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THE FLORA. 



bony, ovate, smooth or wrinkled, fixed by a flat base. — Herbs generally 

 witli thick, reddish roots. Flowers spiked or racemed, with leafy bracts. 

 May- July, 



% Flowers wliitc, small a 



§ Flowers yellow, showy. Achenia smooth, polished 5-7 



a Aclieiiia roughened with wrinkles 1 



a Achenia smooth and polished 2-4 



1 L. arven'se. Wheat-thief. Koot ®, red. Leaves lance-linear. Plant 12-18' high, 

 liairy. c. [tube. N. M. 



2 L. officina'le. Gromivell. Koot 'K. Lvs. lanceolate. Calyx equal to corolla 



8 L. latifo'lium. Broad-leaved G. Koot U. Leaves lance-ovale, sharply aeumi- 

 nate. Sepals longer than the corolla, spreading in fruit. Stem l-2f. 



4 L. angustifo'lium. Karrow-lv. G. U Lvs. linear, stiff, edges some revolute. M.W. 



5 L. canes'cens. Fuccoon. Soft- velvety, canescent. Lvs. oblong-linear. Tube of 



the corolla thrice as long as the very short calyx. Plant 8-12'' erect. W. &c. 



6 L. hirtum. Hairy P. Kough-liairy. Lvs. hmce linear. Cor. long as calyx. W. S. 



7 L. longiflo'rum. Long flowered P. Kough-ashy. Lvs. lance-linear. Corolla tube 



four times as long as the calyx, lobes crenulate, wavy. W. S. 



3. 5^rERTEN"'SIA. Lungwort. 

 A short, 5-cleft calyx ; a tubular corolla, slender below, suddenly en- 

 larged above, limb 5-cleft ; the 5 stamens inserted at top of the tube, and 

 with smooth achenia. — li Plants usually smooth, with terminal racemes. 



1 M. Virgin'ica. Virginian L. Very smooth, 12-lSMiigh. Koot lvs. large, stalked; 



stern lvs. sessile. Fls. somewhat trumpet-shaped, blue-lilac, very fine. May. W. 



2 M. marit'ima. i^ea L. Smooth, ditfuse. Leaves ovate, 



fleshy. Corolla limb longer than the tube, which 

 shows 5 folds in throat, blue- purple. E. 



3 M. panicula'ta. PanicUd L. Kough- Leaves cordate, 



acuminate, veiny. Calyx hispid, thrice shorter than 

 the tube, bell-form, blue-white corolla. N.-W. 



4. MYOSO'TIS. Forget-me-not. Scorpion-grass. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla salver-form, the 5 lobes 

 slightly notched at the end, throat closed with 5 

 short, concave scales. Nuts smooth, ovate, with 

 a small cavity at base. — Little herbs slightly wool- 

 ly. Racemes finally becoming long. May-Aug. 



1 M. paius'tris. True F. Flowers in one-sided racemes. 



Plant smoothish, 6-12' high. Leaves linear-oblong, pig. 604. Forget-me-not,- 

 cbtuse. Flowers blue with a yellow centre. a pair of scorpoid cymes. 



