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Florida, and westward. August. (For other plants of this 

 family see also Nos. 266, 279 and 281.) 

 266. False Nettle. Boehmeria cylindrica. (Urticaceae.) Not 

 unlike the preceding, but taller and coarser. Suggests also 

 the Stinging Nettle (No. 279) but its foliage is stingless. 

 Leaves usually all opposite, coarsely toothed, the blade 13^-3 

 in. long, pointed at the tip, blunt at the base. Leaf stalk 

 shorter than the blade, and exceeded by the slender, appar- 

 ently interrupted, greenish flower cluster. Moist shaded 

 places. Quebec and Ontario to Florida, and westward. August. 

 Fig. 266. 



267. Plants of dry woods, roadsides, fields, or waste places ; 

 often mere weeds. (Nos. 268-303.) 



There are 2y species in this group, growing in various 

 situations but not usually in moist places. Nature, however, 

 is somewhat fickle in its scattering- of our wild flowers, and 

 some of these may occasionally stray to moister sites, so 

 look in Nos. 249-266, if you do not find your specimen here. 

 They may be separated thus : 



Stems or flower stalks erect no. 272 



Plants prostrate, usually hugging the ground 

 Plant decidedly hairy ; juice milky, leaves blotched 



