﻿40 Bicknell: Ferns and flowering plants of Nantucket 



* Myosotis scorpioides L. 



Myosotis palustris Lam. 



Established by the roadside along a rill flowing from the 

 fountain erected in 1900 in memory of the mother of Benjamin 

 Franklin, who was born near this now uninhabited spot 233 years 

 before. It was found there by Mr. Floyd in 1906, and by me 

 September 14, 1907, when in some of the plants young racemes 

 were concealed within the terminal leaves. First flowers June 6, 

 1909; in full bloom June 10, 1908, and June 7, 1910; a few flowers 

 remaining June 28, 1912. Doubtless, it may be supposed, the 

 forget-me-not had been planted at this memorial fountain, perhaps 

 at the time of its dedication, but I was unable to ascertain that 

 this was known to have been its origin there. 



* Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill. 



A few plants were found by Mrs. Flynn in a field by Orange 

 Street in 1895. A specimen sent to me had been collected June 29, 

 and bore both flowers and fruit. 



* Lithospermum arvense L. 



A few plants in a waste yard on North Water Street in full 

 flower and fruit June 17, 1910. A single plant in full flower was 

 collected the same year by Miss Grace B. Gardner by a sandy 

 roadside south of the town. 

 Onosmodium virginianum (L.) DC. 



Not at all a rare plant on Nantucket, as has been supposed, 

 but confined to the northeastern quarter of the island where it is 

 locally common in dry open ground through Squam, extending 

 into Pocomo; farther west two plants have persisted for several 

 years on a dry knoll near Acquidness Point. It is also locally 

 common on Chappaquiddick Island, Martha's Vineyard. Many 

 unopened flower buds June 12, 1909; first flowers June 15, 1908; 

 in full flower June 20, 1910; July 11, I912. 



* Symphytum asperrimum Donn. 



Meadow near the Springfield House 1895 and 1906, F. G. 

 Floyd. The antecedent of this station is perhaps a group of 

 plants that has survived for years in a neglected yard not far 

 away on North Water Street where it would appear to have been 

 originally planted. Freshly in flower June 15, 1910. 



