1278 MORINACEAE 
V. Locusta (L.) MM E 1-4 dm. tall: blades of the stem-leaves 
Fins Neu coroll ong: fruit about twice as enone as thick. 
Lae ae toria Pu Dou thickets, 
meadows, and waste-grounds, various a 
ic Ala. to La., Idaho, Ont., Me., and 
N.C. Nat. of Eu. 
2. V. radiata (L.) Dufr. Stem dm 
tall: blades of the upper stem- num D 
ceolate to elliptic or ovate: fruits obovoid- 
tetragonal.—Stream-banks, moist P 
and oe various provinces, Fla. to 
Minn., d N. Y. 
. V. umbilicata (Sulliv.) Krok. Stem 
1-3 dm. tall: blades of the upper stem-leaves 
lanceolate: empty portion of the fruit with 
a cross-shaped umbilieation.—Low grounds, 
is pierces N of Coastal Plain, Tenn. to Ohio, N. Y., and Pa. 
4. V. patellaria (Sulliv.) ee ts 1-4 dm. tall: blades of the upper stem- 
leaves similar to those of : empty carpels of the fruits with a saucer- 
shaped body notched at e ic end. Fi elds, pi s, and low grounds, various 
provinees N of Coastal Plain, Tenn. to Ohio a a 
V. Woodsiana (T. & G.) Walp. In habit and leaves resembling V. radiata: 
fruits about 2 mm. long, with the fertile portions mu ch s eei r and narrower 
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sion between them.—Moist banks and low grounds, various Bode. Tenn. 
N. Y. and Pa. 
Famity 2. MORINACEAE — TEASEL FAMILY 
Annual or perennial, often priekly herbs, or woody plants. Leaves 
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tended by an involucel, commonly crowded on a receptacle and involucrate 
Calyx a cup-like border or of several bristles. Corolla of 2-5 partially 
united petals, sometimes 2-li droec of 2—4 stamens: filamen 
e ecium 
adnate to the corolla-tube. Gynoec cium l-earpellary. Ovary inferior 
Fruit an achene crowned with a calyx.—About 7 genera and 150 species, 
natives of the Old World. 
DIPSACUS [Tourn.] L. Coarse prickly herbs. Leaf-blades often 
commode: -perfoliate. Flower-heads globular or elongate. Involucral bracts rigid. 
Calyx cup-like, sometimes 4-lobed. Corolla 
tubular-funnelform. Ovary enclosed in the 
involucel. Achenes §8-ribbed.—About 15 
species, natives of the Old World 
1. D. sylvestris Huds. Biennial, 1-2.5 m 
tall: “blades of the ae ~ lanceolate, 
entir ds ovoid, 5-6 long, the in- 
a pos rough: mus d l mm. 
long: corolla 11—13 mm. long; lobes 4, o. 
7 d dly ovate: stamens exserted : achen s 5 
long.— (‘TEASEL. )— — Fields and o 
Sho various (oia Fla. to Tex., Ont 
and Me. Nat — Sum 
