242 Boraginaceae 



In moist, open ground, frequent through- 

 out the Rockies ; a striking plant with heads 

 of bright blue flowers, resembling large 

 forget-me-nots flowering in June. 



Similar to the preceding species, 



but not so tall and with broader 

 diffusa 



(Lehm.) acute leaves. Flowers larger, 



Greene. J an inch broad, not so numer- 



False ous; and larger, more densely 



prickled nutlets, J of an inch 

 not. 



long, on pedicels more than their 

 own length. 



Throughout the Rockies, probably more 

 common than the previous species, in moist, 

 more or less shaded or open ground ; flowering 

 in June. 



Pale, leafy, rough, 1-2 feet high, 

 Lappula 



Lappula t ^ le branches erect. Leaves lin- 



(L.) Karst. ear and linear-oblong, sessile 

 Stickseed. or -^he lowest spatulate and 

 narrowed into petioles J-iJ inches long, ob- 

 tuse. Flowers very small, about the length 



