338 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



LAPPULA Moench (1794). 

 (Echinospermwm Sw. 1818.) 



L. ViRGiNiANA (L.) Greene. Beggar' s-lice. 



Borders and thickets. Frequent throughout the State. 



MERTENSIA Roth. 



M. ViRGiNicA (L.) DC. Virginian Cowslip. Lung-wort. Blue- 

 bells. 



Rich woods. Monongalia and Marion ; along the Monon- 

 gahela River. Lewis : along Stone Coal Creek. Wirt : near 

 Elizabeth. Upshur: near Laurentz (Millspaugh, Pollock). 

 Gilmer: near Glenville {Mapel, Brown). Hardy: near 

 Moorefield {Gamble). 



ONOSMODIUM Michx. 



O. Carolinianum (Lam.) DC. 



Summers : banks of New River near Hinton. 



MYOSOTIS L. 



M. PALUSTRIS (L.) Lam. Forget-me-not. 



Damp places. Jefferson : near Harper's Ferry (Merts & 

 Guttenberg) . 

 M. LAXA Lehm. 



About a spring near Kegley, Mercer County, alt. 2,090 ft., 

 July 21, 1900 (Morris 1041). 

 M. ARVENSis (L.) Lam. Scorpion grass. 



Grassy places. Randolph: near Helvetia (Guttenberg). 



SYMPHYTUM L. 



S. OFFICINALE L. Comfrcy. 



Waste places. Gilmer : near Glenville (Mapel). Mercer: 

 near Ingleside. 



LITHOSPERMUM L. 



L. ARVENSE L. Corn Cromwell. 



Fields. Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz & Guttenberg). 

 Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall) . 

 L. LATiFOLiuM Michx. Stone-seed. 



Ohio : Cowan's Hill near Wheeling (Mertz & Guttenberg). 

 Fayette: near Nuttallburg; rare, not found in 1891 (Nutt- 

 all). Monongaha: near Little Falls (Walker). 



