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318. PHAOELIA Juss. 



757. P. Purshii Buckl. 



Common in low shady grounds and about damp cliffs and 

 ledges. 



Pennsylvania to Minnesota and South Dakota; North 

 Carolina to Alabama and Missouri. 



Family 92. BORRAGINACEAE Lindl. Borage family. 



319. OYNOGLOSSUM L. Comfrey. 



758. C. oflQcinale L. Hound's tongue. 

 Common in fields and waste places. 

 Europe and Asia, thence to North America. 



759. O. Virginicum L. Wild comfrev. 

 Frequent in oak woods and thickets. 



New Brunswick to Ontario and Michigan; Florida to 

 Louisiana and Kansas. 



320. LAPPULA Moench. \_ECHINOSPERMUM 

 Sw.]. Stickseed. 



760. L. Virginiana (L.) Greene [E. Virginicum Lehm.] 

 Virginia stickseed. 



Common in woods and thickets. 



New Brunswick to Minnesota and South Dakota; Geor- 

 gia to Louisiana. 



321. MYOSOTIS L. Forget-me-not. 



761. M. Virginica (L.) B. S. P. [M. verna Nutt.]. Scor- 

 pion-grass. 



Thickets; rare. 



Maine to Ontario and Minnesota; Florida to Texas. 



322. MERTENSIA Roth. Lungwort. 



762. M. Virginica (L.) DC. Blue-bells. 

 Alluvial banks of streams; rare and local. 



New Jersey to Ontario and Minnesota; Georgia to 

 Tennessee and Kansas. 



