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



Occasional. Sandy or waste places. May — June. Natu- 

 ralized from Europe. 



Lithospermum officinale L. (of the shops) . 

 Common Gromwell. 



Rare or local. Dry fields and in rocky ground : New 

 Britain (Bissell), Southington (Andrews), North Canaan 

 (Weatherby), New Milford (A. E. Blewitt). June — Sept. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



ONOSMODIUM Michx. False Gromwell. 



Onosmodium virginianum (L.) A. DC. 



Gravel-weed. Pearl-plant. Wild Job's Tears. False 



Gromwell. 



Rare. Dry or sandy ground: Preston (Graves), East 

 Haddam (Dr. E. J. Thompson), Hartford and Windsor (H. 

 S. Clark), New Haven (D. C. Eaton), Fairfield (Fames), 

 Ansonia and Southbury (Harger), Kent (E. H. Austin). 

 June —July. 



The root and seeds are medicinal. 



ECHIUM L. Viper's Bugloss. 



Echium vulgare L. (common). 



Viper's Bugloss. Blue-weed. Blue Devil. 



Open sandy or sterile places. Rare or local over most of 

 the state: Montville (Graves), Windsor (H. S. Clark), 

 Southington (Andrews), New Haven (Harger), New Hart- 

 ford (Andrews & Bissell). Becoming occasional in western 

 Connecticut. July — Aug. Naturalized from Europe. 



Sometimes occurs with rose-colored flowers. A showy 

 plant when in bloom, but a bad weed, difficult to eradicate. 



VERBENACEAE. VERVAIN FAMILY. 



VERBENA L. Vervain. 



Verbena officinalis L. (of the shops). 

 European Vervain. 



Rare. Waste ground: New Haven (J. S. Smith), 

 Bridgeport (Fames). June — Sept. Fugitive from the Old 

 World. 



