"224 DICOTYLEDONS. AORAGINE^. AnC/lUSCt. 



Herbs or Shrills. Leaves alternate, without stipules, usually 

 scabrous. Flowers usually in one-sided, more or less com- 

 pound spikes or racemes. Br. 



1. MYOSOT1S. 



Cal. 5 -cleft. Cor. hypocrateriform, the segments very obtuse, 

 its orifice closed with short connivent scales. 



(Seeds naked.) 



1* M. sylvatica, leaves oblongo-lanceolate with soft hairs, ra- 

 cemes very long lax, pedicels (in fruit) divergent patent longer 

 than the 5-fid connivent cal., limb of the cor. expanded longer 

 than the tube. p. 66. Woods. 



2. M. alpestris, leaves oblongo-lanceolate hairy, racemes short, 

 pedicels (in fruit) patent rather longer than the connivent 5- 

 fid cal., limb of the cor. expanded longer than the tube. p. 66. 

 Alps. 



3. M. palustris, leaves oblongo-lanceolate rough with short 

 mostly depressed hairs, racemes rather short, peduncles (in 

 fruit) divergent twice as long as the 5-toothed patent cal., 

 limb of the cor. expanded longer than the tube. p. 67. Ditch 

 lanks. 



4. M. arvensis, leaves oblongo-lanceolate hairy, racemes very 

 long, pedicels (in fruit) patent twice the length of the5-cleft 

 and closed cal., limb of the cor. erecto- patent about as long 

 as the tube. p. 67. Waste places. 



5. M. versicolor, leaves oblongo-lanceolate hairy, racemes very 

 long, pedicels (in fruit) erecto-patent shorter than the 5-cleft 

 acute closed cal., limb of the cor. patent shorter than the tube, 

 p. 67. Dry waste places. 



2. LITHOSPERMUM. 

 Cal. 5 -partite. Cor. infundibuliform, its orifice naked. 



1 . L. officinale, stem erect very much branched, leaves broadly 

 lanceolate acute nerved rough above hairy beneath, tube of the 

 cor. as long as the cal., nuts smooth, p. 68. Waste places. 



2. L. arvense, stem erect branched, leaves lanceolate acute 

 hairy, cal. a little shorter than the cor., its segments patent 

 when containing the ripe rugose nuts. p. 68. Corn-fields. 



3. L. maritimum, glabrous, stem procumbent branched, leaves 

 ovate obtuse fleshy glaucous, p. 68. Sea-shores. 



3. ANCHUSA. 

 Cal. 5-cleft, or 5-partite. Cor. infundibuliform, its orifice closed 



with convex connivent scales. Seeds (or Nuts) hollowed out 



at the base. 

 1 . A. sempervirens, leaves ovate nearly entire lower ones upon 



