268 B0RAGINACE.E. 



* Flowers white. 



1. L. ARVEWSE, L. Corn Gromwcll. Whcat-thuf. 



Slender, hoary with minute appressed hairs; have* lanceolate or lin 'ar-lancoc- 

 late; calyx nearly equal to the corolla, with spreading segments ; racemes few-flow- 

 ered, the lower flowers remote. 



Grainfields, and waste grounds. June, July. Annual. Stem 12 to 18 inch as 

 high, more or loss branch >d. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, brigth gre;'n, rough. Flow- 

 ers rinall, white, subsessile, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves. 



2. L. officinale, L. Common Gromwell. 



Stem herbaceous, erect, very branching above; leaves broadly lanceolate, acute, 

 vriny ; calyx about as long as the tube of the corolla; achema very smooth. 

 ' Wa«to grounds, introduced, sparingly naturalized. June. July. Stems much 

 branched, clustered, 12 to 18 inches high. Leaves grayish-green, rough on the up- 

 per side, hairy beneath 2 to 3 inches long, ]/ 2 to % wide. Flowers small, white, 

 axillary, in leafy spike-like racemes. 



* * Flowers yellow. Per. : 



3. L. iiirtum, Lchra. Baity Puccoon. 



Herbaceous, hairy above, ere ?<t; faar?s linear-lanceolate, rough-hairy, obtuse: the 

 floral ovate-lanceolate ; ooroMo-iube about as long as the calyx, bearded at the base 

 inside, lobzs obovate ; aclienia ovoid, shining. 



Dry woods. May, July. Stems 8 to 12 inches high, clustered. Flowers crowded 

 in somewhat scorpoid racamos. Corolla largs, orange yellow. 



6. MYOSOTIS, Linn. Forget-me-not. 



Gr. mui, mou5e, and ous, olos, car, in allusion to the laaves of some species. 



Calyx 5-cleffc or 5-parted. Corolla salver-form j tube 

 short; limb flat; throat closed with 5 short arching ap- 

 pendages. Stamens 5, included, on short filaments. Ache- 

 NIA smooth compressed. — Low and mostly so ft-ha in/ herbs, 

 with entire haves, and small blue or white flowers in naked racemes . 



1. M. STRICTA, Link. Field Scorpion Grass. 



Whole plant somewhat hoary; stem erect, simple or branehed; leaves oblong, 

 obtuse; raceme leafy at the base, long; pedicels erect in fruit, rather shorter than 

 the 5-cleffc calyx , corolla-tuhe included. (M. arvensis, Pursh, M. verna. Nutt ) 



Dry hills and sandy woods, rare. May — July. Ann. Whole plant of a grayish 

 hue from its dense pubescence. 4 to 10 inches high, at length much branehed. 

 Leaves M to 1 inch long, sessile, acutigh, the lower ones obtuse. Flowers very 

 small, whit' 1 or pale blue, on terminal revolute racemes, short at first butat length 

 6 to 8 inches long. 



2. M. LAXA, Lchm. Harsh Scorpion Grass. t orget-mc-not . 



Ascending stems rooting along at the base, terete, branching, sprinkled with 

 minute appressed hairs; leaves linear-oblong, obtuse; pedicels filiform, longer than 

 the flowers, spreading; calyx 5-cleft; style very short. 



Ditches and marshy places, common. June — Sept. Ter. Stem. 6 to 15 inches 

 high, ascending from lon»; creeping roots. Leaves scattered, sessile, 1 te 3 inches 

 long, y v to y 2 inch wide, the lower often petiolcd. Flowers small bright blue with 

 a yellowish eye, on pedicels }^ to % inch long. 



3. M. palustris, With. True forget-me-not. 



Whole plant more or less hairy ; stem angled ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acutish ; 



