No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 329 



Symphytum asperrimum Donn (very rough). 

 Rough Comfrey. 



Rare. Moist roadsides: Oxford (Harger), Kent 

 (Eames). June — Aug. Adventive from Europe. 



BORAGO L. Borage. 

 Borage officinalis L. (of the shops). 

 Borage. 



Rare. Bridgeport, escaped from gardens (I. Holden & 

 Baker) . June — Sept. Fugitive from Europe. 



Cultivated for ornament and for its supposed medicinal 

 properties. 



ANCHUSA L. Alkanet. 

 Anchusa ofEcinalis L. (of the shops). 



Rare. Waste ground in Fairfield (Eames). June — Aug. 

 Adventive from Europe. 



MYOSOTIS L. Forget-me-not. Scorpion Grass. 



Myosotis scorpioides L. (scorpion-like). 

 Myosotis palustris Hill. 

 True Forget-me-not. 



Rare. Along streams as an escape from cultivation: 

 North Branford and Oxford (Harger), Stratford (Eames), 

 Southington (Andrews). May — June. Native of Europe. 



Myosotis laxa Lehm. (loose). 

 Wild Forget-me-not. 



Frequent. Along streams and in wet places. May — June. 



Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill (of cultivated ground). 



Rare. In grassland: Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Led- 

 yard (Graves), Granby (I. Holcomb). May — June. 



Myosotis virginica (L.) BSP. 

 Myosotis verna Nutt. 



Occasional or local. Dry, sterile and rocky places. May — 

 June. 



LITHOSPERMUM L. Gromwell. Puccoon. 

 Lithospermum arvense L. (of cultivated ground). 

 Corn Gromwell. Stone-seed. 



