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BORAGINEjE. XXVII. MYOSOTIS. 



Scattered-flowered Scorpion Grass. Fl. May, June. Clt. 

 1822. PI. i foot. 



7 M. SYLVA'TICA (Ehrh, herb. 31. Lehm. asper. p. 85.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, clothed with soft hairs ; 

 racemes very long, loose, bractless ; pedicels diverging while 

 bearing the fruit, a little longer than the 5-cleft, closed calyx ; 

 limb of corolla flat, longer than the tube. I/ . H. Native 

 throughout Europe, in woods in mountainous places. Hoffm. 

 deutschl. fl. 1. p. 85. exclusive of M. alpina. Baumg. fl. trans. 



I. p. 117. exclusive of the synonymes. Pers. ench. 1. p. 156. 

 Sut. fl. helv. 1. p. 102. M. intermedia, Smith, engl. fl. 1. p. 

 250. M. scorpioides, var. sylvatica, Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 956. 

 M. scorpioides, var. Smith, fl. brit. 1. p. 212. M. arvensis, 

 Wahl. fl. suec. 1. p. 120. Hall. helv. no. 591 Knip. cent. 



II. t. 81. M. perennis, (3, D. C. fl. fr. no. 2725. M. arven- 

 sis,? ft, sylvatica, Pers. ench. 1. p. 156. M. intermedia, a, 

 parvifl6ra, Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 187. Stems simple, divided at top 

 into long loose racemes, hairy. Racemes solitary and conjugate. 

 Calycine segments unequal, lanceolate, acuminated, obsoletely 

 3-nerved, furnished with hooked hairs at the base, conniving 

 while bearing the fruit. Corolla blue, with a yellow throat. 

 There is a variety of this species found at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. See Cham, in Linnaea, 4. p. 445. 



Wood Scorpion Grass. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. J to 1 

 foot. 



8 M. CJESPITOSA (Schultes, fl. starg. suppl. p. 11. Ledeb. 

 fl. alt. 1. p. 188.) plant strigose, tufted; leaves lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse ; calyx 5-cleft, about equal in length to the tube of the co- 

 rolla, strigose ; fruit bearing pedicels twice as long as the calyxes ; 

 racemes loose, naked. If.. H. Native of the duchy of Meck- 

 lenburgh ; and of Altaia, near Riddersk, Smejow, &c., in boggy 

 places; in Britain, common about ponds. Link. enum. 1. p. 

 165. Bess. pi. volh. p. 52. Hook, suppl. engl. bot. t. 2661. 

 M. lingulata, Schultes. Lehm. asper. l.p. 110. M. uliginosa, 

 Schrad. M. commutata, Schultes, syst. 4. p. 102. M. strigu- 

 losa, Rchb. M. scorpioides parviflora, Wahl. fl. suec. 1. p. 

 1 1 9. Hairs of the stem and calyx adpressed. Corolla blue, 

 with a yellow throat ; limb as long as the tube. Very nearly 

 allied to M. palustris. 



Tufted Mouse ear. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PI. tufted. 



9 M. ALPE'STRIS (Hoppe, in Schmidt, fl. boh. cent. 3. no. 

 225.) stems tufted, erect; leaves lanceolate, or oblong-linear, 

 acutish, obsoletely 3-nerved, strigose; racemes strict, bractless; 

 pedicels spreading while bearing the fruit, a little longer than 

 the calyx, which is 5-parted and spreading ; limb of corolla flat, 

 a little longer than the tube. I/ . H. Native of Europe, and 

 the north of Asia, on the alps, and in dry alpine places; in 

 Scotland, on the elevated range of the Breadalbane moun- 

 tains. Lehm. asper. p. 86. Schultes, fl. austr. 1. p. 788. 

 Willd. enum. 1. p. 175. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 189. M. litho- 

 spermifolia, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 173. M. scorpioides, J3, 

 lithospermifolia, Willd. enum. 1. p. 175. M. suaveolens, Waldst. 

 et Kit. hung. ined. Willd. 1. c. M. odorata, Poir. suppl. 4. 

 p. 44. M. rupicola, Smith, engl. bot. t. 2559. M. Pyrenaica, 

 Pourr. mem. acad. toul. 3. p. 323. M. montana, Bess. fl. gal. 

 1. p. 142. Bieb. 3. p. 116. exclusive of the syn. of Erhr. pi. 

 volh. p. 8. M. alpina, Lapeyr. Barrel, icon. t. 404. Root 

 brown. Stem beset with adpressed hairs, simple at bottom, but 

 divided at top into short racemes ; the raceme terminating the 

 stem, conjugate ; those terminating the branches solitary. Calyx 

 beset with hooked hairs ; segments linear-lanceolate, acute. 

