690 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
CYNOGLOSSUM L. Sp. Pl. 1:134. 1753. Hounp’s-TONGUE. 
Seventy-eight species, temperate and warmer regions, Northern Hemisphere, 
Europe, northern Africa, western Asia, India. North America, 7; endemic, 6. 
Cynoglossum officinale L. Sp. Pl. 1: 184. 1753. Common HOUND’S-TONGUE, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 362. Chap. Fl. 333. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 187. 
EUROPE. . . : . ; 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Naturalized in Canada, Missouri, and Arkansas, 
and from the Ohio Valley to North Carolina and upper Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Waste places, roadsides. Morgan County, Decatur. 
Lawrence County, Moulton. Flowers dark purple; June to September. Not fre- 
quent. Annual or biennial. 
Type locality: ‘“‘Hab, in Europae ruderatis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Cynoglossum virginianum L. Sp. Pl.1:134, 1753. WILD CoMFrREY. 
Cynoglossum amplexicaule Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 132. 1803. 
EIL Sk. 1: 228. Gray, Man. ed. 6,364. Chap. Fl. 333. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2,1: 188. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, Quebec; New England west to Minne- 
sota, Ohio Valley to Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas, south along the mountains 
from New York to Tennessee and North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich woodlands. Lawrence County, 1,200 feet. 
Winston County, 1,500 feet. Madison County, Montesano, 1,500 feet. Dekalb 
County, Lookout Mountain, 1,800 feet. Flowers sky-blue; April, May. Not rare. 
Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
LAPPULA Moench, Meth. 416. 1794. 
(EcHINoSPERMUM Sw.; Lehm. Asperif.113. 1818.) 
About 40 species, temperate regions, mostly Northern Hemisphere. South Africa, 
Australia. North America, 7 or 8. 
Lappula virginiana (L.) Greene, Pittonia, 2:182. 1891. BEGGAR’s LICE. 
Myosotis virginiana L. Sp. P1.1:131. 1758. ‘ 
Echinospermum virginicum Lehm. Asperif.117. 1818. 
Cynoglossum morrisoni DC. Prodr. 10: 155. 1846. 
ee 1:225. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 362. Chap. FI. 333. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 
pt. 1: 189. : 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario, and Lake Superior; 
New England west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, 
and Kansas, and from New York along the mountains to South Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Damp shady 
borders of woods, copses. Cullman County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County. Clarke 
County, Suggsville, 300 feet (Dr. Denny). Flowers pale blue; July. Not frequent. 
Biennial. 
Type locality: ‘“‘Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
MERTENSIA Roth, Catal. Bot. 1:34. 1797. 
About 14 species. Temperate Europe, Asia. North America, 7 or 8. 
Mertensia virginica (L.) DC. Prodr. 10:88. 1846. VIRGINIA LUNGWORT. 
Pulmonaria virginica L. Sp. Pl. 1: 135. 1753. 
ae 1:228. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 364. Chap. FI. 332. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 2, 
pt. 1: 200. 
Carolinian area, Southern Ontario and New York, Ohio Valley to Missouri and 
Arkansas, south from New Jersey to the mountains of South Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Rich wooded banks of streams. 
Lauderdale County, Florence (M. C. Wilson). Winston County, Sipsey Valley (7. M. 
Peters). Flowers purple; May. Infrequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
