324 Borraginacee—.\yosotts. 
blossoms from May to July. M. inguldta, syn. M. ccespitosa, 
hardly differs in its smaller flowers, appressed hairs, and the 
style much shorter than the calyx. 
2. AM. syludtica.—An erect biennial or perennial ? 1 to 2 
feet high. MRadical leaves petiolate, ligulate or spathulate, 
acute or apiculate, clothed with spreading hairs. Flowers blue, 
with a yellow throat and short tube, about 4 lines in diameter, 
Pedicels much longer than the calyx, the latter closed in fruit. 
Racemes very much elongated in fruit. A common British 
plant northward, but quite local in the South, where, however, 
there is an allied species called A/. arvénsis, with flowers about 
half the size. There are several varieties of Jf. sylvatica in 
cultivation with white, pink or striped flowers. 
3. AM. dissitifléra.—This is a Continental species formerly 
grown under the name M/. montana, which it is not. It differs 
from the last in its shorter more appressed pubescence, brighter 
green foliage, and relatively longer pedicels which curve upwards 
and inwards when in fruit, and the nutlets strongly keeled on 
the face. It is considered to be one of the best for bedding 
purposes. 
4. M. alpéstris, syn. M. rupicola.—A perennial of more 
decumbent habit than the two last, with stouter branches and less 
elongated racemes. Pedicels short and stout. Flowers bright 
blue with a yellow eye about 4 lines in diameter. This isa 
native of the higher mountains of North Britain, blooming in 
its native habitats in July and August. 
5. M. Asérica.—Similar in habit to the last. The flowers 
of this, however, are nearly 6 lines in diameter, and purple, 
eventually blue, without a yellow eye; and the fruiting racemes 
lengthen considerably. A native of the Azores. The variety 
called Impératrice Elisubeth lclongs here. 
M. collna and M. versicolur are the only other British 
species ; both are dwarf annuals with small flowers, changing 
in the latter from yellow to blue. 
Myosotidium nobile is a magnificent plant newly introduced 
from Chatham Island. It is a perennial, growing about 3 feet 
high, with large fleshy glabrous shining 7-nerved plicate leaves 
and dense racemes of azure-blue Howers. The flowers are about 
6 lines across, and purplish towards the circumference. The 
fruit is composed of 4 large winged nuts. 
Eritrichium nanum is a rare and diminutive alpine plant, 
growing in tufts, and producing an abundance of blue flowers. 
