. Field and woodland plants. ioles. Theflowers are arranged in a few com-pact whorls, in the axils of the upperleaves. The calyx is much shorterthan the tube of the corolla ; andits five, pointed teeth, which are aslong as the tube, bend together asthe fruit ripens. The lipped corollais of a rose or purple-red colour,about half an inch long, with a comparatively long, straight tube. In damp meadows we frequently see the changing Scorpion-Grass {Myosotis versicolor), also known as the Yellow and BlueScorpion Grass, deriving its name from the fact that the corolla isyellow at first, and afterwar
. Field and woodland plants. ioles. Theflowers are arranged in a few com-pact whorls, in the axils of the upperleaves. The calyx is much shorterthan the tube of the corolla ; andits five, pointed teeth, which are aslong as the tube, bend together asthe fruit ripens. The lipped corollais of a rose or purple-red colour,about half an inch long, with a comparatively long, straight tube. In damp meadows we frequently see the changing Scorpion-Grass {Myosotis versicolor), also known as the Yellow and BlueScorpion Grass, deriving its name from the fact that the corolla isyellow at first, and afterwards changes to a dull blue. It is a hairyplant, with an erect stem, from four to ten inches high, slightlybranched. The leaves are oval or ovate, narrow, and sessile ; thelower ones forming a spreading tuft at the base, while the others,few in number, are erect on the stem. The flowers are very small,almost sessile, and arranged in a one-sided, cvnved raceme. Thecalyx is deeply cleft into five parts which close quite over the. THE IlENBiT Dead Nettle. 120 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS ripening fruit; and the small corolla has a comparatively longtube and five spreading lobes. The plant flowers from Aprilto June. It belongs to the order Boraginacece The Cowslip [Primula veris—order Primnkicece) is common inpastures in many parts of Britain. It usually grows from six toten inches high, and flowers during May and June. The wholeplant is clothed with soft, downy hairs ; and its leaves are all radical, obovate, nar-rowed towards the base,and much wrinkled likethose of the flowers are arrangedin a chooping umbel, ona long stalk. The calyxis tubular, with fivebroad, blunt teeth ; andthe corolla has a long,narrow tube, with fivespreading lobes that forma shallow cup. Two species of Sorrelare very common inmeadows and liasturesduring the spring. Theyare plants very muchresembling the docks ;in fact, they belong tothe same genus (Rtimex)of the order have erect
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