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blue, large, tube equalling the calyx in length, radical 

 leaves forming a dense rosette ; Pyrenees. 



9. Eritrichium, Schrad. 



Flowers regular, small, blue, in few-flowered cymes; 

 corolla saucer-shaped, the throat closed by five small 

 scales between the stamens; fruit with a membranous 

 margin. 



E. nanum, Schrad. {tergloviense, Kern.) ; stem 1-2 in., 

 woolly, flowers 1-5, crowded into small cymes, resem- 

 bling those of Myosotis palustris, leaves densely caespi- 

 tose, elliptical, woolly; alpine rocks, very high, not 

 uncommon. 



10. Cynoglossum, Tourn. 



Flowers small, usually blue-purple, in bifurcate cymes, 

 regular; corolla funnel-shaped, throat closed by pro- 

 minent scales ; nutlets 4, covered with hooked or barbed 

 bristles. Not alpine. 



C. officinale, L., Hound's-Tongue ; leaves hoary with 

 soft hairs; waste places, frequent. C. montanum, Lam. 

 {germanicum, Jacq.) ; flowers blue, leaves thinner, not so 

 hairy; mountain woods. 



II. ECHINOSPERMUM, Swartz. 



Flowers regular, small, blue; corolla saucer-shaped, 

 closed at the throat by five small scales; nutlets 4, tri- 

 quetrous, bordered by several rows of barbed bristles. 



E. Lappula, Lehm. ; stem branched in the upper part, 

 fruit-stalks erect, flowers in small extra-axillary clus- 

 ters ; waste places and walls ; Switzerland, Pyrenees. E. 



