Lycopsis. 



BORAGINACEiE. 



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6. LYCOPSIS. Linn. ; Endl. gen. 3767. bugloss. 



[ So named from the Greek, lykos, a wolf, and opsis, a face, or appearance ; from a fancied resemblance to the head of 



that animal.] 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a curved tube ; the mouth closed with convex 

 connivent scales. Nuts rugose, concave at the base. — Herbaceous hairy plants. Flowers 

 racemose. 



1. Lycopsis arvensis, Linn. Small Bugloss. 



Leaves lanceolate, somewhat clasping, repandly denticulate, very hispid ; racemes leafy ; 

 calyx erect when in flower. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 139 ; Engl. hot. t. 938 ; Pursh, fl. I. p. 132 ; 

 Torr. fl. I. p. 207 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 71 ; Beck, hot. p. 253. 



Annual. Whole plant rough and almost bristly. Stem 12-18 inches high, simple or 

 somewhat branched. Leaves 2-5 inches long ; the lower ones tapering into a petiole at the 

 base. Flowers in one or more leafy racemes ; the pedicels 2-3 lines long. Calyx as long 

 as the tube of the corolla ; the segments lanceolate. Corolla small, bright blue. Nuts large, 

 rough and coarsely reticulated with elevated veins. 



Sandy fields, hill-sides, etc. Washington county (Dr. Stevenson). Doubtless an introduced 

 plant. June - July. 



7. MYOSOTIS. Linn. ; Endl. gen. 3772. SCORPIOX-GRASS. 



[ From the Greek, mijs, myos, a mouse, and ous, otos, an ear; in allusion to the form of its leaves.] 



Calyx 5-parted, salverform ; the lobes obtuse or emarginate : throat closed with six short 

 connivent scales : tube short. Stigma capitate. Nuts smooth or rugose, with a cavity at 

 the base. — Herbs, with the flowers in simple racemes. 



1. Myosotis palustris, Roth. Marsh Scorpion- grass. Forget-me-not. 



Leaves lanceolate-oblong, slightly rough with appressed hairs ; peduncles diverging when 

 in fruit, about twice as long as the spreading calyx ; limb of the corolla flat, longer than the 

 tube. — Pursh, fl. 1. p. 133 ; Lehm. Asperif. p. 88 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 206 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. 

 p. 72 ; Beck, hot. p. 253 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 120 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 81. M. 

 laxa, Lehm. 1. c. M. strigillosa, Bertol. in Giorn. ligust. sc. et art. Jem. 1827, p. 91 



Perennial. Stem 1-2 feet high, slender and weak, erect or oblique, branching above, 

 usually nearly smooth, but sometimes slightly hairy. Leaves 1-3 inches long and 3-6 

 lines wide, rather obtuse ; the lower ones smooth, but the upper ones sprinkled with appressed 

 hairs. Flowers in racemes, which are at first short, but finally become much lengthened ; 

 the pedicels 1-4 lines long, filiform. Segments of the calyx lanceolate, rather acute. 



