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EORACINE* 



8. MertIlN'sia. — Calyx-tube short, deeply 5-clert ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped ; stamens long, exserted ; nutlets fleshy. 



9. Myosotis. — Calyx 5-cleft ; corolla, salver-shaped, its lohes 

 blunt, twisted when in bud, and its throat nearly closed by blunt 

 scales ; nutlets smooth. 



TO, LiTHOsPKRMUM. — Calyx deeply i^-cleft ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped, its throat naked 

 or with 5 minute scales ; 

 stamens included ; nutlets 

 stony. 



II. EcHiUJr. — Calyx 

 deeply 5-cleft ; corolla 

 nionosym metric, sub-cam- 

 jmnulate, its throat naked ; 

 stamens very long, unequal 

 in length, exserted. 



I . C \' N' O r; I, (') .s s u M 

 (Hound's - tongue). — 

 (joarse, hairy, herbaceous 

 plants, with small flott'ers 

 iii forked, usually cbracte- 

 ate cymes ; calvx 5-clert : 

 ciirolla ]ioly^ymmetnc, 



funiiel-slinped, its month 

 cjosed by prominent blunt 

 stales ; stamens included : 

 liutleis covered with hooked 

 bristles ; style rigid, per- 

 sistent. (Name from the 

 Greek glossa, a tongue, 

 ci'mos, of a dog, from tlie 

 shape and roughness of the 

 leaves.) 



T. C. ojjlcindle (Common 

 Hound's - tongue). — .A. 

 stout, herbaceous plant, 

 1^ 2 feet high, with large, 

 downy leaves with adpressed hairs, lurid red-ptu-ple flowers, and 

 large, flattened nutlets, covered with barbed prickles, so as to 

 stick to the wool of animals or the clothes of passers-liy as closely 

 as burs, 'i'he whole plant has a strong, disagreeable smell, like 

 that of mice. — \\'aste ground. — Fl. June, July. Biennial 



2. C. ininiteinum (( '.reen-leaved Hoiuul's-tongue). - A more 





