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BORAGINE/E 



corollas, sweet-scented in the evening. — Mountains in Yorkshire 

 and Scotland ; rare. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



5. M. sylvdtica (Wood Forget-me-not). — A taller, erect plant, 

 without runners, with spreading hairs ; radical leaves on short, 

 broad stalks, blunt ; flowers bright blue, J in. across, in clusters 

 becoming very loose in fruit ; calyx with hooked bristles. — Dry 

 woods ; rare. — Fl. May — September. Perennial. 



6. M. arv'evsis (Field Scorpion-grass).— A closely allied species, 



MYOS6TIS ALPESTRIS 



(Mountain forget-me-not). 



MYOSOTIS VERSICOLOR 



(Parti-coloured Scorpion-grass). 



6 — 18 in. high, roughish with spreading bristles; radical leaves 

 stalked ; flowers very small, \ in. across, usually concave, pale 

 blue, on long, slender, spreading pedicels; calyx with hooked 

 bristles. — Cultivated land and waste places ; the commonest 

 species of the genus. — Fl. June — August. Annual. 



7. M. collina (Early Field Scorpion-grass). — A slender, erect or 

 prostrate plant, often only about 3 in. high ; leaves oblong, blunt ; 

 flowers minute, bright blue (never pink or yellow), on short 



