BORAGINE^;. 



585 



placed in the axils of the stem-leaves. 

 Corolla of a rich blue, with a shorter 

 tube than in the common A. JN"uts ex- 

 panded at the base on the inner side 

 into a small convex appendage. 



In waste places, on roadsides, etc., 

 in western Europe, scarcely extending 

 eastward along the Mediterranean, and 

 not reaching the Rhine. Scattered over 

 several parts of Britain, but probably 

 truly wild only in south-western Eng- 

 land. Fl. spring and summer. 



Fig. 698. 



VII. BUGLOSS. LYCOPSIS. 



A small European and north Asiatic genus, distinguished from 

 AlJcanet by the curved tube of the corolla. The species are all annuals, 

 with small flowers. 



1. Small Bugloss. 



Lyeopsis arvensis, Linn. (Fig. 699.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 938.) 



A coarse, spreading annual, covered 

 with very stiff hairs. Stems procumbent 

 at the base, branched, 1 to 2 feet long. 

 Leaves lanceolate or oblong - linear, 

 waved on the edges, and often toothed ; 

 the lower ones often stalked, the upper 

 ones sessile or stem-clasping. Flowers 

 in simple or forked, terminal, one-sided 

 spikes. Calyx deeply 5-cleft, and nuts 

 wrinkled as in Alkanet. Corolla pale- 

 blue, with the tube always curved in the 

 middle. 



A common European and north Asiatic 

 weed of cultivation, carried out with 

 European crops to North America and 

 other parts of the world. Extends all 

 over Britain. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 699 



