330 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Occasional. Sandy or waste places. May — June. Natu- 

 ralized from Europe. 



Lithospermum officinale L. (of the shops). 

 Common Cromwell. 



Rare or local. Dry fields and in rocky ground : New 

 Britain (Bissell), Southingtoij (Andrews), North Canaan 

 (Weatherby), New Milford (A. E. Blewitt). June — Sept. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



ONOSMODIUM Michx. False Cromwell. 

 Onosmodium virginianum (L.) A. DC. 



Gravel-weed. Pearl-plant. Wild Job's Tears. False 



Cromwell. 



Rare. Dry or sandy ground: Preston (Craves), East 

 Haddam (Dr. E. J. Thompson), Hartford and Windsor (H. 

 S. Clark), New Haven (D. C. Eaton), Fairfield (Fames), 

 Ansonia and Southbury (Harger), Kent (E. H. Austin). 

 June — July. 



The root and seeds are medicinal. 



ECHIUM L. Viper's Bugloss. 

 Echium vulgare L. (common). 



Viper's Bugloss. Blue-weed. Blue Devil. 



Open sandy or sterile places. Rare or local over most of 

 the state: Montville (Craves), Windsor (H. S. Clark), 

 Southington (Andrews), New Haven (Harger), New Hart- 

 ford (Andrews & Bissell). Becoming occasional in western 

 Connecticut. July — Aug. Naturalized from Europe. 



Sometimes occurs with rose-colored flowers. A showy 

 plant when in bloom, but a bad weed, difficult to eradicate. 



VERBENACEAE. VERVAIN FAMILY. 

 VERBENA L. Vervain. 



Verbena officinalis L. (of the shops). 

 European Vervain. 



Rare. Waste ground: New Haven (J. S. Smith), 

 Bridgeport (Fames). June — Sept. Fugitive from the Old 

 World. 



