Hackelia BORAGINACEAE Myosotis 



Hackelia Opiz, Stickseed. 



H. virginiana (L.) Johnston. (Lappula virginiana (L.) Greene. 

 See Johnston: Contrib. Gray Herb. Ixvii, 45. 1923.) 

 Beggar's Lice. 



Infrequent in rich woods of the Piedmont ; one collection on the 

 Coastal Plain: Easton Point (Ta), Earle, 3968, 28 Sept. 1944 (P). 



Asperugo L. 



A. procumbens L. Madwort. 



A waif on wharves in Wilmington: E. Tatnall, 2 June 1897 

 (A, D); Commons in 1897, 1898 (A). Adv. from Europe. 



Symphytum L. 



S. officinale L. Comfrey. 



Escaping to waste ground, and persisting: Greenbank (NO), 

 Commons, 7 Aug. 1872 (A); Millsboro (S), Commons, 8 July 1884 

 (A); 5 mi. w. of Dover (K), R. R. Tatnall, 1472, 9 July 1932 (T). 

 July. Introd. from Europe. 



Myosotis L. Forget-me-not. 



M. scorpioides L. True Forget-me-not. 



Rare, in wet ground, New Castle County: Mundy's meadow, 

 near Mt. Cuba, Frances R. Tatnall, 14 Oct. 1928 (T) ; bed of Brandy- 

 wine Creek at Alapocas, Wilmington, R. R. Tatnall, 1550, 21 Aug. 

 1932 (T). May, June. Nat. from Europe. 



M. laxa Lehm. Smaller Forget-me-not. 



Frequent in wet ground. Piedmont, and Coastal Plain of New 

 Castle, Kent (Del.) and Cecil Counties. Mid-June to mid-Aug. 



M. versicolor (Pers.) Sm. 



Infrequent, in fields, upland New Castle County. Last col- 

 lected in 1897. May, June. Nat. from Europe. 



M. micrantha Pallas. 



One station: on roadside, 34 mi. n. of Cedar Creek bridge, 5 mi. 

 s. e. of Milford (S), F. M. Jones & R. R. Tatnall, 2504, 5 May 1935 

 (T, P, A, G). LocaUty since destroyed by widening the road. 

 Nat. from Europe, 



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