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T. M. ciTspiiosa (Tufted Water Scorpion-grass). — A tufted, 

 light green, rather shining plant with a short, not creeping rhizome ; 

 stem much branched from the base with sle,nder branches, downy 

 with adpressed hairs ; blunt haves ; and long, slender racemes of 

 short-stalked, sky-blue flowers ^ in. across. — A\'atery places ; 

 common. — Fl, May — August. Peren- 

 nial. 



2. M. scorpioides (Forget-me-not). — 

 A light green, rather shining, almost 

 glabrous plant, with few spreading or 

 adpressed hairs, a creeping rhizome with 

 runners ; blunt, apiculate leaves, the 

 cauline ones sessile or decurrent ; and 

 terminal, leafless, i-sided clusters of 

 bright blue flowers, nearly -l in. across, 

 with a }'ellow eye, and a small, white 

 scale at the base of each lobe of the 

 corolla. — \\'atery places ; common. Few 

 ilowers have been more written about 

 than the Forget-me-not, yet there is 

 great disagreement among writers as to 

 the plant to which the name properly 

 belongs. It was once applied to the 

 (.Iround-pine {Ajiiga Chaiincpiiys) on 

 account of its strong taste of turpentine : 

 some ajjpear to have had the Alkanet in 

 view ; others, the Speedwell ; and others, 

 again, some of the smaller and less 

 brilliantly coloured species of ^ilyosotis. 

 — Fl. JNIay — August. Perennial. 



3. M. rt'pens (Creeping ^\'ater 

 Scorpion-grass). — R/iizoiite short with 

 leafy runners above ground : stem angu- 

 lar, slender, branched, with long, spread- 

 ing hairs ; leaves acute : flowers sky-blue, 

 with a yellow eye, -3- in, across, in long, 

 slender clusters with a few leaves at the 

 base, and very slender, long pedicels 

 bending downward in fruit. — Wet places : 

 August. Perennial. 



4. AI. pyrendica (Mountain Forget-me-nut).— 

 plant, with long, soft, spreading hairs ; radical 



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common. — Fl. June — 



A short, erect 



leaves on long 



across, in 



slender stalks, pointed ; flowers deep bright blue, }t in. 



short clusters, with short, thick pedicels, and flat, short-tubed 



