STATE GEOLOGIST. 107 



O, Carolinianiini, DC , var. iiiolle. Gray. (0. molle, Michx.) False 

 Gromwell. 



Winona county, Uolzinger; Spring Valley, Fillmore county. Dr. W. E. Leonard; 

 Scott county, WincheU; Nicollet county, Alton; Blue Earth county, Leiberg; Fergus 

 Falls, Dr. H. C. Leonard; Worthington (rare), Foote. South and west. 



L.ITHOSPERMUM, Tourn. Gromwell. Pdccoon. 



\L. arvense, L., may be expected. It is reported in Michigan as a bad weed in wheat- 

 fields ] 



Li. aii^^ustifoliiiiii, Micbx. Narrow-leaved Gromwell. 



Frequent southwarJ and in the Red river valley ; extending northeast to the upper 

 Mississippi river. (The early-flowering state of this species, with the tube of the corolla 

 much elongated, is described in Gray's Manual under the name L. longiflorum, 

 Spreng.) 



L. officinale, L. Common Gromwell. 



Minneapolis, Roberts, Herrick; Brockway, Stearns county, Miss Campbell. Rare. 



li. latifoliuni, Michx. Broad-leaved Gromwell. 



Isanti county, Upham; Saint Paul, Miss Catlicart; near Meeker's island, Alinne- 

 apolis, Kassube; Chaska, Carver county, Ju/ii; Blue Earth county, Leiberg; Martin 

 county (rare), Cratty. Soutii. 



L. liirtuni, Lehm. Hairy Puccoon. 



Common, often abundant, on sandy land in the south half of the state ; extending 

 ncrth at least to Fergus Falls, Leonard. 



Li. canesceus, Lebm. Hairy Puccoon or Alkanet. " Indian Paint." 



Abundant, or common, through the south half of the state, and in the Red river 

 valley ; extending northeast to the upper Mississippi river. The red juice of the root 

 is used by the Indians to paint their faces and for other purposes in dyeing. 



[For L longiflorum, Spreng , see L. angustifolium, Michx., above,] 



MERTENSIA, Roth. S.mooth Lungwort. 



M. Virginica, DC. Virgfinian Cowslip or Lunjfwort. " Blue Bells." 



Lapham. Rochester, Olmsted county, MissBeane; Le Roy, Mower county, Miss 

 Bixby. Southeast. 



M. pauiculata, Don. Smooth Lunofwort. 



Common on the north shore of lake Snpeiior, Jimi, Roberts; St. Louis river, Mrs. 

 Herrick, "The flower-buds pink, turning blue as they open, thus giving the flowering 

 plant a showy, vaiiegated appearance. Still blooming m August." Roberts. 



MYOSOTIS, L. Scorpion-grass. Forget-me-not. 



M. arveusis, Hoffm. Forg:et-me-not. 



Minneapolis (quite surely this species), Herrick. Rare. 



M. verna, Nutt. Forg^et-me-not. 

 Pipestone county, Mrs. Bennett. Rare. 



ECHINOSPERMUM, Swartz. Stickseed. r3uR-SEED. 



E. lloribundum, Lehm.* Stickseed. Bur-seed. 

 Red river near Saint Vincent, Dawson. West. 



*EcHiNosPERMUM FLORiBUNDUM, Lehm. Rather strict, two feet or more high, or 

 sometimes smaller : leaves from oblong- to linear-lanceolate ; the lowest tapering into 



