250 54. BOKAaiNACEJB. 



high. L. spotted. — "Woods and thickets, scarcely naturalized. 

 P. IV. v.] B. 



1. P. angustifdlia (L.") ; 1. narrow-lanceolate narrowed to the 

 base, upper 1. sessile. — E. B. 1628. — Fl. pink, then blue. St. 1 

 ft. high. L. less frequently spotted. — Thickets. P. IV. V. E. 



9. MEEIEN'sii Both. 



1. M. marit'ima (Gray) ; st. procumbent branched, 1. ovate 

 acute rough with hard dots glabrous fleshy glaucous, nutlets 

 smooth. — E. B. 368. — Spreading, very glaucous. Fl. in cymes, 

 purplish blue. Protuberances in throat of cor. yellow. L. 

 tasting like oysters. Nutlets free, forming a pyramid, exceedin g 

 the calyx. Pericarp membranous; seeds smaller than the 

 cavity. — Northern sea-shores. P. V. — VIII. E. S. I. 



10. Liihospee'mum Linn. Gromwell. 



1. L. officindk (L.) ; st. erect much branched, 1. lanceolate 

 acute veined hispid with bulbous adpressed bristles above hairy 

 beneath, throat of the cnr. with a crotim of scales, nutkts smooth. 

 —E. B. 134— St. 12—18 in. high. Fl. greenish yellow, nutlets 

 grey, highly polished, stony, 2 or 3 ripening in each calyx. 

 Root whitish. — Dry and stony places. P. VI. — VIII. Orom- 

 well. E. S. I. 



2. L. purpweo-cesruleum (L.) ; barren shoots prostrate creep- 

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

 upperside adpressed bulbous, cor. much exceeding the calyx, 

 nutlets smooth. — E. B. 117. — Fl. large, bright blue. Nutlets 

 " silvery white, highly polished, slightly rugged," rarely pro- 

 duced. — This species and the following have no scales in the 

 throat of the cor., but merely 5 longitudinal downy folds (Rhy- 

 tispermum Link). — Thickets on a limestone soil, rare. P. V. — 

 VII. ' E. 



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

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

 rather exceeding the calyx, nutlets tuhercled. — E. B. 123. — St. 

 1 ft. high. Fl. small, white. Nutlets pale brown, polished, 

 pitted, 3 or 4 perfected in each calyx. Root bright red. — Corn- 

 fields. A. v.— VII. Com Gromwell. E. S. I. 



11. Mtoso'tis Linn. Scorpion-grass, 



i. Persistentes. Cal. of fruit shorter than its stalk. 

 * Hairs on cal. all straight and adpressed. 

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



