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MATERIALS FOE A FLORA OF WAKEFIELD AND ITS 



NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



By T. W. GissiNG. 



( Continued from page 168.) 



Order— BORAOII^ACE^. 

 EcHiUM. Linn. Viper's Bugloss. 

 E. vulgare, L. Common Yiper's Bugloss. B. July — August. Horbury, 

 Crofton, Featlierstone, Pontefract, Bedstone. 



PuLMONARiA. Lznn. Lung-wort. 

 P. angustifolium. L. JSTarrow-leaved Lung-wort. P. May — July. Haw 

 Park (1857). I never saw a plant from this locality and insert it only 

 from the report of the finder. 



LiTHOSPERMUM. Linn. Gromwell. 

 L. arvense, L. Corn Gromwell. A. May — July. In waste places and 



corn-fields. A common name is "stony-hard." 

 L. officinale, L. Common Gromwell, or Grey Millet. P. June— August. 

 Garforth, Kippax. 



Myosotis. Linn. Scorpion Grass. 

 M. pdlustris, With. Forget-me-not. P. June — ^August. Wet places. 

 Frequent. The popular name of this plant seems to have been applied 

 to it for only about forty years — the name " Forget-me-not", belongings 

 originally to Veronica CliaincBdrySy (popular Bird's eye). For a very 

 interesting article upon this change of name, see Dr. Prior's " Popular 

 names of British plants." 

 M. ccespitosa, Schultz. Tufted water Scorpion-grass. A. or B. May — June. 

 Frequent. 



M. sylvatica, Hoffm. Wood Scorpion-grass. P. May — July. Ackworth, 



Hugset Wood near Barnsley. 

 M. arvensiSf Hoffm. Field Scorpion-grass. A. or B. June — August. 



Common 



M. versicolor, Lehm. Yellow and Blue Scorpion-grass. A. April — June. 

 Heath, &c. 



