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Nutlets attached from the base 
to or above the middle. e 
Calyx lobes strongly nerved; 
plants mostly bristly- 
hispid; roots. without 
coloring matter.......11. CrYPTANTHE (p. 546). 
Calyx lobes nerveless or 
faintly nerved; plants 
not bristly-hispid ; roots 
with purplish coloring 
matter.................. 8. EremMocarya (p. 544). 
1. CYNOGLOSSUM L. Hovwvnn’s-ToncueE. 
Coarse biennial herb, 20 to 60 cm. high, with rather large flat leaves and with reddish 
purple flowers in terminal racemes; stamens included; ovary of 4 nearly distinct lobes; 
nutlets flat or convex, covered with short barbed prickles. 
1. Cynoglossum officinale L. Sp. Pl. 134. 1753. 
Type Locauitry: ‘‘Habitat in Europae ruderatis.”’ 
New Mexico: Raton Mountains. 
A common weed in many parts of the United States, introduced from Europe. 
2. LAPPULA Moench. STICKSEED. 
Hispid or canescent annual, biennial, or perennial herbs, 1 meter high or less, with 
alternate leaves and small white or blue flowers in spikes or racemes; calyx 5-lobed; 
corolla salverform or funnelform, with a short tube; stamens included; ovary 4-lobed; 
fruit burlike, of 4 nutlets armed on the back or margins with barbed prickles. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Inflorescence leafy throughout, the floral leaves merely smaller 
than those of the stem; annuals. 
Annular margin connecting the bases of the prickles incon- 
spicuous in all 4 nutlets..........2...... 2... cece eee e eee 1. DL. occidentalis. 
Annular margin connecting the bases of the prickles, in at 
least 3 of the nutlets, broadened and forming acup...... 2. L. texana. 
Inflorescence leafy-bracted only at the base, the bracts minute 
above; biennials or perennials. 
Prickles of the fruit united for about half their length. 
Flowers white; cauline leaves narrowly oblong, sessile 
or nearly so; sepals obtuse.-.....-.-...-.---- . 3. L. leweantha. 
Flowers blue; cauline leaves lanceolate or Jance- ovate, 
petiolate; sepals acute...........-------+---+------- 4. Z. ursina. 
Prickles distinct to the base. 
Stems hirsute; margins of the leaves long-ciliate.......... 5. L. hirsuta. 
Stems not hirsute; leaves not long-ciliate. 
Plants densely grayish-strigose throughout, the bases 
of the hairs white and much enlarged; inflores- 
cence loose, few-flowered.....-...- . 6. L. grisea. 
Plants not densely grayish-strigose, the hairs short and 
comparatively soft; bases of the hairs small 
and inconspicuous; inflorescence dense and 
many-flowered. 
Cauline leaves linear-oblong, sessile or nearly so.. 7. L. floribunda. 
Cauline leaves lanceolate, conspicuously petiolate. 8. L. pinetorum. 
