Borag'ineas. 
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395. Echinospermum. Echinosperm. Y, 26. 
1. Fr.-pedancles erect. Stem branchy above (rarely from 
the base).—Waste ground, walls; not everywhere (want¬ 
ing in L. S.). 7 . Lappula Lehm. 1542. 
— Fr.-peduncles reflexed. Stem branching from the middle 
or still lower.—Shady gorges of the granite Alp.; G. 
W. 0. Glams. 7 deflexum Lehm. 1543. 
396. Cynoglossum. HouncTs-Tongiie. Y, 26. 
1. Ls thin, green, with scattered hairs, almost glabr. above, 
shining. C. montanum Lam.—Mountain woods; not com¬ 
mon (wanting in T. U. L. Z. S.). 6 germanicum Jacq. 1544. 
— Ls thicker, grayish, covered with a fine silky felt.— 
Stony waste places; distrib. 6 . officinale L. 1545. 
397. Eritrichium. Eritrichium. Y, 29. 
1. FIs blue, in few r -fld racemes. PI. 2 — 3 cw, cmspitose, 
villous-silken. Carpels edged by a ciliate-dcntate wing, 
or (v. Hacquetii Koch) with 1 or 2 teeth on each side, 
or without teeth.—High Alp.; G. T W. 0. U. 7 
nanum Schrad. 1546. 
398. Myosotis. Forget-me-not. Y, 29. 
1. Cal. (and gen. the stem) covered with app 1 ied hairs £ 
— Cal. (and stem) covered with spreading hairs, those 
of the base of the cal. hooked . . . . 3 
2. Cal. div. to about a third of its length into 5 teeth; 
teeth triangular. Stem angular. Racemes without bracts. 
FIs varying in size. —b. strigulosa Rehb. Racemes longer 
in proportion, but fr.-pedicels shorter; fls smaller; 
stem slenderer.—c. ccespiticia Dec. (Rehsteineri Wartm.) 
Racemes shorter; fls large; stem not tall (3—5 cm), 
csespitose; flowering early.—Damp meadows, ditches; 
everywhere; b. on turf-soil; c. on land periodically in¬ 
undated near the lakes of Constance, Neuchatel and 
Geneva; the banks of the Rhine. 5 palustris Roth, 1547. 
Cal. 5-fid to the middle; lobes oblong (rather contracted 
at the base). Stem cylindric (shining). Racemes often 
leafy at the base, gen. long, lax. Fls always small.— 
Inundated places, muddy ditches; rarer than the last 
(wanting in U.). 6 . . csespitosa Schultz. 1548. 
3. Cor.-limb always flat, 6 — 10 mm in diameter . <£ 
— Cor.-limb gen. concave, 3—4 mm in diameter . .5 
4. Fr.-pedicels IV 2 — 2 times as Jong as the cal.; cal. covered 
w r ith abundant hooked hairs. Like M. intermedia, but fls 
about as large as those of M. palustris, the cal.-teeth 
are shorter or as long (in M. intermedia distinctly longer) 
