84 COBOLLIFLOB2E. 



found in cornfields and waste grounds. Not so large and bold 

 as the last ; stem upright and branched ; leaves lanceolate, hairy ; 

 flowers white. Calyx-segments, long and open when the plant is 

 in fruit, surrounding the brown, wrinkled nuts. Barton. Road 

 between Teignmouth and Dawlish. (E. B. t. 123.) A. Y. Yl. 



3. Li. purpureo-cseruleum (creeping or purple G.) Bushy 

 places on a limestone soil. Rare. Barren stems prostrate, 

 flowering stems erect, from 12 to 18 inches high ; leaves alter- 

 nate, hairy, lanceolate. Flower-heads in a leafy spike ; flowers 

 large, of a deep rich blue, with the tube of the corolla reddish, 

 longer than the calyx. Petit Tor, near Mary church, in the rough, 

 bushy places under Dungeon Cliff. (E. B. t. 117.) P. Y.-YII. 



MYOSOT1S. SCORPION-GRASS. 



1. IMC. palustris (creeping water $., or Forget-me-not.) By 

 sides of streams and in ditches. Root creeping ; stem about 12 

 or 14 inches high. Leaves oblong, bluntly pointed ; flower-stems 

 leafless ; flowers large and handsome, bright blue with a yellow 

 centre, unopened buds reddish. Banks of streams, etc., common. 

 Forde bog, near Newton, where also M. repens is to be found. 

 (E. B. t. 1973, and E. B. S. t. 2703.) P. VI.-YIII. 



2. caespitosa (tufted water S.) In watery and boggy places. 

 Root fibrous, not creeping. Stem upright, round ; leaves longer 

 and narrower than the last ; flower- clusters somewhat leafy be- 

 low ; flowers also smaller, bright blue with a yellow eye. Forde 

 bog, near Newton. (E. B. S. t. 2661.) P. vi.-vm. 



3. M, sylvatica (upright wood S.) In shady places and 

 woods. Stems from 12 to 18 inches high, covered with soft 

 spreading hairs ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, lower ones on short 

 dilated stalks ; flower-stalks diverging, leafless ; flowers large, pale 

 blue, very handsome ; calyx deeply divided. Woods, frequent, 

 Fl. D. (E. B. S. t. 2630!) P. Y.-YIII. 



4. M. arvensis (field S.) In fields and waste places, very 

 frequent. Plant from 6 inches to a foot high ; stem branched ; 

 leaves oblong, pointed ; lower leaves oblong, blunt. Flower-clus- 

 ters long, bearing numerous small blue flowers. Very common. 

 (E. B. S. t. 2629.) A. vn. vm. 



5. M. collina (early field S.) On dry banks and tops of 

 walls. Stem from 4 to 8 inches high, branched, hairy. Leaves 

 oblong, obtuse, lower ones obovate, covered with straight, soft 

 hairs ; clusters stalked, with generally one distant flower at the 

 base. Flowers very small, blue. Daddy-hole Plain. Meadfoot 



