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of St. sometimes patently hairy. — Ditches and watery places. 

 P. VI.— VIII. 0. VI. Forget-me-not. 



2. M. repens (Don); fr.-cal. open with straight adpressed 

 bristles, teeth narrow lanceolate acute, style falling short of cal., 

 cor.-limb flat longer than the tube, lobes slightly emarginate, 

 pubescence of the st. spreading. — E. B. S. 2703. St. 42. 4. — L. 

 rather acute. St. slightly angular. Clusters usually slightly 

 leafy (1 — 4 leaves) below. Cor. pale blue. Cal. divided fully 

 half-way down. — Boggy places. P. VI. — VIII. 



3. M. ccBspitosa (Schultz!); fr.-cal. open with straight ad- 

 pressed bristles, teeth narrow lanceolate bluntish, cor.-limb equal- 

 ling the tube,' lobes entire, style very short, nut not keeled, pubes- 

 cence of the St. adpressed. — E. B. S. 2661. St. 42. 7- — L. usually 

 obtuse or even emarginate. St. round, with a decurrent line 

 from the margin of the leaves. Clusters usually slightly leafy 

 below. Cor. smaller than in the preceding, bright blue, seg- 

 ments narrower and rounded at the end. Style about equalling 

 the cal.-tube. — Watery places. P. VI. — -VIII. 



4. M, alpestris (Schm.) ; cal. attenuated below deeply 5-cleft 

 open with fruit with straight and a few curved adpressed bristles, 

 pedicels ascending, cor.-limb exceeding the tube flat, style 

 equalling \ cal., nut not keeled rounded at the end, root-l. on 

 long stalks pointed. — St. 42. 8. not DC. M. rupincola Sm., E. B. 

 2559. M. suaveolens Bab. — L. oblong-lanceolate, stalks of the 

 lower ones slender. Fl. large, handsome, blue, sweetscented in 

 the evening. — Summits of the Breadalbane mountains. Mickle- 

 fell, Teesdale. P. VII. VIII. S. 



5. M. sylvatica (Ehrh.); cal. rounded below deeply b-cleft 

 closed with fruit, tube with spreading hooked bristles, pedicels 

 divergent, cor.-limb longer than tube flat, cor.-lobes emarginate, 

 style nearly equalling cal., nut keeled on one side upwards 

 bluntish, root-l. on short dilated stalks bluntish. — E. B. S. 2630. 

 St. 42. 6. — L. oblong-lanceolate ; stalks of the oblong-ovate lower 

 1. dilated. Fl. large, handsome, blue. Cal. divided more than 

 half-way down. — Shady places, rare. P. V. VI. 



6. M. arvensis (HofFm.) ; cal. half 5-clrft closed with fruit, 

 tube with spreading hooked bristles, pedicels divergent, cor.- 

 limb equalling tube concave, cor.-lobes entire, style very short, 

 clusters stalked.—^. B. S. 2629. St. 42. 13. M. intermedia 

 Link, Reich., Koch. — L. oblong, acute ; lower 1. oblong-obovate, 

 obtuse. Fl. usually small. — A large-flowered ((3. umbrosa) plant 

 found in shade is often taken for M. sylvatica. — Cultivated land 

 and thickets. A. VI.— VIII. 



