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



(15*76.) M. laxa, Lehin. 



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



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



if. paluslris, var. laxa, Gray, Man. Ed. V., 365. Macoun's Cat, No. 1363. 



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

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

 JSr.S. (Hoiv.) Pictou, N.S. {McKay.) Kingston, N.S. (Macom.) 

 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 Eivi6re-du-Loup, Q. (Thomas.) Knowlton, Eastern 'Townships, Q. 

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

 on both sides of the Bay of Quinte. (Mdcoun.) Ohippawa and 

 Thorold. (Maclagan.) Wet places, Hamilton, Niagara Palls and 

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

 Port Colborne, Ont. (David F. Bay.) Vicinity of Toronto. (Fowler.) 



(Ibn.) M. palustris, With. 



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

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

 also Ladner's Landin/^ on the Lower Fraser, B.C. (Fletcher.) 



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



if. 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 Pine Eiver Pass, 

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

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

 Eiver, near Port Simpson, Lat. 62° 30'. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Capo 

 Lisburne and Ai-ctic coast. (Rothr. Alask.) West of Mackenzie 

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



(15t9.) M. arvensis, Hoffm. 



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

 Parrsboro', Cumberland Co., N.S. (How.) On waste heap.'^ :it Bed- 

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

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

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

 (Burgess.) Certainly introduced in Ontario. 



