274 ADDITIONAL SPECIES. 



the flower is very pale blue or almost white, and the cap- 

 sule has never more than 6 seeds in each cell. I cordially 

 assent to the opinion of those who consider them varieties. 



MELICA, (p. 11.) 



1.* M. nutanSy petals beardless ; panicle close, drooping, nearly 

 simple ; flowers pendulous ; spikelet with two perfect florets. 

 Mountain Melic-grass. 



Hab. Mountainous woods. " Gateheugh, Berwickshire," 

 MrW. Baird. July. If 



GALIUM, (p. 33.) 



8. G. boreale, stem erect, somewhat downy, branched ; leaves 4 

 in a whorl, ovate-lanceolate, 3-ribbed, smooth ; flowers white, nu- 

 merous, in a large panicle ; fruit bristly. 



Hab. Rocky shady places. Gateheugh, Mr W. Baird. 

 Bog south of Hardacres, near Eccles ; and road-side 

 north of Hatchetneze, Coldstream, Mr It, D. Thomson. 

 Road-side half-way between Fishwick and West-Fish- 

 wisk. July. If. 



POTAMOGETON, (p. 34.) 



3.* P.jftuitans, lower leaves lanceolate, pointed and membra- 

 nous, with distinct ribs ; upper elliptic-oblong, stalked, coriaceous, 

 obtuse, floating. Floating Pond-weed. 



Hab. " Ferneyrig Marsh, in the parish of Eccles, plenti- 

 fully," Mr R. B. Thomson. July Aug. 7/ 



MYOSOTIS, (p. 45.) 



1. M. repens, root fibrous ; stem clothed with patent hairs, soft ; 

 leaves and calyx with erect appressed bristles ; clusters leafy at 

 the base ; calyx-segments lanceolate, erect, rather long M. cces- 

 pitosa, HOOKER in JEdin. New Phil. Journ. Oct. 1828, p. 147. 



Hab. Boggy places in deans, frequent. In the vale below 

 Langley-ford, Northumberland. Horncliff dean, N. 

 Durham. In the wooded dean above the Pease-bridge, 

 near the burn, Berwickshire. JuneJuly. If. 



