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of st. sometimes patently hairy. Ditches and watery places. 

 P. VI. VIII. /3. VI. Forget-me-not. 



2. M. repens (Don); fr.-cal. open with straight adpressed 

 bristles, teeth narrow lanceolate acute, style falling short of cal., 

 cor. -limb flat longer than the tube, lobes slightly emarginate, 

 pubescence of the st. spreading. E. B. S. 2703. St. 42. 4. L. 

 rather acute. St. slightly angular. Clusters usually slightly 

 leafy (1 4 leaves) below. Cor. pale blue. Cal. divided fully 

 half-way down. Boggy places. P. VI. VIII. 



3. M. ccespitosa (Schultz !) ; fr.-cal. open with straight ad- 

 pressed bristles, teeth narrow lanceolate bluntish, cor. -limb equal- 

 ling the tube, lobes entire, style very short, nut not keeled, pubes- 

 cence of the st. adpressed. E. B. S. 2661. St. 42. 1.L. usually- 

 obtuse or even emarginate. St. round, with a decurrent line 

 from the margin of the leaves. Clusters usually slightly leafy 

 below. Cor. smaller than in the preceding, bright blue, seg- 

 ments narrower and rounded at the end. Style about equalling 

 the cal.-tube. Watery places. P. VI. VIII. 



4. M. alpestris (Schm.) ; cal. attenuated below deeply 5-cleft 

 open with fruit with straight and a few curved adpressed bristles, 

 pedicels ascending, cor. -limb exceeding the tube flat, style 

 equalling % cal., nut not keeled rounded at the end, root-l. on 

 long stalks pointed. St. 42. 8. not DC. M. rupincola Sm., E. B. 

 2559. M. suaveolens Bab. L. oblong-lanceolate, stalks of the 

 lower ones slender. Fl. large, handsome, blue, sweetscented in 

 the evening. Summits of the Breadalbane mountains. Mickle- 

 fell, Teesdale. P. VII. VIII. S. 



5. M. sylvatica (Ehrh.); cal. rounded below deeply 5-cleft 

 closed with fruit, tube with spreading hooked bristles, pedicels 

 divergent, cor.-limb longer than tube Jlat, cor.-lobes emarginate, 

 style nearly equalling cal., nut keeled on one side upwards 

 bluntish, root-l. on short dilated stalks bluntish. E. B. S. 2630. 

 St. 42. 6. L. oblong-lanceolate ; stalks of the oblong-ovate lower 

 1. dilated. Fl. large, handsome, blue. Cal. divided more than 

 half-way down. Shady places, rare. P. V. VI. 



6. M. arvensis (Hoffm.) ; cal. half 5-cleft closed with fruit, 

 tube with spreading hooked bristles, pedicels divergent, cor.- 

 limb equalling tube concave, cor.-lobes entire, style very short, 

 clusters stalked. E. B. S. 2629. St. 42. 13. M. intermedia 

 Link, Reich., Koch. L. oblong, acute ; lower 1. oblong-obovate, 

 obtuse. Fl. usually small. A large-flowered (|8. umbrosa) plant 

 found in shade is often taken for M. sylvatica. Cultivated land 

 and thickets. A. VI. VIII. 



