328 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Averill), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). June — Aug. Ad- 

 ventive from Europe. 



Cynoglossum boreale Fcrnald (northern). 



CynoglossuiJi virginicum of Gray's Manual ed. 6 in part. 

 Wild Comfrey. 



Rare. Rocky woods: East Haven (J, A. Allen), Meri- 

 den (Andrews), Norfolk (J. H. Barbour), Barkhamsted and 

 SaHsbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps), Cornwall (E. E. Brewster). 

 June — July. 



LAPPULA Moench. Stickseed. 



Lappula virginiana (L.) Greene. 

 Echinospermiim virginicum Lehm. 

 Stickseed. Beggar's Lice. 



Frequent. Woods, hedge-rows and thickets in dry ground. 

 July — Aug. 



Lappula echinata Gilib. (prickly). 

 Echinospermiim Lappula Lehm. 

 Lappula Lappula Karst. 



Rare. Waste places: New Haven (Merrill), Seymour 

 (Harger), New Milford (Eames & E. H. Austin), Salisbury 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). July — Aug. Adventive from Europe. 



AMSINCKIA Lehm. 



Amsinckia lycopsoides Lehm. (like Lycopsis, the Bugloss). 



Rare. Cultivated or waste ground: Hartford (Bissell), 

 Southington (Andrews), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). 

 May — July. Fugitive from the Pacific Coast. 



SYMPHYTUM L. Comfrey. 



Symphytum officinale L. (of the shops). 

 Common Comfrey. 



Rare or local. Roadsides, waste places and along streams, 

 usually in moist ground and as an escape from cultivation. 

 June — Aug. Naturalized from Europe. 



Formerly used medicinally. 



Symphytum tuberosum L. (tuberous). 



Rare. Ditches and wet places: Guilford (G. H. Bart- 

 lett), Southington (Andrews). May — ^June. Adventive from 

 Europe. 



