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BORAGINE^E. XXVII. MYOSOTIS. 



date, pilose above and nearly glabrous beneath ; flowers nearly 

 sessile, imbricate, disposed in spike-formed, bractless racemes. 

 0. H. Native on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Plant small 

 at the time of flowering, but afterwards more elongated. Radi- 

 cal leaves rosulate. Racemes solitary, pilose, many-flowered. 

 Calyx hairy ; segments unequal, connivent, linear-lanceolate. 

 Tube of corolla length of calyx. 



Sea-shore Scorpion Grass. PI. 1 to 2 inches. 



25 M. PUsiLLA (Lois, in Desv. journ. 2. p. 260. t. 8. f. 1. 

 not 36. D. C. fl. fr. 6. p. 421. no. 2724. Lehm. asper. p. 96.) 

 radical leaves somewhat spatulate, obtuse : cauline ones oblong, 

 pilose ; racemes short, leafy ; pedicels axillary, erect, much 

 shorter than the leaves ; tube of corolla a little longer than the 

 calyx ; limb very short. 0. H. Native of Corsica, in fields. 

 Root simple, slender, with some long fibres. Stems simple, 

 numerous from the same root, pilose. Calycine segments 

 acute. 



Least Mouse-ear. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. \ foot. 



26 M. SPATULA'TA (Forst. prod. p. 12. no. 62.) stem filiform, 

 procumbent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, distant, hispid from pili ; 

 pedicels lateral, one-half shorter than the leaves ; tube of corolla 

 much longer than the calyx. . H. Native of New Zealand. 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 175. Willd. spec. 1. p. 748. Lehm. in act. 

 soc. hal. 3. t. 1. f. 2. asper. 97. Anchusa spatulata, Rcem. 

 et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 100. Stem pilose. Calyx obovate, with 

 lanceolate segments. 



Spat/a/e-leaved Mouse-ear. PI. procumbent. 



27 M. SERI'CEA (Lehm. asper. p. 98.) stem erect; leaves 

 sessile, oblong-lanceolate, silky ; racemes leafy ; pedicels axil- 

 lary, erect when in fruit, length of the floral leaves ; tube of 

 corolla length of calyx. . H. Native of Siberia. Anchtisa 

 sericea, Rcem. et Sfhultes, syst. 4. p. 774. M. pectinata, Hort. 

 Stem silky, divided into many erect leafy racemes at apex. 

 Calycine segments linear, bluntish. Corollas large, blue. 



Silky Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 

 1802. PI. i to 1 foot. 



28 M. FOLIOSA (Lehm. asper. p. 99.) leaves spatulate-lan- 

 ceolate, roundish, obtuse, nearly glabrous ; flowers axillary, on 

 short pedicels, one-half shorter than the leaves ; tube of corolla 

 nearly the length of the calyx. I/ . G. Native of South Ame- 

 rica. Anchusa foliosa, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 775. 

 Roots nearly simple. Stem scabrous from adpressed short 

 hairs. Racemes leafy. Calyx pilose ; with linear-lanceolate, 

 obtuse segments. Corolla rather pilose outside. 



Leafy Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



29 M. VILLOSA (Ledeb. act. nov. acad. petrop. 5. p. 516. no. 

 3. fl. alt. 1. p. 191. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 215.) plant clothed with 

 white villi ; stems simple ; leaves elliptic, obtuse, 3-nerved, reti- 

 culately veined, villous ; racemes twin, bracteate ; bracteas 

 minute ; pedicels hardly the length of the flowers ; nuts trun- 

 cate, marginately toothed : teeth inflexed. }/ . H. Native of 

 Siberia, on the alps, along with Dryas octopetala ; and of the 

 bay of St. Lawrence, along with M . alpestris. Lehm. asper. p. 

 100. Anchusa villosa, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 775. 

 Plant tufted, white from villi. Root woody. Stems simple, 

 divided at top into simple leafy racemes. Racemes axillary 

 and terminal. Calycine segments linear. Corolla rather large, 

 deep blue, with a pale throat. 



Villous Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PI. ^ foot. 



30 M. ARETIOIDES (Cham, in Linnaea, 4. p. 443.) stems 

 tufted, clothed with long white hairs, divided at top ; leaves 

 densely imbricated, sessile, lanceolate, cuneate at the base, 

 acutish at the apex ; racemes cymose, twin, terminal, each 

 furnished with a leaf at the base. I/ . H. Native of the island 

 of St. Laurence. Stems hardly emerging from the tufts of 

 leaves, Surculi creeping. Pedicels longer than the calyxes. 



