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BORAGINACE.E. 



buried among the leaves, but the stems finally lengthen 

 into clusters, and as the season advances the whole plant 

 dries up, and disappears. Fl. April, May. Annual. 



4. M. versicolor (Party-coloured Scorpion-grass). 

 Calyx covered with spreading, hooked bristles, closed 

 when in fruit ; cluster on a long leafless stalk ; stalk of 

 the fruit erect. Fields and banks, common. A very 

 distinct species, 3 6 inches high ; the stem is leafy 

 below, naked above, and ends in a cluster of flowers 

 which are singularly coiled up when in bud, and when 

 they expand are either blue or yellow on the same plant. 

 Fl. April June. Annual. 



ALPESTRIS (Mountain Forget-me-not). 



