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in the valley. Williamstown; New Ashford (Walters); Stockbridge ; 

 West Stockbridge; Egremont; Great Barrington (Schweinf urth) ; 

 Sheffield. 



MYOSOTIS. Forget-me-not. 



M. laxa Lehni. Wild Forget-me-not. — Borders of ponds and 

 low ground; occasional in the southern part of the valley. Monterey; 

 New Marlboro; Egremont (Walters); Great Barrington (Walters). 



M. scoRPioiDES L. Garden Forget-me-not. — Naturalized in 

 brooks, swampy woods, and in the back-waters of rivers; frequent, 



SYMPHYTUM. Comfrey. 



S. asperum Lepechin. — {S. asperrimum Man. ed. 7 and 111. Fl. ed. 

 2; vid. Rhodora, 18: 23, 1916.) 



Established about old house, Stockbridge; roadside, Sheffield 

 (Walters). 



S. OFFICINALE L. CoMMON CoMFREY.^ Moist soil, West Stock- 

 bridge (Evans, Fernald and Knowlton). 



VERBENACEAE. VERVAIN FAMILY. 

 VERBENA. Vervain. 



V. angustifolia MicJLx. — Sandy soil on limestone hills; occasional 

 in Egremont and Sheffield. 



V. BRACTEOSA Michx. — Adventive in waste ground near railroad 

 station, Pittsfield. 



V. hastata L. Blue Vervain. — Low ground, and dry fields; 

 common. 



V. urticaefolia L. White Vervain. — Roadsides and waste 

 ground, in dry or moist soil; frequent. 



LARIATAE. MINT FAMILY. 



AGASTACHE. Giant Hys.sgp. 



[Lophanthus 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 



A. nepetoides (L.) Ktze. — Railroad embankment, Williamstown 

 (Churcliill). 



A. scrophulariaefolia iWilld.) Ktze. — liordcrs of woods and 



