790 



BORAGINACEAE 



Hackelia 



50 



Map 1704 



Hackelia virgmiana (L) Johnston 



50 



Map 1705 



Myosotis scorpioides L 



50 



Map 1706 



Myosotis laxa Lehm. 



7073A. HACKELIA Opiz. Stickseed 



1. Hackelia virginiana (L.) I. M. Johnston. (Lappula virginiana (L.) 

 Greene.) Map 1704. This is strictly a woodland species and is found 

 throughout our area in dry woods of all kinds, although it is most abundant 

 in beech and sugar maple and white oak woods. It is rarely found in very 

 wet or springy places. 



Maine, w. Que. to Minn., southw. to Ga., La., and Kans. 



7090. SYMPHYTUM [Town.] L. 

 See excluded species no. 516, p. 1082. 



7094. LYCOPSIS L. 



See excluded species no. 517, p. 1083. 



7100. MYOSOTIS [Rupp.] L. Forget-me-not 



Hairs of calyx few, short, straight, closely appressed, nonglandular; annuals. 



Calyx lobes shorter than the tube; corolla large, 5-9 mm wide; style usually much 



exceeding the nutlets 1. M. scorpioides. 



Calyx lobes about equaling the tube; corolla rather small, 3-6 mm wide; style clearly 



exceeding the nutlets 2. M. laxa. 



Hairs of calyx, at least the lower ones, with hooked tips; annuals or perennials. 



Fruiting pedicels longer than the calyx. (See excluded species no. 518, p. 1083) .... 

 M. arvensis. 



Fruiting pedicels not longer than the calyx. 



Calyx very unequally cleft; flowers white; nutlets 1.5-2.5 mm long. 



Fruiting calyx usually less than 5 mm long; nutlets about 1.5 mm long 



3. M. virginica. 



Fruiting calyx generally 5-7 mm long; nutlets 2-2.5 mm long 



3a. M. virginica var. macrosperma. 



Calyx nearly regular; flowers blue; nutlets about 1 mm long. . . .4. M. micrantha. 



1. Myosotis scorpioides L. True Forget-me-not. Map 1705. Re- 

 ported by Pepoon as common on the shores of the Calumet River at Clarke, 

 in Lake County. Also reported by Blatchley as an escape in Vigo County, 



