20S 
BORAGINE^. 
3. L. arvense (L.) ; st. erect branched, 1. lanceolate rather 
acute hispid with adpressed tubercular hairs on both sides, cor. 
rather longer than the calyx, nuts tubercular. — E. B. 123. — Fl. 
small, white. Nuts pale brown, polished, wrinkled, pitted, 
3 or 4 perfected in each calyx. Root bright red, communicating 
its colour to paper, &c. — Corn-fields. A. V. — VII. Corn 
Gromwell. 
12. Myosotis Linn. 
* Persistentes. 
1. M. palustris (With.) ; cal. open w T hen in fr. and shorter 
than the pedicel with straight adpressed bristles : teeth short tri- 
angular, limb of the cor. flat longer than the tube, lobes slightly 
emarginate, pubescence of the st. spreadiny. — E. B. 19"3. St. 42. 2. 
— L. bluntish, apiculate. St. angular from the prominent de- 
current line from the margins of the leaves. Clusters quite 
leafless. Cor. large, bright blue with a yellow eye. Style about 
as long as the calyx which is divided to about § of its length. — 
Valuable observations on this genus by Mr. Borrerwill be found 
in Hook. Br. Fl. (ed. 3.) and the Suppl. to Eny. Bot. — Ditches 
and watery places. P. VI. — VIII. Great J Fat er Scorpion grass. 
Foryet-me-not. 
2. M. repens (Don) ; cal. open when in fr. and shorter 
than the pedicel with straight adpressed bristles : teeth narrow 
lanceolate acute, limb of the cor. flat longer than tube, lobes 
sliyhtly cmaryinate, pubescence of the st. spreadiny. — E. B. S. 
2703. St. 42. 4. M. secunda Murr. North. Fl. 115. — L. rather 
acute. St. slightly angular. Clusters usually slightly leafy (1 — 4 
leaves) below. Cor. pale blue. Style shorter than the cal. which 
is divided fully half-way down. — Boggy places. P. VI. — VIII. 
3. M. ceespitosa (Schultz !) ; cal. open when in fruit shorter 
than the pedicel with straight adpressed bristles : teeth narrow 
lanceolate bluntish, limb of the cor. equalling the tube, lobes en- 
tire, pubescence of the st. adpressed. — E. B. S. 26G1. St. 42. 7- 
— L. usually obtuse or even emarginate. St. round, " with an 
impressed decurrent line from the margin of the leaves." Clus- 
ters usually slightly leafy below. Cor. smaller than in the pre- 
ceding, bright blue, segments narrower and rounded at the end. 
Style very short, about as long as the tube of the calyx. — Watery 
places. P. VI.— VIII. 
4. M. suaveolens (Kit.) ; cal. attenuated below deeply 5-cleft 
open when in fruit shorter than the ascending pedicel with 
straight and a few curved adpressed bristLes, limb of the cor. 
lonyer than the tube flat, root-l.on long stalks piointed. — St. 42. 8. 
M. rupiucola Sm. E. B. 2559. M. alpestris Sm., Borr. — L. ob- 
long-lanceolate, stalks of the lower ones slender. Fl. large. 
