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SPECIES I.- ANCH USA ARVENSIS. r,wh. 



Plate MCXI. 



/,•,•,>/,. To. Fl. Germ, et Hclv. Vol. XVIII. Tub. MCCCX. Fig. 1. 



;.'///../, Fl. Gall, ot Germ. Ex.sicc. No. 3150. 



Lycopsis arvcnsis, Linn. Sm. Enj^l. Dot. No. 938. Bab. Man. Brit. Dot. cd. v. p. 2"20. 



Uook. &, Ant. Brit. Fl. oil. viii. p. 21*5. Benlli. llamlbk. Brit. Fl. cd. ii. p. 327. 



A. B.C. in B.O. Prod. Vol. X. p. 54. Koch, Syu. Fl. GLrm. et Uclv. cd. ii. 



p. 57-1'. 



Annual. Ivaclical loaves oMong-oblanceolato, attenuated towards 

 the base into indistinct petioles; stem leaves sessile, oblong or strap- 

 shaped-oblong, undulated at the margins, the upper ones semi- 

 amplexicaul. Bracts lanceolate, sessile, the lower ones longer than the 

 calyx. Pedicels shorter than the calyx, erect in fruit. Calyx seg- 

 ments strapshapcd-lanceolate, divided nearly to the base. Tube of 

 the corolla curved, longer than the calyx; limb concave, slightly 

 irregular, narrower across than the length of the tube; scales velvety. 

 Style shorter than the calyx. Nucules without an appendage at the 

 base, bordered, strongly wrinkled, and thickly covered with small 

 raised points. Plant thickly bristly-hairy. 



In cornfields and waste places, in sandy and chalky soils. Common, 

 and generally distributed. Local in Ireland, and chiefly on the east 

 side of the island near the sea. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer, Autumn. 



Stem erect or somewhat decumbent, 6 inches to 2 feet high, branched 

 in large examples, angular, succulcn*-, brittle, thickly clothed with 

 hristlclike vulnerant hairs. Leaves 1\ to 5 inches long, varying in 

 breadth, rather SMaringly clothed with bristly hairs seated on tubercles 

 of unequal size. Racemes solitary or m pairs, short while in flower, 

 elongate in fruit, when they attain a length of from 3 to 6 inches. 

 Calyx in flower { inch long, in fruit about ^ inch, thickly clothed -with 

 bristly hairs like those on the stem. Limb of the corolla slightly 

 irregular, about | inch across, pale blue, with the scales white. 

 Xucuks about ,V inch long, olive-grey, ^vith the border, ridges, and 

 raised points paler. Plant light green. 



Small Bugloss. 



French, Buglossedcs campagncs. German, Aclicr-Ochsrmzunge. 



Dr. Prior tells us that the name Bugloss comca from the Greek /3ouc, an ox, and 

 yXuiaaa, tonguc, dcscriptivo of the shaix) and rough surface of the leares of the 

 plant. 



