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corollas, sweet-scented in the evening. —-Mountains in Yorkshire 

 and Scotland ; rare. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



5. M. sylvdlka (Wood Forget-me-not).— A taller, erect plant, 

 without runners, with spreading hairs ; radical leaves on short, 

 broad stalks, blunt ; flowers bright blue, ^ in. across,^ in clusters 

 becoming very loose in fruit; calyx with hooked bristles. — Dry 

 woods ; rare. — Fl. May — September. Perennial. 



6. M. arvh'sis (Field Scorpion-grass). — A closely allied species, 



nni.isirns alpestris 

 ( Minmlaiii J't'r^ct-jnc-not). 



MYOSITIS VERSICOLOr. 



{Parti-coloitrcd Scorfiion-i^rass). 



6 — 18 in. high, roughish with spreading bristles ; radical leaves 

 stalked ; flow<ers very small, j. in. across, usually concave, pale 

 blue, on long, slender, spreading pedicels : calyx with hooked 

 bristles. — Cultivated land and waste places ; the commonest 

 species of the genus. — Fl. June — August. Annual. 



7. M. coUiiia (Early P'ield .Scorpion-grass). — A slender, erect or 

 jjrostrate plant, often only about 3 in. high : leaves oblong, blunt ; 

 flowers minute, bright blue (never pink or yellow), on short 



