338 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



LAPPULA Moench (1794). 

 (Echinospermum Sw. 1818.) 



L. Virginian A (L.) Greene. Beggar's-lice. 



Borders and thickets. Frequent throughout the State. 



MERTENSIA Roth. 



M. ViRGiNicA (L.) DC. Virginian Cowshp. Lung-wort. Blue- 

 bells. 



Rich woods. Monongalia and Marion ; along the Monon- 

 gahela River. Lewis : along Stone Coal Creek. Wirt : near 

 Elizabeth. Upshur: near Laurentz {Millspaugh, Pollock). 

 Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel, Brozvn). Hardy: near 

 Moorefield (Gamble). 



ONOSMODIUM Michx. 



O. Carolinianum (Lam.) DC. 



Summers : banks of New River near Hinton. 



MYOSOTIS L. 



M. palustris (L.) Lam. Forget-me-not. 



Damp places. Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry {Merts & 

 Guttenbcrg). 

 M. LAX A Lehm. 



About a spring near Kegley, Mercer County, alt. 2,090 ft., 

 July 2 1 , 1 900 ( Morris 1 04 1 ) . 

 M. arvensis (L.) Lam. Scorpion grass. 



Grassy places. Randolph: near Helvetia (Gnttenberg). 



SYMPHYTUM L. 



S. OFFICINALE L. Comfrey. 



Waste places. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Mercer: 

 near Ingleside. 



LITHOSPERMUM L. 



L. arvense L. Corn Cromwell. 



Fields. Ohio: near Wheeling {Merts & Guttenberg). 

 Fayette: near NuttaWhurg (Nuttall). 

 L. LATiFOLiuM Michx. Stoue-sccd. 



Ohio : Cowan's Hill near Wheeling (Merts & Guttenberg). 

 Fayette: near Nuttallburg; rare, not found in 1891 {Nutt- 

 all). Monongalia: near Little Falls {Walker). 



