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flowers peduncled ; tube of the corolla scarcely longer than the breadth 

 of the border ($'-1') and woolly-bearded at base inside. 



L. can^scens, Lehm. Hoakt P. Softer-hairy and somewhat hoary, 

 6'-15' high, smaller-flowered than the preceding, and tube of corolla 

 smooth at base inside. Plains and wood borders, Can., S. 



L. angustif&lium, Michx. Leaves linear ; tube of corolla 1' or more 

 long, many times longer than the eroded-toothed lobes. Sterile soil, 

 Mich., W. and S. 



8. MYOSOTIS, FORGET-ME-NOT or SCORPION GRASS. (Greek: 

 mouse-ear, from the short soft leaves of some species.) Flowers spring 

 and summer. , 



* Calyx remaining open in fruit, its hairs straight and glandless. 



M. palustris, With. True F. In gardens and some waste places; 

 with loosely branched stems ascending from a creeping base, rough- 

 pubescent lance-oblong leaves, moderately 5-cleft calyx shorter than the 

 spreading pedicels, and the lobes shorter than the calyx tube ; corolla 

 light blue with a yellow eye. % 



M. laxa, Lehm. Flowers smaller and paler, on longer pedicels ; 

 pubescence appressed ; calyx lobes as long as the tube ; habit lax. 

 N. Y., E. 



* * Calyx closing or erect in fruit, the hairs hooked, or glandular. 



M. aivensis, Hoffm. Hirsute, with lance-oblong, acutish leaves, 

 racemes naked at base and stalked, smail blue corolla, pedicels spreading 

 in fruit and longer than the 5-cleft equal calyx, the lobes of which are 

 closed in fruit, and the tube beset with some hooked or glandular-tipped 

 hairs. Fields. (J) % 



M. ve'rna, Nutt. Bristly-hirsute, erect (4'-10' high), branched from 

 base, with oblong and blunt leaves, racemes leafy at base, very small 

 mostly white corolla, pedicels in fruit erect and appressed at base, but 

 abruptly bent outwards near the apex, and rather shorter than the une- 

 qual, very bristly calyx, some of its bristles hooked or glandular at their 

 tip. Dry grounds. ® ® 



9. OMPHALOSES. (Greek : referring to the navel-shaped depression 

 on the upper face of the nutlets.) Cult, from Eu. for ornament. 



0. verna, Moench. Blde or Spring Navelwort. Spreading by leafy 

 runners; leaves ovate or somewhat heart-shaped, 2-3' long, pointed, 

 green ; flowers azure-blue, in spring. 2/ 



0. linifblia, Moench. White N. Erect, 6'-12' high, loosely branched, 

 very pale or glaucous, with broadly lanceolate leaves sparingly ciliate, the 

 upper sessile, white or bluish flowers, and turgid nutlets toothed around 

 the margin of the cavity. ® 



10. SYMPHYTUM, COMFREY. (Greek: grow together, alluding 

 probably to supposed healing properties.) Cult, from Old World. 2/ 



S. officinale, Linn. Common C. Rather soft-hairy ; the branches 

 winged by the decurrent bases of the oblong-lanceolate leaves ; corolla 

 yellowish-white. Cult, for forage and ornament ; naturalized sparingly 

 in moist grounds. Eu. 



S. asperrimum, Sims. Prickly C. Stem and widely spreading 

 branches excessively rough with short and somewhat recurved little 

 prickles, not winged ; calyx lobes short ; corolla reddish purple in bud, 

 changing to blue. Cult, like the other. Caucasus. 



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