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oblong to oblong-lanceolate, ac-uniinate at botb ends ; loosely paniculate 

 racemt'S divaricate; jjcdicel and flower each a line l(Mig; nutlets of the (jlobose 

 fruit c(juci/l_i/ short-fjloc/u'dialc over the whole luick. (Cynoglossuin Morisoni, 

 I)(' ) — Borders of woods and thickets, N. Kng. to Minn., south to Va. and La. 



2. E.defldxum, Lelini.,var Americanum, (iray Diffusely l)ranched, 

 about 1° liigh , leaves oblong to liuiceolatt- , racemes lax, loosely paniculate; 

 flowers small ; nutlets of the f/lubular-jti/niimddl fruit onhj iiKirrjindlli/ (jlochidiute. 

 — Iowa, Minn., and northward. 



3. E. floriblindum, Lehni Kather strict, 2° high or more; leaves 

 ol)long- to'linear-lanceolate, the lowest tapering into margined peti(des ; nx- 

 ccmes numerous, commonly geminate and in fruit rather strict ; corolla larger 

 (blue, sometimes white), 2-3" in diameter; nutlets scabrous and margined 

 with a close row of flat subulate prickles. — Minn and Sask., and westward. 

 * * Racemes leafj-bracteale. stout pedicels not defexed ; calijx becominf/ foli- 



accous ; leaves linear, lanceolate, or the loiver spatulate ■ hispid annuals. 



E. LAppula, Lehm. Erect. 1-2° high , nutlets rough-granulate or tuber- 

 culate on the back, the margins with a double row of slender distinct prickles, 

 or these irregular over most of tiic back — Waste and cultivated grounds, 

 from Canada to the Middle Atlantic States. (Nat. from Ku.) 



4. E. Redowskii, Lehm., var occident^le, Watson. Erect, 1-2° 

 high, at lengtli diffuse; nutlets irregularly and minutely sharp-tuberculate, 

 the margins armed with a single row of stout flattened prickles sometimes 

 confluent at base. — Minn, to Tex., and westward. 



4. KRYNITZKIA, Eisch. & Meyer. 



Calyx 5-parted or deeply cleft, erect or little spreading in fruit. Corolla 

 short, usually with more or less fornicate throat. Nutlets erect and straight, 

 unarmed, attached to the axis either at inner edge of base or ventrally from 

 the ba.se upward. — Ours are very hispid annuals or biennials, with small 

 Aviiite flowers in scorpioid spikes. A large western genus. (Dedicated to 

 Pnf. J. Krijnitzki, of Cracow.) 



1. K. Crassisdpala, (iray. Annual, diffusely much branched, a span 

 high, very rough-hispid; leaves oblanceolate and linear-spatulate ; flowers very 

 small, short-pedicelled, mostly bracteate ,- lobes of the persistent cali/x closed 

 over the fruit, the midrib below becominr/ much thickened and indurated; nutlets 

 ovate, acute, dissivdlar, 3 of them muricate-granulate and 1 larger and smooth, 

 attached from the base to the middle. — Plains, Sask. to Kan., Tex. and N. Mex. 



5. MERTENSIA, Hoth. Lixgwoht. 



Corolla trujupet-shaped or bell-funnel-shaped, longer than the deeply 5-cleft 

 or 5-parted calyx, naked, or with 5 small glandular folds or ajipendages in the 

 open throat. Anthers oblong or arrow-shaped. Style long and tliread-form. 

 Nutlets ovoid, fleshy when fresh, smooth or wrinkled, oblicjuely attaehed next 

 the base by a prominent internal angle, the scar small. — Smooth or soft- 

 hairy perennial herbs, with pale and entire leaves, and hand.some purplish-blue 

 (rarely white) flowers, in loose aiid short panided or corymbed raceme-like 

 clusters, only the lower one leafy-bracted ; pedicels slender. (Named for 

 I'rif. Francis Charles Mertens, a German botanist.) 



