 Nucules about }■ inch long, olive-grey, Avith the border, ridges, and 

 raised points paler. Plant light green. 



Small Bugloss. 



Fi-ench, Buglosse des campagnes. German, AcJcer-Ochsenzunge. 



Dr. Prior tells us that tlie name Bugloss comes from tbe Greek l3ove, an ox, and 

 y\w(T(Ta, tongue, descriptive of the shape and rough surface of the leaves of the 

 plant. 



