244 54. BOEAG-INACE^. 



10. Lithosper'mum Linn. Gromwell. ^ 



1. L. officinale (L.); st. erect mucli branched, 1. lanceolate 

 acute veined hispid with bulbous adpressed bristles above hairy 

 beneath, throat of the cor. with a crown of scales, nuts smooth. — 

 B. B. 134.— St. 12—18 in. high. Fl. greenish yellow, nuts 

 grey, highly polished, stony, 2 or 3 ripening in each calyx. 

 JRoot whitish. — Dry and stony places, r. VI. — ^Vni. Orom- 

 well. E. S. I. 



2. Z. purpureo-eteruleum (L.) ; ban-en shoots prostrate creep- 

 ing, fl.-st. erect forked, 1. lanceolate acute hispid, hairs on the 

 upperside adpressed bulbous, cor. much exceeding the calyx, 

 nuts smooth. — E. B. 117. — ^Fl. large, bright blue. Nuts " silvery 

 white, highly polished, slightly rugged," rarely produced. — This 

 species and the following have no scales in the throat of the cor., 

 but merely 5 longitudinal downy folds (Mhytispermum Link). — 

 Thickets on a limestone soil, rare. P. V. — VU. E. 



3. L arven'se (L.); st. erect branched, 1. lanceolate rather 

 acute hispid with adpressed bulbous hairs on both sides, cor. 

 rather exceeding the calyx, nuts tubercled. — JS. B. 123. — St. 1 

 ft. high. Fl. small, white. Nuts pale brown, polished, pitted, 

 3 or 4 perfeeted in each calyx. Eoot bright red. — Corn-fields. 

 A. v.— Vn. Corn Gromwell. E. S. I. 



11. Myoso'tis Linn. Scorpion -grass. 



i. Persistentes. Cal. of fruit shorter than its stalk. 

 * Hairs on cal. aU straight and adpressed. 

 1. M. palus'tris (With.) ; fi-.-cal. open, its teeth short tri- 



angular, cor. -limb flat longer than the tube, its lobes 

 etnarffinate, style about equalling cal., pubescence of st. {usually) 

 ap>reading. — B. B. 1973. — L. bluntish, apiculate. Raceme quite 

 leafless. Oor. large, bright blue with a yellow eye. Gal. di- 

 vided about \ down. — a ; rhizome long leafy stoloniferous, st. 

 angular with decurrent prominent lines, pubescence spreading. — 

 /3. M. strigtdosa (R.) ; rhizome short leafless, st. more slender and 

 erect not angular its pubescence adpressed, 1. less blunt, style 

 equalling cor.-tube, M. coronaria Dum. Base of st. sometimes 

 patently hairy. — Ditches and watery places. P. VI. — VIII. 

 ti. VI. Forget-me-not. E. S. I. 



2. M. repens (Don) ; fr.-cal. open, its teeth narrow lanceolate 

 acute, style falling short of cal., cor.-limb flat longer than the 

 tube, its lobes slightly emarginate, pubescence of the st. spreading. 

 —E. B. 8. 2703.— L. rather acute. Stoloniferous. St. slightly 

 angular. Raceme usually slightly leafy (1—4 leaves) below. 



