150 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS 



In the dry woods of South Britain we occasionally meet with 

 the Wood Scorpion-grass or Wood Forget-me-not (J/yoso^^s sylvatica), 

 of the order Boroginacece. This plant is verj^ much Uke the favourite 

 Water Forget-me-not, and has equally large flowers, but it is much 

 more hairy. Its stem is erect, without runners ; and the blue 

 flowers form a one-sided raceme without bracts. As the flowers 

 expand the stalk lengthens considerably, with the result that the 

 fruits are very distant. Among other features by which we may 

 distinguish between the Wood Forget-me-not and the commoner 

 Water Forget-me-not we may mention that the corolla of the former 

 is flatter ; and the calyx, cleft to its base into narrow segments, is 

 very rounded below, and covered with stiff, hooked bristles. The 

 plant flowers from June to August. 



We conclude this chapter with the names of four species of 

 Grasses that are partial to wooded districts, and which flower dming 

 the summer months. They are the Millet Grass {Milium effusum), 

 the Bearded Wheat {Triticum caninum), the Slender False Brome 

 {Brachipodium sylvaticum), and the Haiiy Brome Grass {Bromus 

 asper). The first three of these are represented on pages 148 and 

 149, and the fourth is shown on Plate II. 



