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, Very common in cultivated ground, hedge-banks, groves, &c. C) 

 or (?. 6-^8, — Althougli Linnceus included other phmts, now re- 



garded as species, in his ideas of M, scorpwides and arvensis, and ev 



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preserved as such in his herbarium a specimen of the next species 

 yet, since it is evident from FL Suec, that this is what he held to be the' 

 type of the var,^ we think it best to follow those botanists who have 

 named it M, arvensis: Fries asserts that every Swedish botanist knows 

 it to be the " ipsissimam M, arvensem Linn. :" it is, moreover, the 

 only one usually found in cultivated fields. This species and ilj. 

 sijlvatica are inextricably confounded in E, FL, perhaps not unjustlv 



7. M. collina Hoffm. {early Fields S^ ; calyx with spreadino* 

 uncinate bristles, when in fruit ventrlcose open equaliini>' the 

 diverging pedicek^, limb of the corolla concave shorter"^ than 

 the tube, style about equal to the tube of the calyx, raeemi^ 

 stalked nsually with one distant flower at the base. IE, B. S, 

 sub foL 2629. ^ M. arvensis E. B. t. 2558. M. lus])\(i a ScJdc'chi 



On sandy banks, wall-tops, and other very dry places. 0, 4^ 5, 

 '' May at all times be distinguished from M, versicolor at a glance, 

 by its brilliant blue flowers, whichdo not expand till by the uncurlir.o' 

 of the raceme they are brought into a perpendicular position, but con- 

 tinue open till the next 2 or 3 above them are expanded. Colour an 

 uncliangeable blue.'* /. E, Bowman. 



8, M. versicolo?^ Lehm. (yellow and blue S.) ; calyx with 



spreading uncuiate bristles, when in fruit oblong closed Ioniser 

 than the almost erect pedicels, limb of the corolla concave 

 shorter than the exserted tube, style as long as the calyx," 

 raceme stalked. \E. B. t. 2558 (ad calcem), and t. 480 (left- 

 hand figure). 



Common in wet meadows, &c., as well as dry places ; hence vary- 

 ing much in height. 0. 4 — 6. — M versicolor is distinguishable at 

 once from M. striata (which is M. versicolor $. Lehm. and M. arvensis 

 Reich.) by its stalked racemes. In M. striata the pedicels are also 

 shorter than the calyx ; but the flowers begin among the leaves, some- 

 times from the very base of the stem; we believe, too, that none of 

 them are yellow, and that they have a much shorter tube. " In M. 

 versicolor the flov/ers are first yellow, then they acquire a tinge of 

 blue, and finally turn quite blue as the corolla shrivels. They also 

 expand on the curled portion of the raceme while they are inverted, 

 and by the time they become erect are shrivelled," J, E. Bowman. 



6. -Anchusa Lin7i. Alkanet. 



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Cal 5-cleft, or 5-partite. Cor. funnel-shaped, tuhe straight, 

 its mouth closed with convex connlvent scales, the segments 

 straight (not twisted) in sestivation. Stamens included. Achenes 

 depressed. Nuts concave at the base, seated on an hypogynous- 

 disk, free from the style. — Name : ayxov^ja, in Greek, from nyx"', 

 to C011 string e, "because any one chewing the leaves, and spitting, 

 into the mouth of a viper, will kill it," Diosc.., by means of its 



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