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Hydrophyllum canadense L. Broad-leaved Water-leaf 

 In rich humus of damp cool shaded forests, espe- 

 cially in springy places. Common. 



BOR AGIN ACE AE (Borage Family) 

 Borago officinalis L. Borage 



Waste ground near Salamanca (Alexander). 

 Cynoglossum officinale L. Hound's-Tongue 



Borders of open woods, thickets and fields. In- 

 frequent. 

 Cynoglossum boreale Fernald. Wild Comfrey 



In open woods on rather hard or somewhat sterile 

 soil, occasional in richer humus of second growth 

 forest. Not common. Slopes of Seneca mountain, 

 Stony run trail etc. Reported from Rock City north 

 of Salamanca by Clinton. 

 Lappula virginiana (L.) Greene. Beggar's Lice 



In moist, usually fertile soil, of open woods 



thickets and bottomlands. Frequent. 



Lappula echinata Gilib. L. Lappula Karst. Stickseed 



Common on the cinder banks of the Erie Railroad 



north of Quaker Bridge, and occasionally elsewhere. 



Symphytum officinale L. Common Comfrey 



In dry or moist alluvial soil of fields, thickets and 

 waste ground in the lower and larger valleys. In- 

 frequent. 

 Myosotis scorpioides L. Forget-me-not 



In wet gravelly or alluvial soil along the lower 

 stream courses, and in swales and marshy places of 

 the river bottomlands. Frequent. 

 Myosotis laxa Lehm. Small-flowered Forget-me-not 

 Springy, boggy and mossy, usually shaded places 

 along brooks and streams. Infrequent. 



