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with adpressed bristles, deeply 5-cleft when in fruit, mostly 

 connivent, shorter than the diverging pedicels ; limb of the 

 corolla flat, longer than the tube : lobes somewhat emarginate. 

 If. . H. Native of Scotland ; and in Yorkshire, Kent, and Sus- 

 sex, in open heaths and parts of forests. Root creeping. 

 Leaves lingulate. Nuts smooth. Plant pilose. 



Creeping Scorpion Grass, or Mouse-ear. Fl. April, Aug. 

 Britain. PL | foot. 



15 M. COLLIN-A (Hook. engl. bot. suppl. 2629. ed. 2d. t. 257.) 

 annual ; calyx beset with spreading, uncinate bristles, open and 

 ventricose when bearing the fruit, as long as the diverging pedi- 

 cels ; limb of corolla concave, shorter than the tube. Q. H. 

 Native of Britain, common in dry fields, and on sunny sandy 

 banks, flowering early in summer, and soon withering away. 

 M. arvensis, Smith, engl. bot. 2558. engl. fl. 1. p. 252. Ra- 

 cemes without peduncles, the flowers beginning among the 

 leaves, sometimes from the very base of the stem. Corollas 

 small, blue, with a yellow throat. 



Hill Scorpion Grass. Fl. May, June. Britain. PL \ to \ foot. 



16 M. ARVE'NSIS (Sibth, fl. oxon. p. 68.) leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, hairy ; racemes bractless ; pedicels spreading 

 while bearing the fruit, twice as long as the calyx, which is 

 erect, 5-cleft, and open; limb of corolla erectly spreading, 

 nearly the length of the tube. . H. Native throughout 

 Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, in corn fields and 

 in sterile dry places; plentiful in Britain in like situations. 

 Bess. fl. gal.'l. p. 142. Wahl. fl. lapp. p. 55. Bieb. fl. cauc. 

 1. p. 119. Willd. spec. 1. p. 747. Lehm. asper. p. 90. M. 

 annua, Moench, fl. hass. no. 153. Lapeyr. abr. p. 84. D. C. 

 syn. no. 2724. M. scorpioides, Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 153. M. scor- 

 pioides, var. a arvensis, Lin. spec. ed. 2d. p. 188. Smith, fl. 

 brit. 1. p. 212. engl. bot. suppl. 2629. (Ed. fl. dan. t. 583. Bull, 

 herb. t. 355. Lin. fl. suec. ed. 2d. no. 157. Echioides annua 

 Moench. meth. p. 416.- -Hall. hist. no. 590. Gerard, hist. p. 

 338. f. 4. Lob. icon. 461. f. 2. Stern beset with spreading 

 hairs. Lower hairs of calyx hooked. Calycine segments 

 linear-lanceolate, unequal, conniving when in fruit. Corolla 

 with a white tube, which is a little shorter than the calyx ; limb 

 blue ; throat yellow ; segments hardly emarginate. 



Var. p. simplex (Pers. ench. 1. p. 156.) stem very simple; 

 leaves rosulate ; petals not emarginate ; flowers on short pedi- 

 cels. 0. H. 



Car. <?. alpina ; stem dwarf, branched, more pilose ; radical 

 leaves tufted ; flowering racemes revolute ; flowers on short 

 pedicels ; corolla small, blue, rarely white or purple, with a 

 yellow throat. . H. 



Corn Scorpion Grass, or Mouse-ear. Fl. April, Aug. Bri- 

 tain. PL | to 1 foot. 



17 M. VE'RXA (Nutt. gen. addend.) small and hairy; stem 

 simple ; radical leaves spatulate-oblong : cauline ones linear- 

 oblong ; spikes simple ; flowers nearly sessile ; seeds smooth 

 and shining. 0. H. Native of New Jersey, in sandy woods 

 and by way sides. Flowers small and white. Lycopsis Virginica, 

 Pursh 1. 



Spring Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. Fl. May, July. PI. 



18 M. MULTICAU'LIS (Wall. cat. no. 7020.) plant rough from 

 short strigae ; stems numerous, simple, ascending, dividing into 

 racemiferous branches at top ; radical leaves oval, on long peti- 

 oles : lower cauline ones petiolate : upper cauline ones sessile, 

 oval-oblong; racemes numerous, axillary, and terminal, slender; 

 pedicels erect. If. . H. Native of Nipaul, in Gosainsthan. 

 Stems many from the same root. Racemes twin or solitary. 

 Nuts unknown. 



Many-stemmed Mouse-ear. PL ascending, 1 foot long. 



19 M. PA'LLENS (Wall. cat. 7019.) hispid from strigae ; stems 

 erect, simple ; radical leaves rosulate : cauline ones lanceolate, 



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sessile, and half stem-clasping, bluntish, mucronate ; terminal 

 racemes twin, with a flower in the fork : axillary ones solitary ; 

 nuts unknown. . H. Native of Kamaon. Lower leaves 

 lanceolate-spatulate. Pedicels at length drooping. Nearly 

 allied to M. arcensis. 



