lory^ 



MVOPOULIM 



MYRICA 



AA. Lrs. linear. 

 parvifolium, K. Br. {31. dlhnni, Hoj-f. ). ProcumbtMit 

 sitrul); sU'iiiis 'J ft. longornioru: Ivs. -'4-! in. luiiiLj;, linear 

 or linHur-spatulate, thick, spariii^^ly dentate toward the 

 afiex : lis. with rather acute hjbes which are woollv 

 witluri. Austral. B.M. l(;9:i. L.B.r;. 9:8:!7. <-in. 24, p. 

 'M.>\. V. 7:20.— Not advertised in America. 



M. vcrruchsum, Poir., is offered. Franeesr-lii writes that it is a 

 (luti;"k-growing shrub, and anionic the bi-'st i)iauts to t:i-ow iieur 

 tlie sGH. He says it has pretty white tis. and purple berries 



MYOSOTtDIUM (Greek, Jikt a fnrffet-)»e-nof) . Bor- 

 raf/imlc^''.K. A genus ot" only one si)ecies, known as Mie 

 '.liant Forget-me-not. It comes from the ('hatham 

 Islands, off New Zealand, and is neither hardy nnr 

 suited to general greenhouse culture, but it should be 

 tried by some of our expert southern amateurs. Tlie 

 individual fls. are about '% in. across, and as many as 

 30-60 in a cluster. Aplant grown outdoors iii t'nrnwall. 

 England, had about 20 such clusters. Tlie lis. arr H- 

 lobed and not a pure blue, being whitisli toward tlie 

 margins. They are borne on a stout, sucrulent stem 

 1 '-ii ft. high. The root-lvs. are very large and numerous, 

 heart-shaped, and with stalks 9 in. long. 



This choice plant first flowered in Europe in IHnH, but 

 the whole stock died, apparently without flowering 

 again. About ISSrj, fresh seeds were imported, and in a 

 few favored localities in England the plant succeeded. 

 In 1890 it was offered in America. Writers in '^The Gar- 

 den" give the following hints as to culture: The plants 

 reiiuire plenty of air and should be well syringed in 

 warm weather and shaded from the midday sun in sum- 

 mer. They should be kept absolutely free from insects, 

 particularly aphids. The fine specimen grown in the 

 Cornish garden (Gn. 50, y>. 150) was placed under a 

 high wall with a southern as[iect, and sea sand piled 

 ubnut the roots. 



As a genus, Myosotidinm is close to Myosotis. Imt 

 Bt-ntham & Hooker consider its dowers nearest to Cyri"- 

 ;,'li>ssum and its fruits nearest to Rindera. 



n6bile, Hook. Giant Forget-me-not. Root-lvs. gla- 

 brous, glossy, succulent, parallel-veined, obtuse or re- 

 fuse; petioles thick, grooved aVjove. B.M. 51.'i7. *in. 

 ;i0:575 and 50, p. 150. <4.C. II. 25:(>81; III. 21:29:^. 

 G.M. ::il:2I0. J.H. III. 32:;!27. 



MYOSOTIS (Greek, signifying moHse-ear, from the 

 leaves). Borragindcecr. Fokget - me -not. Scokpion 

 Gkass. a large genus of low, perennial or annual, more 

 or less hairy, branching, diffuse or erect herbs, inhabit- 

 ing both the north and south temperate zones, but the 

 cultivated forms coming mainly from Europe. Lvs. al- 

 ternate, entire: fis. small, in 1-sided, bractless, at flrst 

 recurved, terminal racemes; calyx small, 5-cleft; corolla 

 salverform, 5-lobed, the throat crested; stamens 5, iu- 

 iduded: ovary of 4 almost separate lobes, in fruit form- 

 ing 4 smooth nutlets attached to the receptacle by their 

 bases. The following are all hardy at the North and are 

 grown in America mainly for out-of-door planting. The 

 (Is. are normally blue, often purple when young and 

 turning blue with age. White-fld. forms (var. alba) of 

 all the species may occur. J. B. Keller writes that 

 Porget-nie-nots prefer moist, half-shady places. l)ut that 

 an open, sunny border will do if it is not excessively 

 dry. The perennials are easily propagated by division 

 or cuttings. 



A. IJair.^ of the calyx all stratglif, appn'ssed: 



perennials . 



B. Lobes of the calyx much shorter than the tube. 



paliistris, Lam. True Forget-me-not. Stems from 



slender, stolon-like rootstocks, slender, decumbent, and 



rooting below, appressed, pubescent or nearly glabrous, 



(i-18 in. long: lvs. oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 



nearly sessile : raceme l<:)Osely-nd. : pedicels in fruit 



much longer than the calyx, si)reading; lobes of the 



calyx deltoid, acutish : corolla bright blue, with a yellow 



eye, limb flat, 3-4 lines broad: nutlets angled and keeled 



on the inner side. May, June. Europe, Asia. G.C. III. 



22:307. Gn. 52, p. 401. — Requires damp, shady ground. 



