116 51. BORAGINACE^E. 



coarse hairs, often spotted. Fl. in a forked cyme. Cal. very 

 hairy. Cor. with short lobes, purple, sometimes white. 



Rare. An outcast of gardens. P. 5. "Bothwell Castle; Dalbeth and Easter- 

 hill," Hopk. 



3. LITHOSPEEMUM. Gromiuell. 



1. L. OFFICINALE, L. Common Gromwell, Grey-Mill. Stern 

 erect, much branched, 1 2 ft. high. Le. lanceolate, acute, 

 veined and hispid, with bulbous hairs above; hairy beneath. Fl. 

 greenish yellow, tube of the cor. as long as the cal. Acheiies 

 greyish white, highly polished. 



Rare. On rubbish. (B) P. 67. "On the old walls of Mugdock Castle," 

 Hopk. " Western tower of Bothwell Castle," Patr. "Arran," Lands. Occasion- 

 ally on rubbish around Glasgow. 



2. L. ARVENSE, L. Corn Gromwell, Bastard Alkanet. Stem 

 erect, branched, 6 12 in. high, Le. lanceolate, acute, hoary, 

 with adpressed bulbous hairs. Fl. small, white. Calycine seg- 

 ments nearly as long as the cor., spreading in fruit. Achenes 

 polished, wrinkled or pitted. 



Not common. In corn fields. (B) A. 5 6. " In the fields at Bogle's hole," 

 Hopk. Rutherglen; Tollcross; Gourock. 



4. MERT^NSIA. Smooth-GromweU. 



M. MARITIMA, Don. Sea-side Smooth-GromweU. Stems pro- 

 cumbent, branched. Le. ovate, acute, rough with hardened dots, 

 fleshy, covered with a glaucous bloom, upper le. lanceolate. Fl. 

 in racemes, beautiful purplish blue. Achenes smooth. The taste 

 of the le. is said to resemble oysters, hence the name Oyster 

 plant. 



Frequent. On gravelly sea beaches. Often changing its place, and reappear- 

 ing. (S) P. 56. Cumbrae, Bute, and Arran. 



5. MYOSOTIS. Scorpion-Grass. 



A. Hairs on Cal. straight and adpressed. 



1. M. PALUSTRIS, With. Forget-me-not. Stem angular 8 16 

 in. high. Le. obovato-lanceolate, blunt. Teeth of cal. J of its 

 length, open in fruit. Limb of cor. flat, longer than its tube. Style 

 as long as the cal. tube. Fl. bright clear blue, with a yellow 

 eye, pubescence of the stem usually spreading, sometimes want- 

 ing. A form occurs with the pubescence of the stem adpressed. 



Common. In marshes and ditches. (B) P. 7 8. Possil marsh; Forth and 

 Clyde Canal ; Hogganfield and Frankfield lochs. 



2. M. REPENS, Don. Creeping Water-Scorpion-Grass. Stem 

 6 12 in. high, slightly angular, hairs spreading. Cal. with nar- 

 row teeth, cleft half-way down, open in fruit. Limb of cor. flat, 



