nOUAGINACK.E. 107 



^vi(l(• across aa tlio li-iiiftli uf the tiilic, usiiiilly concavu; si';xiiiciits not 

 8o Ill-Dad as loii;^, fiiliiv. Styh- about otiL'-third tlie Iciij^'tli of" tlic 

 calyx. Nucules iiuli>titictly keeled towards tlic apex on the face, 

 bordered all round, i'laut dull jn^rcen, without any lustre. 



C)n dry banks, fields, wall tops, and waste "ground. Common, and 

 penerally distributed, except in the West and North Highlands, where, 

 however, it may have been overlooked. Apparently rare in Ireland, 

 and at present only known to occur on the east coast. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. I'ieiuiial or I'erennial. Spring, 

 early Summer. 



This species bears much resemblance to ^I. arvensis, but is smaller, 

 often only 2 or 3 inches high, and scarcely ever above (1 or 7; the leafy 

 ])art of the stem is exceedingly short; the lowest flowir on the main 

 raceme is usually separated from tiie rest, and in the axil of a leallikc 

 bract; the pedicels are shorter; the flowers smaller, bright blue, 

 scarcely tinged with pink in bud, as they arc in all the preceding 

 species. The nucules are smaller and brown, not black, as in .\I. 

 arvensis. The plant dries up and disappears early in the summer. 



Dwarf Forget-me-not. 



French, Mi/osotis dcs colliiw^-. German, Slci/h(iiii-i>jeg Vvrijisamciiiiiifht. 



SPECIES vni -M Y O S O T I S VE R S I C O L O R. /?- <c7,. 



Plate MCX. 



7?.-iW.. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVIII. Tab. MCCCXXV. Fig. 1. 

 JJlllol, Fl. Gall, et Germ. E.xsicc. No. 158. 



Rootstock none. Stem erect, stiff, branched towards tlu- liasc, with 

 the pubescence in the lower part dense stift', s[)reading. Lower haves 

 oblanccolate, gradually attenuated towards the base into an indistinct 

 jtetiole; stem leaves sessile, subdecurrent, oblong or strapshaped- 

 oblong, subacute, thickly clothed with long stiff pubescence, those at 

 the point where the forks of the mcemes are given off gcnendly oppo- 

 site or nearly so. Fruiting raceme shorter than the leafy \nirt of the 

 stem. Pedicels ascending or ascending-spreading, not secund, the 

 lowest one not distant from the others, all without bracts at the base, 

 and shorter than the calyx, or the lowest ones equalling it. Calyx with 

 a few long adpressed hairs, and numerous short spreading ones, all of 

 which are hooked-pointed, ovate-oblong and closed in fruit: segments 

 triangular-strapshaped, divided half-way down. Corolla limb half as 

 wide across as the length of the tube, usually concave; segments not 

 so broad as long, entire. Styles nearly as long as the calyx. Nucules 



