BORAGE FAMILY 
( Boraginacece ) 
(A) Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides) (Euro¬ 
pean ). Forget-me-not is a common wild flower in 
Europe and Asia, and is in this country as an escape and 
fairly well established in Nova Scotia, New England, 
New York and southwards. The stem is rather stout 
but weak; it rises about a foot in height, and is smooth 
but the leaves are rough and hairy. The flowers are 
borne in one-sided curving terminal clusters. The five, 
broad, rounded petals are sky-blue with a yellow eye; 
the undeveloped buds are pink. There are several spe¬ 
cies of Myosotis, the present one having the largest and 
most beautiful flowers. 
(B) Wild Comfrey (Gynoglossum virginianum) is a 
common, rough-stemmed perennial growing in decidu¬ 
ous woods from Me. to Mich, and southwards. The 
tubular corolla is pale blue; it is set in a five-parted 
hairy calyx. The basal leaves are large and ovate; 
the stem ones clasp the flower stalk with somewhat 
heart-shaped bases. 
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