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C. officinale* L. Common Hound's-tongue. Pastures; frequent. 

 ECHIUM. Viper's Bugloss 



E. Yulgare* L. Blueweed, Blue DeviL Pastures and moist soil. Be- 

 coming increasingly troublesome as a weed, particularly in Rutland 

 County and southward. 



LAPPULA. Stickseed 

 L. echinata* Gilibert. (Lappula Lappula [L.l Karst.). Ledges and 



gravelly shores of Lake Champlain; frequent. 

 L. Tirgiuiana (L.) Greene. Beggar's Lice. Borders of woods in the 



lower altitudes; frequent. 



LITHOSPERMUM. Gromwell. Puccoon 

 L. ariense L. Common Gromwell. Old fields and roadsides of west- 

 ern Vermont; occasional. 

 L. latifolinm Michx. Colchester, (Grifhn). 

 L. officinale* L. Common Gromwell. Dry pastures; common. 



MERTENSIA. Lungwort 

 M. yirginica (L.) Link. Virginia Cowslip, Bluebells. Garden escape. 



Burlington, (Gifford). 



MYOSOTIS. Forget-me-not. Scorpion-grass 



M. arvensis (L.) Hill. Sharon, (Dr. Baxter); Townshend, (W. H. 

 Blanchard). 



M. laxa Lehm. Wild Forget-me-not. Cold brooks; Peacham, (Blanch- 

 ard) ; abundant in White River Valley, (Eggleston). 



M. scorpioides L. (M. palustris Hill). True Forget-me-not. Fre- 

 quently naturalized along cold brooks. 



M. Yirginica (L.) BSP. (M. verna Nutt). Dry banks and ledges; occa- 

 sional. 



SYMPHYTUM. Comfrey 

 S. asperrimum* Donn. Rough Comfrey. Dummerston, Vernon, 



(W. H. Blanchard); Stockbridge, Rutland, (Eggleston). 

 S. officinale* L. Common Comfrey. Moist places; occasional. 



VERBENACEAE. VERVAIN FAMILY 



VERBENA. Vervain 

 V. angustifolfa Michx. Arlington, (W. H. Blanchard). 

 V. hastata L. Blue Vervain. Roadsides of the lower altitudes; 



common. 

 V. nrticaefolia L. White Vervain. Roadsides of the lower altitudes; 



common. 

 X V. hastata x urticaefolia. Pownal, (W. H. Blanchard) ; Rutland, 



(Kirk). 



