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ballast plant in Wales. It is perhaps a native of dry 

 pastures in the Mediterranean region. 



Lithospermum arvense, L. A weed of cultivated 

 fields in England, becoming rarer northwards. It is 

 said to be abundant in some parts of Southern Europe 

 and Northern Africa, and reaches as far east as India. 

 It is probably indigenous in the Orient, where it occurs 

 in dry alpine pastures. 



Lycopsis arvensis, L. Rather a common weed of 

 cultivation in England and the Continent. It is native 

 in Southern Europe, and has the appearance of being 

 so on the coasts of England. It is, however, such a 

 common weed that it is not safe to include it as a 

 true native of Britain if it is absent as such in Mid- 

 Europe. 



Mertensia pulmonarioides, Roth. A native of North 

 America introduced into cultivation in England, and 

 rarely found as an escape from gardens. 



Myosotis dissitiflora, Baker. A native of the 

 mountains of Switzerland. Frequently grown in 

 gardens in England, and occasionally recorded as an 

 escape from cultivation. Sometimes probably re- 

 corded as Myosotis sylvatica — a species which it nearly 

 resembles. 



[Myosotis versicolor, Sm. A true native of dry 

 heaths and pastures in England, though so often 

 recorded in local Floras only from artificial habitats.] 



Omphalodes verna, Moench. Indigenous in the 

 mountains of Southern Europe. Long ago introduced 



