•^^2 Karl M. Wiegand and Arthur J. Eames 



5. Myosotis (Rupp.) L. 



a. Hairs of the calyx all straight; stems and leaves strigose ; perennials. 



b. Corolla 5-8 mm. in diam. ; calyx lobes shorter than the tube. 1. M. scorpioidcs 

 b. Corolla 2-4 mm. in diam. ; calvx lobes as long as the tube or longer. 



2. M. laxa 



a. Hairs of the calyx, at least some of them, hooked; stem and leaves more or less 

 hirsute. 

 b. Corolla about 2 mm. in diam. ; annuals or biennials. 



c. Pedicels in fruit longer than the calyx; racemes naked at base, and stalked. 



3. M. arvensis 

 c. Pedicels in fruit shorter than the calyx; racemes leafy-bracted at base. 



d. Calyx nearly regular, small. 2-2.5 mm. long. 4. M. micrantha 



d. Calyx somewhat 2-lipped, larger, 3-5 mm. long. 5. M. virginica 



b. Corolla about 5 mm. in diam. ; perennials. [M. sylvatica] 



1. M. scorpioides L. (M. palustris of Cayuga Fl.) Forget-me-not. 



Wet alluvial, rarelv marlv, meadows and ditches, often in shallow water; frequent. 

 June 15-July 20. 



Cut-off from Six Mile Creek, Brookton ; abundant on the flats at head of Cayuga 

 Lake; boggy meadow n. e. of Freeville; headwaters of Mud Creek, Freeville; Lake 

 Como ; marly moor of Newton Ponds; and elsewhere. 



Newf. to N. Y ., Ga.. and Tenn. Naturalized from Eu. 



The forget-me-nots most commonly cultivated are M. sylvatica Hoffm. and M. 

 alpesiris Schm. 



2. M. laxa Lehm. Small-flowered Forget- me- not. 



Wet alluvial and often somewhat boggy meadows and marshes, ditches, and shores, 

 but less distinctly calciphile than the preceding species ; common, especially around 

 the larger lakes. July 1-Sept. 1. 



Common around Cayuga Lake; rare or absent in the towns s. of Ithaca. 



Newf. and Ont., southw. to Ga. and Tenn.; less common on the Coastal Plain. 



3. M. arvexsis (L.) Hill. 



Waste places, in gravelly soil ; scarce. June. 



Dry gravelly fields s. of Ithaca; cemetery, University Ave., Ithaca (F. L. Kilborne, 

 D.) ; lawn near Stone Hall, C. U. campus; Bushy Point, Cayuga Lake (D.). 

 Newf. to Minn., southw. to N. C. Adventive from Eu. 



4. M. micrantha Pallas. (M. collina of Cayuga Fl.) 



Cemetery, University Ave., Ithaca (F. L. Kilborne, D.), where it "appears 

 each year" (D.) ; not seen in recent years. 



Mass. to Ont. and Ohio. Adventive from Eu. 



5. M. virginica BSP. (.1/. verna of Cayuga Fl.) 



Dry scrubby or wooded, stony, thin, noncalcareous soils ; occasional. June. 



Esty Glen; Renwick slope to Willets (D. !) ; Farley Point (/. J. Thomas. D.) ; 

 "near Taughannock and Trumansburg ravines" (D.) ; s. of Salmon Creek Falls, Lud- 

 fowvifle; Black Brook, Tyre; and elsewhere; especially frequent on the cliff crests 

 along the shore of Cayuga Lake. 



Me. and Ont. to Minn., southw. to Fla. and Tex., including the Coastal Plain. 



[M. sylvatica Hoffm. Common Forget-me-not. 

 Often found around garbage dumps. 

 Escaped from cultivation. Native of Eu.] 