 Tube of corolla shorter than the calyx ; limb blue ; throat yel- 

 low. There are varieties of this with white and reddish flowers. 



Alp Scorpion Grass. Fl. June, July. Scotland. PI. | foot. 



10 M. NEMOROSA (Besser. pi. volh. p. 52. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. 



p. 188.) stem erect, acute-angled, shining and smooth at the 



base ; racemes loose, naked ; fruit bearing pedicels a little 

 longer than the calyxes ; calyx 5-toothed, exceeding the tube 

 of the corolla, hispid from strigse, as well as the leaves. If, . H. 

 Native of Altaia, in woods and groves near Riddersk, &c. M. 

 laxiflora, Rchb. 



Grove Scorpion-grass. Fl. June, Aug. PI. \ foot. 



11 M. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Wall. cat. no. 930.) plant tufted, beset 

 with short strigae ; leaves small, oval-roundish : radical ones on 

 long petioles ; upper cauline leaves sessile ; racemes terminal, 

 twin. 1^. H. Native of Kamaon. Stems simple, erect. 

 Nuts unknown. Nearly allied to 1\I. alpestris. 



Hound-leaved Scorpion-grass. PI. ^ foot. 



12 M. ? LONGIFLORA (Wall. cat. no. 929.) root creeping; 

 stems smoothish, prostrate or ascending ; leaves ovate, mucro- 

 nate, on long petioles, beset with short strigee ; racemes short, 

 simple or twin, terminal. If. . H. Native of Simla and Ka- 

 maon. Racemes and calyxes strigose. Calycine segments 

 linear-lanceolate, shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla 

 salver-shaped, white or blue. Nuts unknown. Habit of a 

 species of Omphalbdes. 



Long-flowered Scorpion-grass. PI. prostrate, creeping. 



13 M.PALU'STRIS (With. p. 225.) hairs of the stem adpressed; 

 leaves obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, rather scabrous from strigse ; 

 racemes bractless ; pedicels diverging while bearing the fruit, 

 nearly twice the length of the calyx, which is 5-parted, obtuse, 

 and spreading, and equalling the tube of the corolla ; limb of 



. H. Native throughout 



FIG. 36. 



corolla flat, longer than the tube. 



Europe, Asia, and North Ame- 



rica, in humid meadows, bogs, 



banks of rivers, rivulets, and 



ditches ; plentiful in Britain, in 



like situations. Lehm. asper. 



p. 88. Hoffm. et Link, fl. 



port. 1. p. 174. Bess. fl. gal. 



l.p. 142. M. perennis, Mcench. 



bass. no. 154. Lapeyr. abr. 



p. 84. D. C. syn. fl. fr. no. 



2725. M. scorpioides, Horn. 



hort. hafn. 1. p. 173. Pursh, 



fl. 1. p. 133. Willd. spec. 1. 



p. 746. Wahl. fl. lapp. p. 54. 



Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 118. 



Michx. fl. l.p. 129. M. scor- 



pioides, var. palustris, Lin. 



spec. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 188. fl. 



suec. ed. 2d. no. 157. Smith, 



fl. brit. 1. p. 212. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 27. t. 65. Smith, engl. 



bot. 1973. St. Hil. pi. fr. 3. t. 264. Sturm, fl. germ. fasc. 5. 



with a figure. Svensk, bot. 1. t. 72. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 



189. Echioides palustris, Mcench, meth. p. 416. Plant pale 



green, roughish. Stems creeping at the base. Racemes simple 



or conjugate. Corolla blue ; throat yellow ; tube length of 



calyx ; segments of the limb obovate, emarginate, or obcordate. 



There is also a variety of this with white flowers. This, the 



Forget-me-not, is the emblem of affection among the Germans. 



It is now a general favourite, and deservedly so ; its beauty is 



so striking as to have acquired for it a kind of proverbial name. 



Few who have observed the flower are likely to forget it. 



Far. /3, parviflora (Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 189.) flowers 3 times 

 smaller, and more crowded than in the species. If. . H. Native 

 near Barnaoul. 



Marsh Scorpion Grass, or Forget me not. Fl. April, May. 

 Britain. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



14 M. RE'PENS (G. Don, Hook. fl. scot. p. 83. under M. 

 palustris. Engl. bot. suppl. t. 2703.) hairs of the stem spread- 

 ing ; leaves obovate, obtuse, rather strigose ; calyx covered 



