Bliorter tlian tlii' calyx in triiit. Corolla a little loii^jt-r than the calyx. 

 Nucules hony, fjrey, .shinin^T, hluntly inuricatcd and deeply foveolafe, 

 ovate-ovoid, much acuminated towards the apex, rather less than haU 

 as lonr^ as the calyx segments. 



lu cultivated ground and waste idaccs. Itathcr common, and gene- 

 rally distributed. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Sjn-ing to Autumn. 



Stem 8 inches to 2 feet high, with adprcsscd hairs, much less rigid 

 and less rough than in L. othcinale, in large specimens dividing into 

 several at the base. Radical leaves oblanceolate, soon withering; stem 

 leaves rather numerous, l\ to 3 inches long. Branches of tlie intio- 

 rcscence at length 3 to 14 inches long. Cal}x in ilower about \ inch 

 long, in fruit nearly \ inch. Corolla jj inch long, cream white. 

 Nucules grey, rather smaller than those of L. ollicinale, narrowed from 

 about the middle to the apex, much roughened, but with a vitreous 

 lustre. Plant green, strigosely hairy on both sides of the leaves, the 

 hairs on the leaves with rather large, but unequally sized tubercles. 



Corn Gromwell. 



French, Gremil Jes ch<tmp8. German, Acl-erstelnsame. 



This plant yields a good red dye, and is osed in Sweden as a substitute for the 

 true alkanct. Its colour is very good, but it does not produce enough to make it 

 equally valuable. Liunteus says the women in the northern parts of Sweden often 

 stain their faces with it. The colouring matter is easily communicated to oil, wax, 

 or any grea-sy sub.stance. It has probably been occasionally used in this country as a 

 pigment, for in some districts it is called Painting Root. 



GENUS r.—MYOSOTIS. />///. 



Calyx 5-cleft, -toothed, or -partite. Corolla regular, salvershaped or 

 funnelshaped; throat generally closed with 5 notched boss-like scales; 

 limb spreading, not oblique, 5-lobed. Stamens included; filaments 

 veiy short. Style undivided. Nucules smooth, ovate-ovoid, attached 

 to the flat receptacle by a plain surface. 



Softl)' hispid or subglabrous herbs, with small flowers in scorpioid 

 racemes, which are terminal and from the axils of the upper leaves, 

 in the former case generally in pairs. Corolla small, pink, changing 

 to blue or yellow. 



The name of this genus of plants comes from the two Greek words, five, a mouse, 

 and oJc, ini'it, an ear, alluding to the soft and erect leaves which are supposed to have 

 a resemblance to the ears of a mouse. 



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