PI ex. cor. 31. BORAGINE^. ' - 347 



Corolla rotate ; mouth closed with radii ; 

 cariopsides wrinkled Borrago. 109. 



C. Cariopsides 4, topshape, distinct, 1- celled, perforated at 

 the bottom; 'gynobasis Jiat ; mouth of the corolla arched. 



Cor. funnelshape ; arches upright ; 

 calyx 5-parted, in fruit upright Buglossa. 111. 



Cor. funnelshape; arches upright; 

 calyx 5-partecl, becoming bellshape, 

 drooping Anchusa. 1 12. 



Cor. bellshape; arches awlshape, conical; 

 calyx 5-parted Symphytum. 117. 



D. Cariopsides 4, depressed, disti?7ct, 4!-celled; perforated at 

 bottom; gynobasis coliiimiar ; mouth of the corolla arched. 



Calyx becoming compressed ; lobes sinuated ; 

 cariopsides smooth Asperugo. 110. 



Ca/ya; 5-parted ; cor. funnelshape; arches 

 convex ; cariopsides prickly Cynoglossum. 107. 



Calyx 5-parted ; corolla rotate ; 

 cariopsides smooth, cyathiform Omphalodes. 108. 



I. 106. MYOSOTIS. Dioscorides. Mouse-ear. 



Calyx 5-cut, or toothed ; corolla salvershape, mouth with 

 short convex, connivent scales ; limb 5-parted; lobes blunt 

 or nicked ; stamens enclosed ; cariopsides 4, turbinate, one- 

 celled, bald, smooth, imperforated at bottom; gynobasis flat, 

 small. — Flowers spiked; spike 1-sided, before flowering re- 

 volute. 



1. Myosotis sylvatica. Wood mouse-ear. 



Leaves oblong, lanceolate, rather blunt, with soft hairs ; 

 racemes yevy long, loose; bracteceO', pedicells in fruit spread- 

 ing, rather longer than the calyx ; calyx 5-cut, close ; limh 

 spread out, longer than the tube. 



Myosotis scorpioides latifolia hirsuta, DUlen in Rail Syn. 229,2. 

 Myosotis sylvatica, Pers. Syn. 1, 156. 

 Myosotis montana, Besser Prod. Fl. Gall. 1,142. 

 Myosotis scorpioides sylvatica, Horn. Hort. liafn. 2,936. 

 Myosotis scorpioides y, Smith FL Brit. 1,213. 



Woods; annual; all the summer. 



Roots fibrous; stems many, upright, divided at top into 

 very loose racemes; leaves fringed; upper leaves embracing; 

 lower leaves reverse- ovate. 



