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2. M. rSpena (Don) ; fr.-cal. open, its teeth narrow lanceolate 
acute, style faUing sliort of caL, cor. -limb flat longer than the 
tube, its lobes slightly ernarginate, jruhescence of tlie st. spreading. 
—E. B. S. 2703. St. A-2. 4.— L. rather acute. St. slightly an- 
gular. Raceme usually slightly leafy (1 — 4 leaves) below. 
■Cor. pale blue. Cal. divided fiillv half-way down. Boggy 
places. P. VI.— VIII. " E. S. 1. 
3. M. ccespitdsa (Schultz !) ; fr.-cal. open, its teeth narrow lan- 
ceolate bhmtish, cor.-limh equalling the tube, its lobes entire, style 
ven/ shoi-t, pubescence o f the st. adpressecl. — E. B. S. 2061. St. 42. 7. 
— L. usually blunt or even emarginate. St. roimd, with a de- 
current line from the margin of the leaves. Raceme usually 
slightly leafy below. Cor. smaller than in the preceding, bright 
blue, segments narrower and rounded at the end. Style about 
equalling the cal.-tube. — Watery places. P. VI.- — VIII. E. S. I. 
** Hairs on cal. not all straight, some or all hooked. 
4. M. alpes'tris (Schm.) ; cal. attenuate below deeply 5-cleft 
open with fniit with straight and a few curved adpressed bristles, 
pedicels ascending, cor.-limb exceeding the tubejiat, style equal- 
ling \ cal., nut keeled not rounded at the end, root-l. on long stalks 
pointed. — St. 42. 8. 31. rupicola Sm., E.B. 2559. — L. oblong- 
lanceolate, stalks of the lower ones slender. Fl. large, hand- 
some, blue, sweet-scented in the evening. — Summits of the 
Breadalbane mountains. Micklefell, Teesdale. P. VII. VIII. 
E. S. 
5. M. sylvat'ica (Ehrh.) ; cal. rounded below deeply 5-cleft 
closed with fruit, its tube with spreading hooked bristles, pedicels 
divergent, cor.-limb longer than tube flat, cor.-lobes emarginate, 
style nearly equalling cal., nut keeled on one side upwards 
bluntish, root-l. on short dilated stalks bhmtish. — E B. S. 2630. 
iSSf. 42. 6. — L. oblong-lanceolate ; stalks of the oblong-ovate lower 
1. dilated. Fl. large, handsome, blue. Cal. divided more thau 
half-way down.— Shady places, rare. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 
0. 3f. arven'sis (Hoffm.); cal. half 5-cleft closed with fi-uit, 
tube with spreading hooked bristles, pedicels di^'ergent, cor.- 
Utnb equalling tube concave, cor.-lob 'S entire, style vei^i/ short, 
racemes stalked.—^. B. S. 2629. St. 42. 13. M. intermedia Link. 
— L. oblong, acute ; lower 1. oblong-obovate, blimt. Fl. usually 
small. — A large-flowered (/3. tmibrosd) plant found in shade is 
often taken for M. sylvatica. — Cultivated land and thickets. 
A. VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 
ii. Fugaces. Cal. of fruit not shorter than its stalk, its tube 
with spreading hooked bristles. 
7. M. colUna (Hoffm.) ; fr.-cal, open and ventricosc as long as 
