92 PENTANDIUA — MONOGYNIA. lAiwgullis. 



into a perpendicular position, but continue open till the next 2 or 3 above 

 them are expanded. Colour an uncbangeable blue." — J. E. Bowmanjitt. 



8. JM. versicolor, Lehm. (^yellow and blue Scorpion-gruss) ; 

 calyx with spreading uncinate bristles, when in fruit oblong 

 (closed) longer than the almost erect pedicels, limb of the cor- 

 olla concave shorter than the exserted tube. E. Bot. t. 2558, 



(^ad talc.) — 31. arveiisis, y. versicolor, Pers M. arvensis, jS. 



minor. Roth M. scorpioides coUina, Ehrh. PL Exsicc. n. 51, 



(according to Smith's copy), — 31. scorpioides, (S. Huds. E. Bot. 

 t. 480. {Jiy. sinist.) — 31. scorpioides, y. Linn. 



Conuiion in wet meadows, &c. as well as dry places ; hence varying 

 much in height. Fl. Apr. — June. 0. — j\I. versicolor is distinguishable 

 at once from M. stricta, fwhich is M. versicolor, fi. Lelun.) by its stalked 

 racemes. In ^1/. stricta, the flowers begin among the leaves, sometimes 

 from the very base of the stem ; I believe, ton, that none of them are 

 yellow, and that they have a much shorter tube. " In 31. versicolor 

 the flowers are first yellow, then the}' acquire a tinge of blue, and finally 

 become quite blue as the corolla shrivels. They also expand on the curled 

 portion of the raceme, while they are inverted, and by the time they be- 

 come erect are shrivelled." J. E. Bowman, in Hit. 



9. AsPEUijGO. Lin?i. Madwort. 



1. A. procilmhens, L. (Gerjna?! 3Iadivort). E. Bot. t. 36. 



"Waste places in the north : Durham. About Dunbar, and near Edin- 

 burgh. Purfleet. 2^/. June, July. ©. ^S/e/zis procumbent, angular, rough 

 with short hooked prickles. Leaves oblongo-lanceolate, solitary or op- 

 posite, or 3 — 4 nearly from the same point of the siem ; lower ones pe- 

 tiolate, all rough and slightly hispid. Flowers blue, axillary, solitary. 

 Peduncles short, at first erect, then curved downward, Cal. small, much 

 enlarged in fruit. 



10. Cynoglossum. Lirm. Hound's-tongue. 



1. C. officinale, L. {common Hoimd' s-tongue) ; stem -leaves 

 lanceolate attenuate at the base sessile downy, stamens shorter 

 than the corolla. E. Bot. ^921. 



Waste grounds and by road-sides ; less frequent in Scotland. Fl. June, 

 July. ^ . — Whole plant soft to the touch, dull green, with a fetid smell ; 

 often 2 feet high. Lower leaves on long footstalks. Flowers purplish- 

 xed. Fruit very rough. 



2. C. si/lvdlicu7n, Haenke, (green-leaved Hound's tongue'); stem- 

 leaves lanceolate broad at the base shining sessile slightly hairy 

 and scabrous especially beneath, stamens shorter than the corol- 

 la. E. Bot. t. 1642. 



Shady jjlaces, by road-sides, &c. in the middle and east of England, 

 rare. Carse of Gowrie in Scotland. Near Balbriggan, Ireland. Fl. June, 

 July. $ . — Distinguished readily from the last by its more or less shin- 

 ing and brighter-coloured leaves, free from pubescence, and their ditier- 

 cnt figure. Jioot- leaves ovato-lanceolate, on very long footstalks. 



11. Anaga'llis. Lin7i. Pimpernel. 

 1. A. arvensis, L. (scarlet Pimpernel or Poor 3Ian's Weather- 

 glass); leaves ovate sessile dotted beneath, margin of the corolla 



