BORAGINACE^: 223 



Pulmonaria montana Lej. (P. ovalis Bast.). 



Plant covered with glandular hairs. Leaves green, not spotted ; 

 root-leaves broadly elliptical-lanceolate, acute, petiole broadened 

 at the top ; stem-leaves oblong-linear, the upper ones lanceolate, 

 clasping the stem. Corolla violet. Anthers deep violet. Inflores- 

 cence covered with viscid glands. 



Woods and cool places in the lower mountains ; local. April, 

 May. 



Distribution. Southern Switzerland, and occasionally else- 

 where, Pyrenees and French mountains generally. 



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MYOSOTIS L. Forget-me-not. 



Flowers regular, small, blue, white or pink, in terminal scorpioid 

 cymes. Corolla saucer-shaped, the throat closed by 5 scales alter- 

 nating with the stamens. Stamens included in the tube. Calyx- 

 tube long. Nuts smooth and shining, compressed or triangular. 



A rather large genus in Europe and Northern Asia; scarce in 

 N. America and well represented in Australia. 



Myosotis sylvatica Lehm. Wood Forget-me-not. 



A branched, hairy plant with stems 6-10 inches high springing 

 from a tufted stock. Calyx cleft nearly to the base, with narrow 

 segments, erect when in fruit and covered with spreading hairs. 

 Corolla large, azure-blue, with spreading limb. Very variable in 

 size and stature, and in the Alps often almost impossible to dis- 

 tinguish from the next. 



Mountain pastures, woods, and other shady places. April to June. 



Distribution. Northern Europe and Asia, becoming a mountain 

 plant in the central ranges from the Pyrenees to the Caucasus and 

 Altai. 



Myosotis alpestris Schmidt. (M. pyrenaica Pourret). 



A smaller, more tufted plant with shorter and denser inflorescence. 

 Calyx almost silvery, with spreading hairs, closed after flowering. 

 Corolla deep azure-blue, sometimes white and rarely pink, scented. 

 This species, if it be one, passes into M. sylvatica, every intermediate 

 form being found in the lower Swiss Alps ; but it has stiffer hairs, 

 shorter cymes, thicker flower-stalks, larger calyx and more com- 

 pressed habit. 



Grassy or stony pastures of the Alps and sub-Alps, extending to 

 10,000 feet. June to August. 



Distribution. Alps, Jura, Vosges, Pyrenees, Corsica, Caucasus, 

 Scandinavia, Morocco, Siberia, N. America, N. Britain. 



