HOFFMANN: FLORA OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 319 
in the valley. ^Yilliamstown; New Ashford (Walters) ; Stockbridge ; 
West Stockbridge; Egremont; Great Barrington (Schweinf urth) ; 
Sheffield. 
MYOSOTIS. FOROET-ME-NOT. 
M. laxa Lehm. Wild Forget-me-not. — Borders of ponds and 
low ground; occasional in the southern part of the valley. Monterey; 
New Marlboro; Egremont (Walters); Great Barrington (Walters). 
M. scoRPioiDEs L. Garden Forget-me-not. — Naturalized in 
brooks, swampy woods, and in the back-waters of rivers ; frequent. 
SYMPHYTUM, Comfrey. 
S. asperum Lepechin. — (S. asperrimum Man. ed. 7 and 111. Fl. ed. 
2; vid. Rhodora, 18: 23, 1916.) 
Established about old house, Stockbridge; roadside, Sheffield 
(Walters). 
S. officinale L. Common Comfrey. — Moist soil. West Stock- 
bridge (Evans, Fernald and Knowlton). 
VERBENACEAE. VERVAIN FAMILY. 
VERBENA. Vervain. 
V. angustifolia Michx. — Sandy soil on limestone hills; occasional 
in Egremont and Sheffield. 
V. bracteosa Michx. — Adventive in waste ground near railroad 
station, Pittsfield. 
V. hastata L. Blue Vervain. — Low ground, and dry fields; 
common. 
V. urticaefolia L. White Vervain. — Roadsides and waste 
ground, in dry or moist soil; frequent. 
LABIATAE. MINT FAMILY. 
AGASTACHE. Giant Hyssop. 
{Lophanthus 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 
A. nepetoides (T/.) Ktzc— Railroad einbankmont, Williamstown 
(Churcliill). 
A. scrophulariaefolia (Willd.) Ktze. — Borders of woods and 
