LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 439 



Lithospermuni latifolium Michx. F1. N. Am. 1, 131 (1803). 

 L. officinale var. latifolium Willd. Spec. I, 751 (1798).. 

 L. lutescens Col. Cat. H. G. Rap. 29 (1874). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 365; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 341; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 107; Gray, Syn. FI. II, 1, 203: Webb., Appx. Neb. 37. 



North America: Ont. and N. Y. to MiDn. ; S. to Va., 

 Neb. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Forest district, especially S. ; edges of 

 woods and thickets. 



Herb.: Sheldon 516, Wsiseca; Taylor ^, Blysisku; Shel- 

 don 127, Madison Lake; Taylor 258, Janes ville; Sheldon 621, 

 Wilton, Waseca Co.; Kassube 185, Minneapolis; Herrick 234-, 

 Minneapolis; Getty 3, Wright Co. 



MYOSOTIS Linn. Gen. 102 (1737). 

 Exarrheua R. Br. Prodr. 495 (1810). 

 Strophiostoina TuRCZ. Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. 258 (1840). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. X, 386; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. II, 858; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 284; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 777. 



Living species: 40 ±; temperate and cold regions of 

 N. hemisphere, also in S. hemisphere of old world, extra- 

 tropical. Europe, 16; Russian Europe, 10; N. America, 4; 

 Canada, 4; Rocky mts; 1; California, 2; E. Sts.. 3; S. Sts., 2; 

 W. Tex., 1. 



Fossil species: Forest bed of Norfolk and Mandesley 

 31. caespitosa Schultes (Schenck). 



Myosotis virgiiiica (Linn.). B. S. P. Cat. N. Y. (1888). 

 Lycopsis virginica Linn. Spec. 139 (1853). 

 Myosotis verna Nutt. Gen. II, addit. (1818). 

 M. inflexa Engelm. Am. Jour. Sci. XLVI, 98 (1845). 

 M. stricta Gray. Man. 1 ed. (1848). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 365; Britt., Fl. N. J. 178; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 107; Mac, Fl. Can. I, .341; Chap., Fl. S. St., 333; Brew, and Wats., 

 Fl. Calif. I, 522; Cov., Fl. Ark. 206; Mac , Fl. Can. I, 569 in var; Gray, Syn. 

 Fl. II, 1, 202: Coult., FL Tex. 287. 



North America: Ont. to Man. and to Brit Col. in var. ; 

 S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla.; W. to Oregon, Tex., Mo. and 



Ark. 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. W. corner; rare; dry 



or waste places, or on ledges of rock. 



Myosotis arvensis (Linn.) Willd. Spec. I, 747 (1797). 

 M. scorpioides var. arvensis Linn. Spec. 188(1753). 

 M. intermedia Link. DC. Prodr. X. 105 (1846). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 365; Britt., Fl. N. J. 178; Mac, 

 Fl. Can. I, 340; Upham, Fl. Minn. 107; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 281: Nym., 



