1S6 PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



aginary resemblance of the blue flowers to the eye of the wolf ; 

 a mere weed. 



L. Virginica. L. A small, hispid plant with its lower leaves 

 spatulate, and its racemes solitary ; found in dry woods. 



Echium. L. 5. 1. 



E. vulgare. L. Viper's Bugloss. Corolla nearly bell-form 

 with a short tube, large and blue in lateral spikes ; stem erect, 

 bristly ; hills ; June. 



A very handsome plant ; named from the Greek for viper. 



Onosmodium. L. 5. 1. 

 0. hispidum. L. From the Greek, for its resemblance to 

 Onosma, a genus of this order ; calyx deeply 5-parted, with linear 

 segments ; hills ; August ; a weed of our country. 



Myosotis. L. 5. 1. 



From the Greek for mouse and ear, on account of the shape 

 and velvety surface of the leaves of one species. 



J\I. arvensis. Sibth. Forget-me-not. This is like M. scor- 

 pioidesj L., and called by the same English name ; introduced 

 from England ; a pubescent, grayish plant, not a foot high, with 

 small white flowers, with a salver-shaped corolla, short tube, and 

 flat border ; sometimes called scorpion grass, from its stem of 

 flowers bending over in the form of a scorpion's tail ; sandy 

 fields ; June. 



M. palustris. Ph. Water Mouse-Ear. Grows along ditches 

 and banks of streams, with scattered, lanceolate, broad leaves, 

 sessile and smooth ; racemes of flowers rolled backwards at the 

 end ; June to October. Seems to be indigenous ; near Boston. 



M. Virginiana. L. Field Mouse-Ear. This is the Rochelia 

 of some authors ; a troublesome weed in fields, among wheat, &c. ; 

 with an erect, hairy, branched stem, and large, lanceolate, rough- 

 ish, hairy leaves ; July. 



