324 Borraginacecz Myosotis. 



blossoms from May to July. M. lingulata, syn. M. ccespitosa, 

 hardly differs in its smaller flowers, appressed hairs, and the 

 style much shorter than the calyx. 



2. M. sylvdtica. An erect biennial or perennial ? 1 to 2 

 feet high. Radical leaves petiolate, ligulate or spathulate, 

 acute or apiculate, clothed with spreading hairs. Flowers blue, 

 with a yellow throat and short tube, about 4 lines in diameter. 

 Pedicels much longer than the calyx, the latter closed in fruit. 

 Racemes very much elongated in fruit. A common British 

 plant northward, but quite local in the South, where, however, 

 there is an allied species called M. arvensis, with flowers about 

 half the size. There are several varieties of M. sylvdtica in 

 cultivation with white, pink or striped flowers. 



3. M. dissitiflora. This is a Continental species formerly 

 grown under the name M. montana, which it is not. It differs 

 from the last in its shorter more appressed pubescence, brighter 

 green foliage, and relatively longer pedicels which curve upwards 

 and inwards when in fruit, and the nutlets strongly keeled on 

 the face. It is considered to be one of the best for bedding 

 purposes. 



4. M. alpestris, syn. M. rupicola. A perennial of more 

 decumbent habit than the two last, with stouter branches and less 

 elongated racemes. Pedicels short and stout. Flowers bright 

 blue with a yellow eye about 4 lines in diameter. This is a 

 native of the higher mountains of North Britain, blooming in 

 its native habitats in July and August. 



5. M. Azorica. Similar in habit to the last. The flowers 

 of this, however, are nearly 6 lines in diameter, and purple, 

 eventually blue, without a yellow eye ; and the fruiting racemes 

 lengthen considerably. A native of the Azores. The variety 

 called Imperatrice Elisabeth belongs here. 



M. colllna and M. ver si color are the only other British 

 species ; both are dwarf annuals with small flowers, changing 

 in the latter from yellow to blue. 



Myosotidium nobile is a magnificent plant newly introduced 

 from Chatham Island. It is a perennial, growing about 3 feet 

 high, with large fleshy glabrous shining 7-nerved plicate leaves 

 and dense racemes of azure-blue flowers. The flowers are about 

 6 lines across, and purplish towards the circumference. The 

 fruit is composed of 4 large winged nuts. 



Eritrichium nanum is a rare and diminutive alpine plant, 

 growing in tufts, and producing an abundance of blue flowers. 



