262 THE FLORA. 
bony, ovate, smooth or wrinkled, fixed by a flat base —Herbs generally 
with thick, reddish roots. Flowers spiked or racemed, with leafy bracts. 
May-July. 
§ Flowers white, small....a 
§ Flowers yellow, showy. Achenia smooth, polished....5-7 
a Achenia roughened with wrinkles....1 
a Achenia smooth and polished... .2-4 
1 L.arven’se. Wheat-thief. Root ®, red. Leaves lance-linear. Plant 12-18’ high, 
hairy. oe (tube. N.M. 
2 L. officina’le. Gromvell. Root 2%. Lys. lanceolate. Calyx equal to corolla 
8 L. latifo/lium. Broad-leaved G. Root %. leaves lance-ovate, sharply acumi- 
nate. Sepals longer than the corolla, spreading in fruit. Stem 1-2f. 
4 L. angustifo/lium. Nurrow-lv. G. U4 Lvs. linear, stiff, edges some revolute. M.W. 
5 L.canes’cens. Puccoon. Soft-velvety, canescent. Lvs. oblong-linear. Tube of 
the corolla thrice as long as the very short calyx. Plant 8-12’ erect. W. &e. 
6 L.hirtum. Hairy P. Rough-hairy. Lys. lance-linear. Cor. long as calyx. W. 8. 
7 L. longiflo’rum. Long-flowered P. Rough-ashy. Lys. lance-linear. Corolla tube 
four times as long as the calyx, lobes crenulate, wavy. W.S. 
8. MERTEN’SIA. Lungwort. 
A short, 5-cleft calyx; a tubular corolla, slender below, suddenly en- 
larged above, limb 5-cleft; the 5 stamens inserted at top of the tube, and 
with smooth achenia.— 2 Plants usually smooth, with terminal racemes. 
1 M. Virgin’ica. Virginian L. Very smooth, 12-18’ high. Root lvs. large, stalked; 
stem lvs, sessile. Fls. somewhat trumpet-shaped, blue-lilac, very fine. May. W. 
QM. marit’ima, Sea Z. Smooth, diffuse. Leaves ovate, - 
fleshy. Corolla limb longer than the tube, which 
shows 5 folds in throat, blue-purple. E. 
8M. panicula’ta. Panicled L. Rough. Leaves cordate, 
acuminate, veiny. Calyx hispid, thrice shorter than 
the tube, bell-form, blue-white corolla. N.-W. 
4, MYOSO’TIS. Forget-me-not. Scorpion-grass. 
Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla salver-form, the 5 lobes 
slightly notched at the end, throat closed with 5 
short, concave scales. Nuts smooth, ovate, with 
a small cavity at base.—Little herbs slightly wool- 
ly. Racemes finally becoming long. May-Aug. 
1 M. pais’tris. True F. Flowers in one-sided racemes. ! 
Plant smoothish, 6-12’ high. Leaves linear-oblong, Fig. 604. Forget-me-not— 
obtuse. Flowers blue with a yellow centre. 8 pair of scorpcid cymes, 
