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longer than its tube. Style shorter than the cal. tube. Cor. pale 

 blue, smaller than in palustris. 



Frequent. In boggy places. (B) P. 5 8. Fossil marsh; Cambuslang; Mary- 

 hill ; Gourock to Arran. 



3. M. C^ESPITOSA, Schultz. Tufted Water-Scorpion-Grass. 

 Stem tufted, much branched. Le. smaller than in the two for- 

 mer. Cal. with narrow teeth, and few bristles, cleft half-way 

 down, open in fruit. Limb of cor. often concave, equalling tJie 

 tube. Style very short. Fl. smaller than in the preceding, 

 bright blue. 



Frequent. By the sides of ponds. (B) P. 6 8. Possil marsh; banks of the 

 Cart; Bute; Cumbrae and Arran. 



B. Hairs on cal. spreading, hooked. 



4. M. ARVENSIS, Hoffm. Field-Scorpion-Grass. Stem and le. 

 with spreading hairs. Cal. fully more than half 5-cleft, closing 

 in fruit: pedicels diverging, longer than the cal. Limb of cor. and 

 its tube of the same length. Plant usually very hairy, with small 

 bright blue fl. , often mistaken for the true Forget-ine-not. 



Very common. Hedge banks on roadsides, and in cultivated fields. (B) A. B. 

 58. 



5. M. VERSicoLOR, Reich. Yellow and Blue-Scorpion-Grass. 

 Stern slender, Le. narrow, slightly pointed. Cal. closed when 

 in fruit, more than half 5-cleft, longer than the erect pedicels. 

 Fl. very small, limb of cor. shorter than its tube ; colour of the 

 expanding fl. yellow, turning blue as the racemes unroll. 



Frequent. Banks and moist meadows. (B) A. 46. Possil marsh; beyond 

 Rutherglen ; Tollcross ; Gourock, &c. 



6. M. COLLINA, Hoffm. Early Field-Scorpion-Grass. Very 

 like the former. Cal. ventricose when in fruit, open, as long as 

 the diverging pedicels. Cor. with the limb shorter than its tube. 

 Fl. very small, an unchangeable blue. 



On Sandy banks and wall tops. (B) A. 4 5. May be found common as it be- 

 comes better known ; have frequently gathered plants coming near the character 

 ascribed to this, but they were too near M. arvensis. 



6. ANCHtrsA. Alkanet. 



*1. A. OFFICINALIS, L. Common A Ikanet. Steml 2ft. high, 

 with coarse stiff hairs. Le. oblong-lanceolate, hispid. Spikes 

 unilateral. Fl. crowded. Bracts small, leafy as long as the cal. 

 Cor. large, deep purple or blue, scales hairy. 



Very rare. " Uddingston," H. & A. Bute. P. 67. 



*2. A. SEMPERViRENS, L. Evergreen Alkanet. Stem 1 2 

 ft. high, rough with spreading coarse hairs. Le. ovate, petioles 

 of the lower ones long. Fl. in axillary, short, one-sided spikes. 

 Cor. a rich blue, tube short, scales downy. 



Very rare. Waste places and on rubbish. (E) P. 56. Craignethan Castle ; 

 "bank of the Avon opposite Cadzow Castle," Patr. " Castlemilk," Hopk. 