Escaped from cult, in the eastern states. Var. 8emp6r- 



florens, Hort., is a dwarf fnrm, 8 in. high, flowering all 

 sumnn.-r. 



BB. L'-,J>r.<i of fit'' i-ohix ,fs lonq a.H or longer ihntJ 

 (he tube. ' 



laxa, Lehm. Similar to the preceding species, and 

 also rooting at the lower nodes, pubescence all appressed 

 and scanty or wanting: racemes even more loosely-fld. ; 

 calyx lid.ies nmch longer, ovate-lanceolate, acute; corolla 

 limb smaller and concave, about 2 lines broad, paler 

 blue; throat yellow: nutlets equally convex both sides. 

 May. June. North Europe, Asia, Amer.— Grows best in 

 muddy places. 



Azorica, H. C. Wats. Decumbent at the base and dif- 

 fusely branched, 1 ft. high, densely setose-hispid, with 

 reflexed hairs: lvs. oblong, obtuse or refuse, appressed 

 hairy above, hirsute with reflexed hairs below: raceme.s 

 snb-secund, dense: calyx almost 5-parted; teeth linear, 

 spreading, clothed with erect, appressed hairs: pedicel 

 about equaling the calyx: corolla larger than in the 

 last, 3-3K lines broad, deeper indigo-blue; throat with 

 a whitish eye. Azores. B.M. 4122. V. 6:75.-Suitatde 

 for planting in damp, shady soil. Var. coel^Stina, Hort., 

 is a form with light blue fls. 



AA. II<iirs of the catyx, or of h'nst Rome of theyn, hoof:rd, 

 spreading. 



B. Corolla small, about 1 line broad: limb concaiw: 

 calyx hairs all hooked. 



arv^nsis, Lam. Annual or biennial, erect, branched, 

 7-20 in. high, hirsute-pnbesceut: lvs. oblong or oblan- 

 ceolate, sessile, obtuse or acutish: raceme loosely-fld.: 

 pedicels in fruit much longer than the calyx: calyx 

 deeply 5-parted ; lobes equal, linear, acutish ; co- 

 rolla blue or white, ]-l>2 lines broad: nutlet convex 

 outside, keeled inside. June-Aug. Eu., Asia. — Will 

 grow well in dry ground. 



BB. Corolla larger, 3-4 lines broad: limb flat: cah/r 

 with only the lower hairs hooked. 



sylvdtica, Hoffm. Perennial, hirsutepuhescent, ami 

 either green or cinereous, erect. 1-2 ft. high, branclied 

 above: lvs. oblong-linear or oblanceolate, nearly sessile, 

 acutish: pedicels usually much exceeding the calyx: 

 calyx deeply cleft, hirsute, the hairs, except a few at the 

 base, erect and straight: racemes long and loose: co- 

 rolla blue, 3-4 lines broad, with a yellow eye: nutlets 

 more or less margined and carinate ventrally, sessile. 

 Spring. Dry soil, Eu., N. Asia.— Commonin cultivation. 



Var. alp6stris, Koch [M. alpestrls, F. "W. Schmidt). 

 Differs from the type only in its dwarf habit, 3-8 in. 

 high, more dense raceme, with shorter, thicker, ascend- 

 ing-pedicels, rarely longer than the calj-x: nutlets 

 larger. Summer. Eu. G.C. III. 17:050. — Flowers said tc 

 be fragrant in the evening. Var. atricta, Hort. All the 

 branches erect and strict: appearance peculiar. G.T. 

 45, p. 609. Var. aiirea, Hort. Foliage golden yellow. 



dissitifldra, Baker. Biennial : very similar in 

 habit to M. sylvafica, but lower, 0-8 in. high, whole 

 plant clothed with erect-spreading or appressed short 

 hairs: lvs. large, spatulate-oblong, acute, bright green: 

 fruiting racemes more ehmgated: pedicels ascending or 

 incurved, 2-3 times longer than the calyx: hooked hairs 

 almost absent: calyx segments lanceolate, much longer 

 than the tube; corolla 4-5 lines in diam. The most im- 

 portant difl'erence is in the nutlets, which are distinctly 

 stipitate. Spring. Switzerland. R.H. 1896, p. 278.- 

 Var. elegantissiraa, Hort. Lvs. white-edged. The name 

 M. eleijnntissima- has also been applied to forms of M. 

 valnstris and sylvatica. ^ ji_ WiEGANK. 



MYRiCA (ancient name of no application). Myri- 

 cdrea'. This includes a Japanese fruit tree which bears 

 black or red fruits something like a blackberry. It was 

 introduced to cult, in Calif, in 1880 under the name of 

 j}f. rubra and fully described in the "Pacific Rural Press," 

 from which the following account is chiefly derived. The 

 tree attains 40-50 ft. The foliage is magnolia-like, ever- 

 green and leathery. The fruit ripens in July. It is almost 

 globular, being about 1 in. long and % in. broad. It is 

 densely covered with small elevations, and contains a 

 single seed-stone of light weight. There are 2 varietiea 



