524 BORAGINACEAE 



2. L. officinale L. In fields and waste places: Ont. to N. Y., west 



to Minn. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Locally rare as a weed. 



3. L. latifolium Michx. In dry thickets and fields: Ont. and 



western N. Y. to Minn., Va., Kan. and Ark. 



Known in our range only as reported from Berks Co., Pa. 



4. L. canescens (Michx.) Lehm. In dry soil: Ont. to N. J., 



Ala., the N. W. Terr., Kan. and Ariz. Very rare. 



Known in our area only from a limestone bluff above Phillips- 

 burg, N. J. and in Chester Co., Pa. 



9. Onosmodium Michx. 



1. O. virginianum (L.) DC. In thickets and sandy soil: N. Eng. 



to Fla., Kan. and Tex. 



Conn. Rare and scattered at a few stations throughout the state. 



N. Y. On the north side of L. I., near Jamaica, and in Westchester 



Co.; formerly on Manhattan Island. 

 N. J. Rare and local in Gloucester, Burlington, Atlantic, Middle- 

 sex, Monmouth, Sussex and Hunterdon counties, not in the pine- 

 barrens. 

 Pa. Bucks, Delaware and Chester counties. 



Rather inexplicably scattered and its distribution little under- 

 stood. 

 O. nccidentale Mackenzie has been collected as a waif in Conn. 



10. Symphytum [Tourn.] L. 



Leaf- bases decurrent. I. S. officinale. 



Leaf-bases not decurrent. 2. 5. asperrimum. 



i. S. officinale L. In waste places: Newf. to Minn., south to 

 Md. Adventive from Europe. 

 Not uncommon as a weed. 



2. S. asperrimum Donn. Waste grounds, Mass. to Md. Adven- 



tive from Europe. 

 Occasional in waste grounds. 



11. Borago [Tourn.] L. 

 1. B. officinalis L. In waste places: escaped from gardens: N. S. 

 to Ont. and Pa. Native of Europe. 

 Very rare as an escape. 



