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THE FLORA. 



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

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

 May -July. 



§ Flowers white, small a 



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



a Achenia roughened with wrinkles 1 



a Achenia smooth and polished 2-4 



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

 hairy, c. [tube. N. M, 



2 L. oiBcina'le. Gromwell. Koot %. Lvs. lanceolate. Calyx equal to corolla 



8 L. latifo'lium. Broad-leaved G. Eoot U. Leaves lance-ovate, sharply acumi- 

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



4 L. angustifo'lium. Narrow-lv. G. ^ Lvs. linear, stiff", edges some revolute. M.W. 



5 L. canes'cens. Puccoon. 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. Eough-hairy. Lvs. lance-linear. Cor. long as calyx. W. S. 



7 L. longiflc'rum. Long-jioioered P. Rough-ashy. Lvs. lance-linear. Corolla tube 



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



3. MERTEN'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. — % Plants usually smooth, with tenninal racemes. 



1 M. Virgin'ica. Virginian L. Very smooth, 12-18^ high. Eoot lvs. large, .stalked ; 



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



2 M. marit'ima. Sea L. Smooth, diff"use. Leaves ovate, 



fleshy. Corolla limb longer than the tube, which 

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



3 M. panicula'ta. Panicled L. Eough. 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. 



Oalyx 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. Tnie F. Flowers in one-sided racemes. 

 Plant smoothish, 6-12'' high. Leaves linear-oblong, 

 obtuse. Flowers blue with a yellow centre. 



Fig. 604. Forget-me-not,— 

 a pair of scorpoid cyme^ 



