PL ex. cor, 31. BORAGINEtE. 106. Myosotis. 34-9 



Dry fields ; annual ; June. 



Rooi fibrous ; stems many, branched ; racemes terminal, 

 revolute becoming upright and long. 



5. Myosostis versicolor. Changeahle mouse-ear. 



Leaves lanceolate, rather blunt, hirsute; racemes ; pedi- 

 cells in fruit upright, spreading shorter than the calyx ; cahfx 

 5-cut, pointed ; bristles spreading, hooked ; limb spreading, 

 shorter than the tube. 



Myosotis scorpioides hlrta minor, Rati Syn. 239, 3. 

 Myosolis scorpioides minor, flosculis luteis, Park. 692, 

 Myosotis versicolor, Ehrh. Pers. Syn. I, 156. 

 Myosotis collina, Hoffm. Fl. Germ. 1791, 61, 4. 

 Myosotis arvensis /3, Gmel. Fl. Bad, 1,411. 



Barren sandy places ; annual ; June. 



Stems one or many, middle stem upright, side stems 

 ascending; racemes terminal, spikeshape; flowers small, 

 sky-blue or pale yellow. 



II. 107. CYNOGLOSSUM. Dioscor. Hounds-tongue. 

 Calyx 5-parted ; corolla funnelshape ; tube short, mouth- 

 arched ; arches convex, connivent; cariopsides 4^, 1 -celled, 

 compressed, not perforated at bottom ; outer side covex'ed 

 with glochidated prickles; affixed at the side of the columnar 

 gynobasis. — Leaves tomentose or bald ; flowers spiked or 

 glomerate, axillar}^ 



1. Cynoglossum officinale. Shop hounds-tongue. 

 Stem upright, leafy ; lower leaves brbad, lanceolate, 



narrower at bottom ; upper leaves broader at bottom, 

 pointed, downy, nappy ; racemes paniculate during flower- 

 ing; hracteceO; stamens enclosed. 



Cynoglossum, Rati Syn. 226, 1 . 



Cynoglossum majus vulgare, Ger.em. 804, 1 ; Park. 511. 

 Cynoglossum maximum moiitanuni, Park. 512. 

 Cynoglossum officinale, Lin. S. P. 1, 192, 



Ruins and waysides ; perennial or biennial; June. 



Pla?it fojtid ; stem upright, branched above, from the 

 axillae of all the upper leaves, ending*; in racemes ; leaves 

 grayish, waved ;^o/^'er5 drooping, 1 -sided: co7-o//a one-third 

 longer than the calyx ; tube white ; limb bellshapej veined. 



/3., album. Flowers white. 



2. Cynogloss2im sylvaticum. JFood hounds-tongue. 

 SiJew upright; lower leaves rather spatul ate, lanceolate; 



upper leaves embracing the stem, ovate, oblong, pointed ; 

 above rather bald, shining : beneath roui^i; bracteceO; sta- 

 mens enclosed. 



