48 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Lithospermum. 



into five broad somewhat pointed, oblong, triangular segments, 

 spreading when in seed. Corolla smaller than in M. palustris ; 

 limb pale blue, nearly white just above the throat ; segments 

 entire ; valves yellow. Stifle capitate, concave, shorter than the 

 stamens. Seeds polished, shining, egg-shaped or roundish, 

 sharply two-edged, and slightly keeled towards the point on the 

 upper side. Whole plant besprinkled, more or less, with straight, 

 close-pressed bristles. Sx. June 15, 1831. 



M. arvensis. Field jS. Seeds smooth. Calyx clothed 

 with spreading, hooked bristles, half-five-cleft, when in 

 fruit, egg-shaped, closed, shorter than the spreading, 

 partial flower-stalks ; limb of the corolla concave, 

 equalling the tube. Racemes stalked, \vith one remote 

 axillary flower. Root fibrous. E. B. 2558.' 



Dry, sandy fields, open places. 



An. May. 



Stem divided from the bottom into wide spreading branches. Stem 

 Ls. more tapering at the base, than in the other species. Fl. 

 clusters very lax in their lower part. Cor. small, palish-purple 

 before expansion, then sky-blue ; smaller than in M. palustris. 

 Plant altogether smaller. 



M. versicolor. Yellow and Blue S. Seeds smooth 

 Leaves hairy. Racemes on long, naked stalks. Calyx 

 with spreading, hooked bristles. When in fruit, oblong 

 (closed,) longer than the almost erect partial flower- 

 stalks. Limb of the corolla concave, shorter than the 

 exserted tube. Root fibrous. E. B. 2558. t. 480. f. 

 1. M. nana. Sb. 69- 



Dry, sandy fields, pastures, walls, -moist meadows. Shotover Hill. J5.r. 

 Besselsleigh, Berks. Y. Cumnor Hurst. Y. Near Childs- 

 well Farm. Bx. 



An, 3fay. 



Fl. some of them yellow, and some blue, Ls. narrow, oblong. Fl. 

 clusters elevated, single, or in pairs, on terminal stalks, without 

 a solitary distant fl. Cor. small. Discr. colour of fl. ; short 

 calyx-stalks, and generally long caly.v. Scarcely any two 

 authors agree with regard to the species of Myosotis. H. 



LITHOSPERMUM.* Gromwell. 



L. officinale. Common G. Grey Mill.^ Grey Millet. 

 Seeds even. Corolla not much longer than the calyx. 



' According to Greville the fig. is of Myos. versicolor. 



^ Lithos, Gr. a stone, and Sperma, a seed, from the hardness of the seeds. 



3 i. e. millet. 



