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handsome, blue. Style fully half as long as the calyx. — M.al- 
pestris (Schm.) has blunt roundish or oblong-oval root-leaves 
and is probably a mountain form of M. sylvatica. — Summits of 
the Breadalbane mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 
5. M. sylratica (Ehrh.) ; cal. rounded below deeply 5-cleft 
cloned when in fruit shorter than the divergent pedicel : tube with 
spreading hooked bristles, limb of the cor. longer than the tube 
flat, root-l. on short dilated stalks bluntish.—E. B. S. 2630. 
St. 42. 6. — L. oblong-lanceolate, stalks of the oblong-ovate lower 
1. dilated. Fl. large, handsome, blue. Style usually as long as 
the calyx which is divided more than half-way down. Shady 
places. ' P. VI. VII. 
6. M.arvensis (HofFm.) ; cal. half 5 -cleft closed when in fruit 
shorter than the divergent pedicel : tube with spreading hooked 
bristles, limb of the cor. equalling the tube concave, clusters stalked. 
— E. B. S. 2629. St. 42. 13. M. intermedia Link, Reich., Koch. 
— L. oblong, acute ; lower 1. oblong-obovate, obtuse. Fl. small. 
Style very short. — Cultivated land and thickets. A. VI. — VIII. 
Field Scorpion grass. 
** Fugaces. 
7. M. collina (Hoffm.) ; cal. open and ventricose ichen in fruit 
as long as the diverging pedicels : tube with spreading hooked 
bristles, limb of the cor. shorter than the tube concave, clusters 
stalked usually with 1 distant flower, hairs on the 1. straight. 
— E. B. 2558. St. 42. 11. M. hispida Koch. — L. oblong, ob- 
tuse, lower obovate, with straight silky hairs on both sides. Fl. 
small; blue. Style about half as long as the calyx. — M. stricta 
Link, M. arvensis R. St. 42. 14. has its cal. closed in fruit with 
very short pedicels, sessile clusters leafy below, 1. with hooked 
hairs beneath. It is probably a native of Britain and will re- 
ward some careful observer. — Dry banks. A. IV. V. 
8. M. vei-sicolor (Ehrh.) ; cal. closed and oblong ivhen in fruit 
longer than the ascending pedicels : tube with spreading hooked 
bristles, limb of the cor. shorter than the tube concave, clusters 
stalked— E. B. 480. (left fig.) St. 42. 12— L. narrow, oblong, 
acutish, upper ones frequently opposite. Fl. small, at first pale 
yellow, afterwards blue. Style elongated. — Meadows and banks. 
A. V. VI. 
Order LVI. SOLANEiE. 
Cal. inferior, 5- rarely 4-parted, persistent. Cor. hypogynous, 
regular or slightly irregular, 5-cleft, deciduous. Stam. inserted 
on the corolla. Ovary 2-celled. Stigma simple. Pericarp 
2 — 4-celled. Seeds numerous. Embryo usually curved, in 
fleshy albumen. 
