BORAGE FAMILY. 691 
MYOSOTIS L.Sp. Pl.1:131. 1753. 
Forty species, temperate and colder regions, mostly of the Northern Hemisphere. 
Europe, northern Asia, North America, 6; endemic, 4. 
Myosotis virginica (L.) 8.8. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 37. 1888. 
VERNAL FORGET-ME-NOT. 
Lycopsis virginica L. Sp. Pl. 1:139, 1753. 
Myosotis verna Nutt. Gen. Add. 1818, 
M. stricta Gray, Man. 338. 1848. Not Link. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,365. Chap. F. 333. Gray, Syn. Fl.N. A. 2, pt. 1: 202. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 287, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota, 
the Ohio Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas, south from Virginia to middle Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast Pine belt. Open places, borders of fields. 
Lee County, Anburn (Baker §* Earle). Madison Cus ty, Huntsville, 800 feet. Dry 
calcareous hillsides. Tuscaloosa County. Montgomery County, prairies near 
Pintlalla Creek, about 250 feet altitude. Clarke County, Thomasville. Flowers 
white; April. Not rare. Annual, 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in Virginia ad vias.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. clerb. Mohr. 
Myosotis verna macrosperma Chap. Fl. 333. 1860. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 2038. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 287. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Florida to Texas, northwest to British Colum- 
bia and Oregon. 
ALABAMA: Metamorphic hills to Coast plain. Open dry prairies. Montgomery 
County. Lee County, Auburn (Baker §: Earle). Mobile County. Flowers April. 
Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Florida and westward.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
LITHOSPERMUM L. Sp. P]. 1:182. 1753. GromweE tu. 
About 40 species, colder and warmer temperate regions of Europe and Asia. North 
America, 11; Atlantic, 7. 
Lithospermum arvense L. Sp. Pl. 1:132. 1753. GROMWELL, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,365, Chap. Fl. 331. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:°203,. 
EUROPE. 
Carolinian area. Naturalized from southeastern Canada to Florida and west to 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. In grain fields. Tennessee Valley. Mobile County, 
Flowers white; June, July. Found sparingly. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Europae agris et arvis.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm. Asperif. 305. 1818. Puccoon, 
Batschia canescens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 1:130. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:227. Gray, Man. ed. 6,366. Chap. FI. 332. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1: 204, 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario to Saskatchewan; New York west to 
Minnesota and Nebraska, prairies of Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and New 
Mexico; south from New Jersey and West Virginia to Tennessee and Sonth Caro- 
lina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry exposed hillsides. Madison County, Monte- 
sano, calcareous rocky banks, 1,000 feet. Landerdale County, Florence (M. C. Wil- 
son). Lawrence County, open rocky woods about Gumpond, 800 feet. Flowers deep 
yellow; April, May. Notinfrequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘“ Hab. in collibus sylvaticis Tennassée.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lithospermum tuberosum Rugel; DC. Prodr.10:76. 1846. 
TUBEROUS-ROOTED GROMWELL, 
Chap. F1.332. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 203. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Western Florida. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast Pine belt. Rocky or gravelly banks. Lau- 
derdale County, Florence (M. C. Wilson). Greene County, Knoxville. Madison 
County, limestone hills, flank Montesano, 800 to 1,000 feet. Tuscaloosa County (EZ. 
