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r^PECZES L-MYOSOTIS C^SPITOSA- 



Seiei. le. Fl Geaa. ei HeiT. VoL XVm 7.: VCCCXXL F^ L 

 BaieL FL GalL et Gam. Exaec &id 1^-: Z 



pi*. Grm. * GadSr. R. de Ft. VoL n. p. -529. £adL.iiLLe.p. 71. ~ 



Rootstock shcKt, tmnc ' -tieal, not stoknife- 



roas. Stem erect or £- Trsuched, irilii Ae 



pnbescesioe adpeesaed. _ : late, gnduany 



ittennated tomids tlie . ^:^:^ leavra eesdie, 



sabdecmroit, dl^tical-f :r .-•strapshaped; all obmse 



and ^dilate, tliinly d v -iLce. Pedicels 



lender, in fruit second ^ . . :>Dger than the 

 catyx, the lowra' ernes t^. - loog. Calyx with ad^i^ssed 



Etni^t haiis, cnpAape-- 1 cnen in fruit; segments 



triangular-oyate, divided rather les- : ^aydown- CcMoUa limb 



abont as wide across as the length - -'- flat; s^ments 



iiboat a? broad as long, entire. St _r as the calyx. 

 I^ant light green, with a some^ ' 



In dit<dies, marries, or wet ^ . - vm cm. and generally 

 distributed. 



£ng^and, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial or PerenniaL ( ?) Spring 

 to Aunimn. 



Stems leafy to the base, 6 to 18 inches high, generally diriding into 

 numerous brandies of neariy equal height, diverging at a small angle, 

 and giving a tufted a]^>earance to the plant. Leaves 1 to 3 inches 

 IcMig, the lower mes attenuated towards the base into an indistinct 

 peticje, the upp^ <mes eesale and slightly decurrent; all somewhat 

 tranducent. Racemes genezally in pairs, often with a leaf at the base 

 of each, at length 3 to 6 inches long ; finit pedicels 1 to i inch long. 

 the krwer ones exceeding the upper; alL except sometimes the lowest, 

 without bracts at the base, at ^r^t ascending, afterwards all turned 

 borizcntally in <»e directim. Ca]yx with strigose hairs which are not 

 hooked at the tip. G>rolla about ^ inch across, sky-blue, with a yellow 

 eve. with 5 blunt, obtuse, hump-hke scales in the throat. Style short ; 

 stigma capitate, concave. Xucnles shining, fiiscous. romidish-ovoid, 

 laterallv compressed, and somewhat bordered towards the apex. 



1 have retained Schultz's name of " caespitosa." as there seems to be 

 some doubt respecting the plant intended by Lehmann by his M. " Un- 

 sulata." Mr. Beutham joins M. caspitosa to M. palustris. 



Tu/ted IFafer Forget-me-noL 

 Fnscli, VfOfJUM gaz-riisniaxit. Gaiaaa, £a«eaarf£[fes Yt ryiig mt gi mm it ki. 