Calycine segments lanceolate, acutish. Corolla salver-shaped ; 

 limb fine blue ; genitals inclosed. 



Aretia-like Mouse-ear. PI. 2 to 4 inches. 



31 M. RUPE'STRIS (Pall. itin. 3. append, p. 716. E. f. 3. 

 R. Br. prod. p. 494.) plant silky ; leaves linear, villous ; ra- 

 cemes twin or tern, alternate, leafy at the top of the stem ; pedi- 

 cels erectly spreading while bearing the fruit, length of the floral 

 leaves, but exceeding the flowers. If.. H. Native of Dahuria, 

 and Altaia, on the mountains, in dry rocky places. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 748. Lam. ill. p. 305. no. 1772. Lehm. asper. p. 

 100. Anchusa rupestris, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 100. 

 Root simple. Stems tufted, numerous from the same root, 

 simple, slender, canescent. Racemes axillary and terminal. 

 Calyx villous ; with spreading segments. Corolla large, showy, 

 deep blue, twice as long as the calyx. Nuts truncate, mar- 

 ginate, with the margins toothless. There is a white-flowered 

 variety of this plant found at the river Tschuja. 



Hock Mouse-ear. Fl. July. Clt. 1802. PI. J to | foot. 



32 M. OBOVA'TA (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 190.) plant rather 

 silky ; stems tufted, simple ; leaves obovate-oblong ; racemes 

 twin, bracteate ; pedicels hardly exceeding the flowers ; nuts 

 unknown. 1(.. H. Native of Kamtschatka ; also of Dahuria, 

 near Nertschinsk. Root thick, woody. Radical leaves rosu- 

 late, all attenuated into the petioles. Flowers like those of M. 

 rupestris. 



Obovate-]ea\ed Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. Fl. June, 

 July. PI. i to 1 foot. 



33 M. FLA'CCIDA (Dougl. mss. ex Lehm. pug. 2. p. 22.) 

 stem erect, branched ; leaves linear, strigose ; spikes bractless, 

 bifid ; calyx 5-parted, closely adpressed to the fruit, closed, 

 very hispid at the base and apex. . H. Native of North- 

 west America. Stem beset with adpressed hairs or strigae. 

 Calycine segments linear, obtuse. Corolla yellow, glabrous ; 

 limb short. Nuts ovate, beaked, smooth. 



Flaccid Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PI. l foot. 



34 M. LEUCOPHOE A (Dougl. mss. ex Lehm. pug. 2. p. 22. , 

 stem erect ; leaves lanceolate-linear, silky above and strigose 

 beneath ; spikes crowded at the top of the stem, few-flowered ; 

 calyx very hispid ; nuts unknown. 0. H. Native of North- 

 west America. A very pretty plant. Stem angular, beset with 

 adpressed hairs below, and spreading pili above. Leaves 3- 

 nerved. Spikes hispid. Calycine segments linear, obtuse, to- 

 mentose inside at apex. Corollas large, white : with roundish, 

 obovate segments. 



Leucophceous Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PI. I foot. 



35 M. PAUCIFLORA (Ledeb. in act. nov. acad. petrop. 5. p. 

 517. no. 4. Lehm. asper. 1. p. 101.) leaves linear, villously 

 hispid, hoary ; racemes conjugate, usually 3-flowered ; pedicels 

 3 times longer than the calyx when bearing the fruit ; bracteas 

 minute, y.. H. Native of Dahuria. Anchusa pauciflora, 

 Roem. et Schultes, 4. p. 774. Plant clothed with white, shining 

 hairs. Stems simple, numerous from the same root. Racemes 

 terminal. Corolla large for the size of the plant, pale blue, with 

 a yellow throat. 



Few-flowered Mouse-ear. PI. 5 to -| foot. 



2. Nuts wrinkled, rugged, granular, or bristly. 



36 M. PEDUNCULA'RIS (Trev. in scrift. ges. freund. berol. 1813. 

 p. 147. t. 2. f. 6, 7, 8,9.) leaves elliptic-roundish, obtuse; 

 racemes many-flowered, bractless, loose ; pedicels longer than 

 the calyxes, thickened above while in fruit ; nuts pyramidal, 

 downy. . H. Native near Astrachan, in fields and vine- 

 yards. Lehm. asper. p. 102. Roots fibrous. Stems numerous 

 from the same root, beset with adpressed hairs, as well as the 

 leaves. Racemes terminal, simple. Calycine segments linear, 



