192 BORAGINACE^. 



MYOSOTIS, Linn. 



456. M. palustrls, With. Forget-me-not ^ 

 M. scorpioides pahcsiris, Ger. em. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 269. Syme E. B. vii. t. 1104. 



Sides of streams, ditches, and wet places ; very common. P. June — 



August, 

 In all the districts. 

 VII. Isle of Dogs ; Cooper, 115. Primrose Hill, 1834 ; Herb. Mus. Brit. 

 Lea Canal, bet. Tottenham and Edmonton ; Cherry. Hackney 

 Marshes. Hornsey Wood. South Heath, Hampstead. Eel-brook 

 Meadow, Parson's Green. 



Var, iS. M. strigulosa, Eeich. 

 II. On Staines Common. 



III. Bet. Eichmond Bridge and Twickenham. 



First record: Blackstone, 1737. 



457. M. repens, Don. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 271 ; iii. 484. Syme E. B. vii. t. 1105. 



Ditches and wet places ; very rare. P. June — August, 

 I. Marshy ground by Euislip Eeservoir ; Mdv. 52. 



IV. Ditches near Pinner Drive; Mclv. 52. 



The only records, 1864. We have not met with this species in Middle- 

 sex, but the above localities are not improbable. 



458. XMC. csespitosa, Schultz. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 271 ; iii. 485. Syme E. B. vii. t. 1103. 



Wet places, especially on heaths ; rather rare. B. or P. June — August. 

 I. Stanmore Heath. Elstree Eeservoir. Bet. South Mims and Potter's 

 Bar. 



III. Hounslow Heath. Harrow ; Herb. Harr. 



IV. Great bog on Hampstead Heath ; Irv. MSS. 

 V. Greenford, &c. ; Melv. 52. 



VII. Hackney Marsh, E. F. ; Herb. Mus. Brit. Walham Green ; Irv. H, 

 B. P. 468. Eeservoirs in Ken Wood Grounds. 

 First record: Irvine, about 1830. 



(M. sylvatica, Ehrh. M. scorpioides latifolia hirsuta, Merr. Pin. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 273 ; iii. 485. Syme E. B. vii. t. 1107. I. In Gutter's Dean 

 Wood and the Old Park, sparingly; Blackst. Fasc. 62. V. Eoad- 

 sides, Greenford, 1859 ; Hind. This was most likely the large wood 

 form (/3 umbrosa, Bab.) of M. arvensis. The Eev. Mr. Hind, how- 

 ever, has a strong behef that he found the true sylvatica (see Phyt. 

 N. S. v. 204), but the station is not a likely one. M. sylvatica occurs 

 in Essex.) 



