BORAGE FAMILY. 691 



MYOSOTIS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 131 . 1753. 



Forty species, temperate and colder regions, mostly of the Northern Hemisphere. 

 Europe, northern Asia. North America, 6; endemic, 4. 



Myosotis virginica (L.) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 37. 1888. 



VERNAL FORGET-ME-NOT. 



Lycopsis virginica L. Sp. PL 1 : 139. 1753. 



Mijosotis verna Nutt. Gen. Add. 1818. 



M. stricta Gray, Man. 338. 1848. Not Link. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 365. Chap. Fl. 333. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 202. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 287. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota, 

 the Ohio Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas, south from Virginia to middle Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast Pine helt. Open places, borders of fields. 

 Lee County, Auburn (Baker # Earle). Madison Cu^aty, Huntsville, 800 feet. Dry 

 calcareous hillsides. Tusealoosa County. Montgomery County, prairies near 

 Pintlalla Creek, about 250 feet altitude. Clarke County, Thomasville. Flowers 

 white; April. Not rare. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia ad vias." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. xlerb. Mohr. 

 Myosotis verna macrosperma Chap. Fl. 333. 1860. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 203. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 287. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Florida to Texas, northwest to British Colum- 

 bia and Oregon. 



ALABAMA: Metamorphic hills to Coast plain. Open dry prairies. Montgomery 

 County. Lee County, Auburn (Baker fy Earle). Mobile County. Flowers April. 

 Annual. 



Type locality: "Florida and westward." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LITHOSPERMUM L. Sp. PI. 1:132. 1753. GROMWELL. 



About 40 species, colder and warmer temperate regions of Europe and Asia. North 

 America, 11; Atlantic, 7. 



Lithospermum arvense L. Sp. PI. 1 : 132. 1753. GROMWELL. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 365. Chap. Fl. 331. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 203. 



EUROPE. 



Carolinian area. Naturalized from southeastern Canada to Florida and west to 

 Arkansas. 



ALABAM A : Over the State. In grain fields. Tennessee Valley. Mobile County. 

 Flowers white; June, July. Found sparingly. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae agris et arvis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm. Asperif. 305. 1818. PUCCOON. 



Batschia canescens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 130. 1803. 

 Ell. Sk. 1:227. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 366. Chap. Fl. 332. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario to Saskatchewan ; New York west to 

 Minnesota and Nebraska, prairies of Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and New 

 Mexico; south from New Jersey and West Virginia to Tennessee and South Caro- 

 lina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry exposed hillsides. Madison County, Monte- 

 sano, calcareous rocky banks, 1,000 feet. Lauderdale County, Florence ( M. C. Wil- 

 son}. Lawrence County, open rocky woods about Gumpond, 800 feet. Flowers deep 

 yellow ; April, May. Not infrequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in collibus sylvaticis Tennasse'e." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lithospermum tuberosum Rugel; DC. Prodr. 10 : 76. 1846. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED GROMWELL. 



Chap. Fl. 332. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 203. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Western Florida. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region to Coast Pine belt. Rocky or gravelly banks. Lau- 

 derdale County, Florence (M. C. Wilson). Greene County, Knoxville. Madison 

 County, limestone hills, flank Montesano, 800 to 1,000 feet. Tuscaloosa County (E. 



