46 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Myosotis. 



Sandy ground, ivalks, beds of neglected gardens. 



Per. July. 



Stems thread-like, two to four inches, rooting at the joints. Ls. 

 opposite, evergreen, minute, linear, convex beneath. PI. stalks 

 axillary, solitary, longer than the Is. each bearing a small, nod- 

 ding^. Pet. white, roundish, sometimes wanting. 



S. apetala. A.nnual Small-jlowered P. Stems nearly 

 upright, hairy. Leaves bristle-pointed, fringed. Petals 

 scarcely distinguishable, or wanting. E. B. 88 L. C. 

 5. 14. 



Dry, sandy, barren ground, walls, waste places. 

 An. Jime. 



Stems not rooting. Ls. fiinged at the base. Fl. stalks slender, 

 long. Pet. white, very minute. Plant small, slender. 



MCE'NCHTA.' Mcenchia. 



M. erecta. Sagina erecta. E. B. 609. C. 2. 12. Sb. 67. 



Pastures, lieatliy ground. Shotover Hill. Southleigh Heath. 

 Ensham Heath. *S^. 



An. April. 



Stem erect, nearly single-flowered, two or three inches. Ls. oppo- 

 site, spear-shaped, acute. PI. stalks very long, often purplish. 

 PI. upright, pearly white : pet. about as long as the cal. Cal. Is. 

 spear-shaped, acute. Caps, that of a Cerastium with ten teeth. 

 A plant not devoid of neatness. 



RADT'OLA. Flax-seed. 

 (R. miUeqrana. Thyme-leaved F. E. B. 893. Mille- 

 grana 'minima. G. E. 569. 



Wet, sandy ground. Coleshill Pool, Warwickshire. Pn. Xear 



Rugby, road to Barby. Bx. 

 An. July, August. 

 Smooth, erect, one to two inches, forked. Fl. white.) 



Class V. PENTANDRIA. Stamens 5. 



Order L MONOGYNIA. Pistil 1. 



MYOSOTIS.^ Scorpion.grass.3 

 M.palustris. Great Water S. Forget-me-not. Seeds 



* Named after Professor Conrad Moeuch. 



2 3Iuos, and ous, Gr, mouse's ear. 



3 From the Raceme of the fi. being bent back like the tail of a scorpion. 

 Ray. 



