PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 659 



Meadows along the Raritan and in the Delaware Valley near 

 Trenton and one or two other stations; rare. 

 PL — Late April to mid-May. 



Middle District. — Walnford (C), Hornerstown, between Bordentown and 

 Lumberton. 



MYOSOTIS L. 



Myosotis laxa Lehm. Smaller Forget-me-Not. 



Myosotis laxa Lehmann, Asperif. 83. 1818 [North America]. 

 Myosotis palustris var. laxa Willis 47. — Britton 177. 

 Myosotis palustris Knieskern 24. 



Common in the northern counties and frequent in the Middle 

 district. One record each for the Pine Barrens and Cape May, 

 the former possibly based on an introduction. 



Fl. — Mid-May into September. 



Middle District.— Deal Beach (NB), New Egypt, Pemberton Jnc. (S), 

 Lindenwold (S), Medford (S), Mickleton (H), Pitman, Mantua, Swedes- 

 boro, Mannington (C). 



Pine Barrens. — 'White Horse (S). 



Cape May.— Cape May (OHB). 



Myosotis virginica (L.). Scorpion Grass. 



Lycopsis virginica Linnaeus, Sp. PI. I39- i753 [Virginia]. 

 Myosotis virginica Britton 178. 



Open sandy ground; frequent or occasional, except in the 

 Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — Late April to mid- June. 



Middle District.— 'New Egypt, Crosswicks, Brown's Mills, Hainesport, 

 Glassboro, Woodbury, Medford (S), Locust Grove, Westville, Washington 

 Park, Mickleton, Mantua, Swedesboro. 



Cape May.— Cape May (OHB). 



ONOSMODIUM Michaux. 



Onosmodium virginianum (L.). Virginia False Gromwell. 



Lithospermtim virginianum Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 132. 1753 [Virginia]. 

 Onosmodium Virginianum Britton 178. — Keller and Brown 270. 

 Purshia hispida Barton, Fl. Phila. L 103. 1818. 



Open sandy ground ; occasional throughout the Middle district, 

 extending northward in the Delaware Valley. The only Pine 

 Barren records seem to be introductions, and the plant has a 

 tendency to become a weed elsewhere. 