Pale Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PL 1 to 1| foot. 



20 M. INTERME'DIA (Link. enum. 1. p. 164.) stem erect, 

 branched, hispid ; leaves obversely lanceolate, or ovate-oblong, 

 hispid ; pedicels much longer than the flowers ; calyx beset 

 with hooked hairs, exceeding the corolla, closed in the fruit- 

 bearing state. . 1 H. Native of Europe, in humid places ; 

 and of the Cape of Good Hope. M. arvensis, Lehm. asper. p. 

 90. but not of Lin. Drev. et Heyne, bild. 2. t. 5). M. in- 

 termedia, /3, parviflora, Ledeb. fl. alt. 1 p. 187. M. scorpi- 

 oides, Thunb. fl. cap. 183. Racemes strict, naked. Corolla 

 small, blue, with a yellow throat. This species is usually con- 

 founded with M. arvensis. 



Intermediate Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. FL April, May. 

 Britain. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



21 M. VERsicoLOR (Roth. fl. germ. 2. p. 222.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, bluntish, hairy; racemes bractless ; pedicels erectly spread- 

 ing while in fruit, shorter than the calyx, which is 5-cleft, acute, 

 and closed ; limb of corolla spreading, shorter than the tube. 

 . H. Native throughout Europe, in dry, arid places. Engl. 

 bot. ed. 2d. t. 258. M. scorpioides, Smith, engl. bot. 480. f. 1. 

 M. scorpioides, y, Lin. spec. ed. 2d. p. 189. Smith, fl. brit. 1. 

 p. 212. M. arvensis, var. y, versicolor, Pers. ench. 1. p. 156. 

 M. arvensis, /3, Willd. 1. p. 747. M. discolor, Lin. syst. ed. 

 15. p. 190. M. collina, Hoffin. fl. germ. 1791. p. 61. Ehrh. 

 herb. p. 51.? M. arvensis, var. ft, Gmel. fl. bad. l.p. 411. 

 Smith, fl. brit. l.p. 213. Roth. 2. p. 223. Knip. cent 11. t. 80. 

 Stems angular, hairy, solitary, or tufted. Flowers on short pedi- 

 cels. Lower hairs of calyx hooked. Calycine segments unequal, 

 narrow-lanceolate, conniving when in fruit. Corolla small, blue, 

 with a yellow throat, or pale yellow ; segments of the limb 

 obtuse. 



Var. fi, arenaria (Schrad. in lilt, ex Lehm. asper. p. 93. 

 Schulz, starg. suppl. p. 12.) flowers small, all blue ; throat yel- 

 low ; stigma somewhat 2-lobed. 0. H. M. ramosissima, 

 Rochel. Leaves oblong, hispid. Tube of corolla exserted, 

 usually yellow. 



Var. y, lutea (Pers. ench. 1. p. 156. Hoffm. et Link, fl. 

 port. 1. p. 173.) stem scabrous, hairy ; superior leaves lanceo- 

 late, quite entire ; tube of corolla exceeding the calyx. . H. 

 M. arvensis, var. ft, Willd. 1. p. 747. Ancbusa lutea, Cav. 

 icon. 1. p. 60. t. 69. f. 1. exclusive of the synonymes. 



Party-coloured- flowered Scorpion Grass, or Mouse-ear. Fl. 

 April, June. Britain. PL 5 to 1 foot. 



22 M. STRI'CTA (Link, enum. 1. p. 164. exclusive of var. ver- 

 sicolor, Roth. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 186.) stem branched at the 

 base, hispid as well as the leaves, which are oblong ; racemes 

 strict, naked ; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; calyx 5-cleft, 

 exceeding the tube of the corolla, hispid from hooked bristles. 

 0. H. Native of Siberia, in dry sterile places on hills near 

 Sogra, between Butokowna and Tseheremschuka. Flowers usu- 

 ally yellow. 



Strict Mouse-ear. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. PL 1 foot. 



23 M. FORSTE V RI (Lehm. asper. p. 95.) leaves obovate-spa- 

 tulate, hispid from strigas ; racemes bractless ; pedicels erectly 

 spreading while in fruit, length of calyx ; calycine segments ob- 

 long, bluntish, 3-nerved. If . G. Native of New Holland, 

 where it was collected by Forster. Root creeping ; fibres in 

 fascicles. Stems ascending, hispid. Racemes filiform. 



Forster's Scorpion Grass. PL | to 1 foot. 



24 M. LITTORA'LIS (Stev. cat. hort. gorenki ? Lehm. asper. 

 p. 95.) radical leaves obovate, obtuse : cauline ones ovate-cor- 



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