PENTAXDRIA MONOGYNIA. Myosotis. 47 



smooth, calyx with straight, close-pressed bristles, when 

 in fruit bell-shaped, open, shorter than the spreading 

 partial flower-stalks. Limb of the corolla flat, lon^-er 

 than the tube. Hairs on the stem spreading (or want- 

 ing.) Root creeping. E. B. 197^- M. scorpioides 

 pakistris. C. 3. 13. G. E. 337. i 



Clear rivulets, ditches. 



Per. Ju7ie. 



Fl. in a long, spike-like bunch, fine sky-blue, valves forming a 

 bright yellow eye. Herbage shining, green. Ls. stalkless, ellip- 

 tic-oblong, one and a half to two inches long. Partial stalks at 

 first crowded into a close, bent-back spike, after flowering much 

 lengthened out, stalks at length spreading almost horizontally. 

 Cor. admired for its enamelled brilliancy. This plant the 

 Forget-me-not of the Germans. Origin of this name : — -Two 

 lovers, loitering on the margin of a lake one summer's eve; the 

 maiden desired some flowers of the plant growing close to the 

 bank of an island, at a distance from the shore. The lover 

 plunged into the water, and gathered the wished-for prize. On 

 his return, unable to regain the shore, though very near it, he 

 threw the flowers on the bank, and, as he sank to his w^atery 

 gi'ave, his last words to the beloved lady were — Forget-me-not. 

 Mill's Chivalry, vol. i. p. 315. 



Var. Fl. flesh-coloured. 



M. ccBspitosa. Tufted fVater S. Seeds smooth. Calyx, 

 when in fruit, bell-shaped, open, clothed, as is the whole 

 plant, with straight, close-pressed bristles. Limb of 

 the corolla about as long- as the tube ; segments entire. 

 Style shorter than the stamens. E. B. 2661. 



Watery places, and in places where tvater has stagnated during winter. 

 fFet pastures, ^-c. Sides of old gi'avel pits, and in wet places 

 near St. Clement's, especially on the left hand side of a foot- 

 path leading from the back of St. Clement's, between the Cowley 

 and Henley roads, to Cowley Marsh. In gi'eat abundance, 

 June 9, 1831. I observed it in the same place four or five years 

 ago. B.v. 



Bien. ? May, July. 



Root fibrous. In dryish situations the stem is often not more than 

 three or four inches high : in wet ones from six inches to one 

 foot or more, often procumbent at the base, and producing fibres 

 from the lower joints, the upper part much branched. Ls. stalk- 

 less, or slightly decuiTent, between linear and spear-shaped, 

 blunt. Clusters forked, with frequently a solitary flower in the 

 forks, and sometimes a leaf or two among the partial flower- 

 stalks. Partial fl. stalks longer than the calyx, lengthening out 

 to nearly or quite twice its length after flowering. Calyx bell- 

 shaped, clothed with straight close-pressed bristles, cut half way 



