436 



BOBAGINACE^. 



times occurs with white flowers. Fl. June September. 

 Biennial 



LYCOPSIS ARV^NSIS (Small Bugloss). 



7. LYCOPSIS (Bugloss). 



1. L. arvensis (Small Bugloss). The only British 

 species, common in waste ground, and on the sea-coast. 

 A branched prickly plant, 6 18 inches high, with 

 oblong wavy leaves, and forked, curved clusters of 

 minute blue flowers, the tube of which is bent ; in 

 which respect it is unlike any other British plant of the 

 order. Fl. June, August. Annual. 



