CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN PLANTS. 341 



(1580.) M. verna, Nutt. 



Myosotis stricta, Gray, Man. Ed. I., not Link. 



Very common on dry rocky ground on both sides of the Bay of 

 Quinte, at Ox Point and Massassaga Point ; also on Gibson's Moun- 

 tain, four miles from the Ferry House, opposite Belleville, Ont. 

 (Macoun.) Maiden, Ont. (Maclagan.) 



Var. macrosperma, Chapm. 



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



On dry gravelly hillsides in the vicinity of Victoria, Vancouver 

 Island. {Macoun.') E"ear CSche Creek, B.C. A very small form. 

 (iffiU.) 



419. LITHOSPERMUM, Linn. (GROMWELL.) 



(1581.) L. arvense, Linn. Com Gromwell. 



Naturalized in waste grounds and cultivated fields amongst wheat ; 

 also spreading along railways. Apparently unknown in the eastern 

 provinces, but abundant from Montreal westward throughout Ontario. 



(1582.) L. officinale, Linn. 



Naturalized by roadsides and in old pasture fields and on commons ; 

 growing in clumps. Montreal and St. E^mi and numerous places 

 ai-ound Montreal, abundant. {McQill Coll. Serb.) Fi-aserville, Q. 

 (Thomas.) Frequent by roadsides and in cities and towns throughout 

 Ontario. 



(1583.) L. latifolium, Michx. 



Open ground and borders of thickets, western Ontario. (Gray.) 

 Bois Blanc and other islands in Detroit Eiver. (Maclagan.) Alluvial 

 flats along the Eiver Thames at London, Ont. (Burgess.) 



(1584.) L. pilosum, ISTutt. 



X. ruderale, Dougl. Hook. Fl. II., 89. 



On diy gravelly hillsides. Eidges north of Cypress Hills ; and at 

 Fossil Coulee, Milk Eiver Eidge, south east of Fort McLeod. (Dawson.) 

 Dry gravelly hillsides near Spence's Bridge, B.C. (Macoun & Hill.) 

 The British Columbia specimens are much less hairy than the eastern 

 ones and in this respect agree with those from California. 



