^92 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



sessile or stem-clasping ; flowers in simple or forked, terminal, 

 one-sided spikes ; corolla pale blue, the tube always curved in 

 the middle. — A common weed of cultivation. Fl. June. 



(216) Anchusa. Alkanet. 



A. sempervirens : stems straggling, coarsely hairy ; leaves 

 broadly ovate ; flowers in short, one-sided spikes, leafy at the 

 base, and placed in the axils of the stem-leaves ; corolla rich 

 blue. — Waste places. Fl. May, June. 



(217) Myosotis, Scorpion-grass. 

 * Hairs of the calyx appressed. 



M. palustris : stems Aveak, ascending, \-\ \ foot high, nearly 

 glabrous; leaves oblong bluntish, nearly glabrous; flowers 

 bright clear blue, with a yellow eye, rather large ; calyx never 

 divided below the middle. — Forget-me-not. — Wet ditches and 

 sides of streams. Fl. June to August. 



M. repens, which is more hairy, with narrower lobes to the 

 calyx, reaching to about the middle ; and M. csespitosa, which 

 has a smaller corolla, with the limb often slightly concave, 

 are varieties sometimes considered distinct. 



** Hairs of tlie calyx spreading or hooked. 

 -f Pedicels equalling or exceeding the calyx. 



M. sylvatica : stems one foot high, roughly hairy; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate; flowers large, handsome, blue, the limb 

 spreading flat; calyx cleft nearly to the base, with narrow 

 segments. — Mountain pastures and shady situations. Fl. 

 May, June. 



The alpine form, with larger flowers, is by some distin- 

 guished as a species, under the name of M. alpestris. 



