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beneath, throat of the cor. with a ormm of scales, nuts smooth. — 

 St. 12 — 18 in. nigh. Fl. ^eenish^ yellow, nuts gray, highly 



folished, stony, 2 or 3 ripening in each calyx. Root whitish. — 

 >ry and stony places. Pi VI. — ^¥m. CrromiveU. E.S.I. 



2. L. purpureo-cceruleum (L.) ; barren shoots prostrate creep- 

 ing, fl.-st. erect forked, 1. landeolate acute hispid, hairs on the 

 upperside adpressed bulbous, cor. much exceeding the calyi, 

 nuts SEjiooth. — ^Fl. large, bright blue. Nuts "sUyery white, 

 highly polished, slightly rugged," rarely produced. — This species 

 and the following have no scales in the throat of the cor., but 

 merely 5 longitudinal downy folds (Rhytispermum Link). — 

 Thickets on a limestone soil, rare. P. V. — VU. E. 



8. L. arven'se (L.) ; st. erect branched, 1. lanceolate rather 

 acute hispid with adpressed bulbous hairs on both sides, cor. 

 rather exceeding the calyx, mcts tvherehd. — St. 1 ft. high. Fl. 

 small, white. Nuts pale brown, polished, pitted, 3 or 4 per- 

 fected in each calyx. Root bright red. — Com-fields. A. v . — 

 yil. Corn GromvxU. E. S. I. 



12. Mtoso'tis Linn. Scorpion-grass. 

 i. Persistentes. Cal. offntit shorter than its stalk. 

 * Hairs on cal. all sti-aight and adpressed. 



1. M. palus'tris (With.) ; fr.-cal. open, its teeth short tri- 

 angular, cor. -limb flat longer; than the tube,i its lobes slightly 

 emarginate, style ahout equalling, cal., jmbescence of st. (ttsmdly) 

 spreading. — <SS. 42. 2. — ^Ij. bliintish, apiculate. St. angular owing 

 to the prominent decurrent lines &om the margins of the leaves. 

 Raceme quite leafless. Cor. large, bright blue with a yellow 

 eye. Cal. divided about \ down. — j3. M. strigulosa (R.) ; more, 

 slender and erect, st. not angular its pubescence adpressed, 1. lesp 

 blunt, style equalling cor.-tulje. St: 42. 3. Base of st. some- 

 times patently hairy. — Ditches and watery places. P. VI.— 

 VIII. j3. VL Farget-me^not. E. S. I. 



2. M. repens (Don) ; fr.-cal. open, its teeth narrow Imiceolute 

 acute, style falling short of cat, corZ-limb flat longer than the 

 tube, its lobes slightly emarginate, pubescer^ce of the st. spreading. 

 —E. £. &'2703. St. 42. 4.' — L. rather ^cute. St. slightly an- 

 gular. Raceme usually sightly leafy (1 — 4 leaves) ielqw. Cor. 

 pale blue. Cal. divided fully- halfway down. Boggy places. 

 P.VL— VIII. E.S.I. 



3. M. ceespitdsa (Schultz!); fr.-cal. open, its teeth naiTow hn- 

 ceolate bluntish, cor.'limb equalling the tuhe, its lobes entire, style 

 i^:iijhort,pubescence pfthe St. adpressed.^^JE.S.S. 2661. jSt.42. 7. 



