The Forget-Me-Not 



which they are arranged curl round like a scorpion's 

 tail towards the top, and the buds are tucked right 

 under. Hence the plant's name of Scorpion Grass. 

 A minor point to be noticed is that the calyx 

 is deeply divided into five segments in all the species 

 except the Marsh Forget-me-not, and there it is 

 only slightly cleft. The exquisite petals, five in 

 number, spread out and form a scalloped salver at 

 top ; below they are united into a tube. Just at 

 the mouth of the tube each petal has a bright yellow 

 ridge stretching almost across it and slightly arching 

 over the centre, and the five pieces together form 

 a waU round the mouth. In the centre of each 

 petal a white ray streaks back into the blue. There- 

 fore the yellow-and-white centre of each flower is 

 very attractive, and it has a certain historical 

 interest for us, for it is said that while looking at 

 this flower and considering what the purpose could 

 be of the white lines and the yellow wall, the German 

 scientist Sprengel was led to formulate his theory 



of honey guides, a theory which has given meaning 



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