BonAGiN'ACE.i:. 1();5 



ratlicr more than lialf tlu' loii^'fli of the calvx. Nucules not kt'clnl 

 towanls the apex on the face, distinctly boi'dered at the apex. IMant 

 dull green, without any lustre. 



On ledges of mica-slate and limestone rocks on mountains. Rare, 

 and very local. On the west slope of Hen I^awers, and on Stnieh-an 

 1/oehaii, immediately to the east of that mountain, in abundance. Found 

 hy ^lessrs. Uaekliouse on the cast end of Micklefell ridge, Teesdale, 

 from whence, however, I have not seen specimens. 



England, Scotland. Perenniul. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Plant growing in dense tufts, the short branches of the rootstock 

 clothed with the bmwn remains of the petioles of previous years. 

 Stems somewhat decumbent, 3 inches to 1 foot long, rather stout, 

 simple, or rarely ^\'ith a branch from some of the upper leaves. 

 Leaves of the barren tufts (including the petiole) 2 to 5 inciies long, the 

 lamina often shorter than the petiole; lower stem leaves subpetiolate, 

 those from the middle of the stem upwards sessile, 1 to 2 inches long. 

 Kacemes at length IJ to 3 inches long, with the rachis rather rigid. 

 Corolla jj to | inch across, very bright blue, darker than that of M. 

 palustris, with the yellow eye usual in the genus. Nucules black, 

 polislied and shining, ovate-ovoid, compressed, bordered on both sidc^s 

 towards the apex, but with no keel on the face. 



Alpine Forget-me-not. 



French, .Vi/^S'/i.^ ih:.-- .l/ji.>-. German, Wnlil Vcriji:<smei>iiiirhf. 



SPECIES V.-MYOSOTIS SYLVATICA. Ehrh. 



Plate MCVII. 



lieich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Hclv. Vol. XVIII. Tab. MCCCXXII. Fig. 1. (?) 

 Billul, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 155. 



Rootstock none, or short, not creeping nor stoloniferous, not branched, 

 but producing a single branched or numerous nearly simple stems from 

 where it appears above the ground, and sometimes also barren tufts. 

 Central stem erect, the others decumbent at the base, weak, with the 

 pul)escence in the lower part rather dense, stiff, spreading. Lower leaves 

 oblancoolate or tjval-oblanceolate, abruptly or gradually narrowed to- 

 wards the base into distinct rather short petioles, subacute or obtuse; 

 stem leaves sessile, subdecurrent, elliptical-oblong or lanceolate (or the 

 upper ones ovate hmceolate ) acute, rather thickly clothed wth short stiff 

 spreading pubescence. Pedicels slender, in fruit spreading or ascend- 

 ing-spreading, often subsecund, all without bracts, generally exceeding 

 the calyx, the lower ones often twice as long. Calyx with a few long 

 ad pressed hairs and numerous spreading incurved ones, many of them 

 hooked-pointed, ovate-ovoid and nearly closed in fruit j segments 



