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mm. long: corolla orange-yellow: Eon 9-11 
long: nutlets about 2.5 long. 
Gliese canescens Leh a= - (Pv UC- 
COON.)—Rieh woods and open hillsides, 
various Pe N of in Plain, Ga. 
to Tex. Sask, and Ont.— 
B. carolinensis (Walt) G. F. Gmel 
Plant 1-5 dm. tall: leaf bw linear to 
t 5 em. 1l 
elliptie = s e, l- ong: calyx- 
obes lan e to lud eo te, becom- 
ing 7-10 1 mm. lo g: corolla orange; tube 12- 
16 mm. lon nutlets 3- 
3-3.5 
[Lithospermum | Gmelini (Michx. 
Hitche. | e soil or woods, various prov- 
inces, Fla. to N. M., Minn., and N. Y.—Spr. 
3. B. A due ep Plant 1-3 dm. tall: leaf-blades linear- 
lanceolate to lin 3-9 e ong: earlier flowers clustered: calyx-lobes linear- 
tapering, becoming 7-10 mm. long: corolla light-yellow; tube slender, 25-30 
mm. long: nutlets 3-4 mm "long. Lithospermum PE doi e. L—Dry 
soil, i and rock ledges, various provinces, W Fla. to Ari and 
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8. ONOSMODIUM Miehx. Perennial herbs with hard roots. Sepals 
nearly distinet. Corolla narrow, longer than e calyx, without appendages in 
the throat, the lobes relatively long. —About 10 species, North American. 
Corolla yellow; lobes lanceolate, acuminate: tips of the anthers not reaching up to 
the sinuses of the corolla. 1. O. virginianum. 
Corolla whitish, often green-tinged; lobes ovate, obtuse or 
wy pointed : tips of the anthers reaching up to the 
of the co oe 
Ex br acts, nd calyx-lobes not shaggy-pubescent, the 
hairs relatively short and more or less appress ed: nut- 
lets markedly pitted: anthers with long slender tips. 2. O. molle. 
Leaves, bracts, and calyx-lobes shaggy-pubescent, the hairs 
long and loosely spreading: nutlets little, if at all, 
pitted: anthers with short stout tips. 3. O. hispidissimum. 
1. O. virginianum (L.) DC. Stem strigose (or hirsute in O. virginianum hir- 
sutwm), 2—7 dm. tall or more: le af-blades, on the upper pue of the stem 
oblanceolate, poii elliptie, elliptie, ellip- 
tic-obovate to , 2.5-12 em. long, usually 
T s sometimes quite copiously 
x-lobes becoming 6-8 mm 
mm. long, no 
Bic at the base.—Pinelands, dry woods, 
thickets, and sandy hillsides, are Plain 
and adj. provinces, Fla. to La. sea s 
and Great Lake Lowland, W N. uY— 
2. O. molle Mi ichx. Stem short-hirsute, or 
partly strigose, with white or whitish hairs, 
8 dm. tall or less: leaf-blades, on the upper 
