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

 emarginate, style about equalling cal., ptcbescence of st. (usually) 

 spreading.— U. B. 1973.— L. bluntish, apiculate. Raceme quite 

 leafless. Cor. large, bright blue with a yellow eye. Oal. di- 

 vided about 5 down. — a; rhizome long leafy stoloniferous, st. 

 angular with decurrent prominent lines, pubescence spreading. 

 — ^. M. strigulosa (R.) ; rhizome short leafless, st. more slender 

 and erect not angular its pubescence adpressed, 1. less blunt, 

 style equalling cor.-tube. M. coronaria Dum. Base of St. 

 sometimes patently hairy.— Ditches and watery places. P. VI, 

 —VIII. /3. VI. Forget-me-not. E. S. I. 



2. M. ripens (Don) ; fr.-cal. open, its teeth narrow lanceolate 

 acute, style falling short of cal, cor.-limb flat longer than the 

 tube, its lobes slightly emarginate, pubescence of the si. spreading. 

 —E. B. S. 2703.— L. rather acute. Stoloniferous. St. slightly 

 angular. Raceme usually shghtly leafy (1 — 4 leaves) below. 

 Cor. pale blue. Cal. divided fully fialfway down.' — Boggy 

 places. P. VI.— Vin. E. S. I. 



3. M. ccespitdsa (Schultz !) ; fr.-cal. open, its teeth narrow lan- 

 ceolate blimtish, cor.-limb equalling the tube, its lobes entire, style 

 very shoH, pubescence of the st. adpressed. — E. B. S. 2661. M. 

 lingulata Lehm. (name only). — L. usually blunt or even emar- 

 ginate. St. round, with a decurrent line. Raceme usually 

 slightly leafy below.- .Cor. smaller than in the preceding, bright 

 blue, segments narrower and rounded at the end. Style about 

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



** Hairs on cal. not all straight, but some or all hooked. 



4. M. alpes'tris (Schm.) ; cal. att&nuate below deeply 5-cleft 

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

 peiiicels ascending, cor.-limb longer than the tube flat, style equal- 

 ling 5 cal., nutlet keeled not rounded at the end, root-l. mi long 

 stalks pointed. — E. B. 2559. M. rupicola Sm. — L. oblong- 

 lanceolate, stalks of the lower ones slender. Fl. large, handsome, 

 blue, sweet-scented in the evening. — Summits of the Breadal- 

 bane mountains. Micklefell, Teesdale. P. VU. VUI. E. S. 



6. M. sylvat'iea (Ehrh.) ; cal. rounded below f 5-cleft closed 

 with fruit, its tube with spreading hooked bristles, pedicels di- 

 vergent, cor.-limb longer than tubeflat, style nearly equalling cal., 

 nutlet keeled on one side upwards bluntish, too<-Z. on short dilated 

 stalks bluntish. — E. B. 8. 2630. — L. oblong-lanceolate ; stalks 

 of the oblong-ovate lower 1. dilated. Fl. large, handsome, blue. 

 Cal. divided more than halfway down. — Shady places, rare. 

 P. V.VI. E. 8 



