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418. MYOSOTIS, Linn. (FORGET-ME-NOT.) 



(1576.) M. laxa, Lehm. 



M. palustris, var. micrantha, Hook. Fl. II., 81. 



M. caespitosa, var. laxa, DC. Prodr. X., 105. 



M. palustris, var. laxa, Gray, Man. Ed. V., 365. Macoun's Cat., No. 1363. 



Abundant in ditches and small brooks. Harbor Grace, Newfound- 

 land. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Near Halifax, N.S. (Lawson.) Windsor, 

 N.S. (How.'} Pictou, N.S. (McKay.) Kingston, N.S. (Macoun.) 

 In wet ditches at Point Le Nim, Eestigouche Co., N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) 

 In ditches near Matane, Lower St. Lawrence. (Macoun.) In ditches 

 at Eiviere-du-Loup, Q. (Thomas.) Knowlton, Eastern Townships, Q. 

 (McGrill Coll. Herb.) In ditches around Belleville, quite common; also 

 on both sides of the Bay of Quinte. (Macoun.) Chippawa and 

 Thorold. (Maclagan.) "Wet places, Hamilton, Niagara Falls and 

 London. (Burgess.) Wet places at Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) Near 

 Port Colborne, Ont. (David F. Day.) Yicinity of Toronto. (Fowler.) 



(1577.) M. palustris, With. 



In wet ground, probably introduced. (Gray.) Vicinity of Halifax, 

 N.S. (Lawson & Sommers.) Windsor, N.S. (How.) Dalhousie, N.B. ; 

 also Ladner's Landing on the Lower Fraser, B.C. (Fletcher.) 



(1578.) M. sylvatica, Hoffm. Var. alpestris, Koch. 

 M. alpestris, Lehm. Hook. Fl. II., 81. 



Summit of the South Kootanie Pass ; also the eastern summit of the 

 North Kootanie Pass ; and at the summit of the Pino Eiver Pass, 

 Lat. 55. (Dawson.) Common in the Eocky Mountains, between Lat. 

 52-56. (Drummond.) Arctic seashoie. (Richardson) Mackenzie 

 Eiver, near Fort Simpson, Lat. 62 30'. (Me Gill Coll. Herb.) Cape 

 Lisburne and Arctic coast. (Bothr. Alask.) West of Mackenzie 

 Eiver, Lat. 71, Long. 154 west. (Dease.) 



(1579.) M. arvensis, Hoffm. 



Fields in low grounds, New Brunswick, perhaps not native. (Gray.) 

 Parrsboro', Cumberland Co., N.S. (How.) On waste heaps at Bed- 

 ford, N.S. (Macoun.) Spreading from a garden at Bass Eiver, Kent 

 Co., N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) St. Andrews, N.B. ( Vroom.) Along 

 roadsides at London and Parry Sound, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. 

 (Burgess.) Certainly introduced in Ontario. 



