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9. STM'PHYTCM, Tourn. COMFREY. 



S. Offleina'le, L. (COMMON COMFREY.) Stem winged 

 above by the decurrent bases of the leaves, branched. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate. Moist soil ; escaped 

 from gardens. 



2. ECHINOSPER MUM, Schwartz. SxiCKSEED. 



1. E. Lap'pula. Lehm. A very common roadside weed, 

 1-2 feet high, hispid, branching above. Leaves lanceolate, 

 rough. Nutlets warty on the back, with a double row of 

 prickles on the margin. Pedicels stout, not deflexed. 

 Calyx becoming foliaceous. 



2. E. floribim'dum, Lehm. Stem strict, 2 feet higher 

 more, not hispid. Leaves oblong- to linear-lanceolate, the 

 lowest tapering into margined petioles. Racemes numer- 

 ous, rather strict. Pedicels slender, deflexed in fruit. Nut- 

 lets rough and margined with a close row of flat awl-shaped 

 prickles. Chiefly N.W. 



3. E. Virgin'ieum, Lehm. (Cynoglossum Morisoni, DC.) 

 (BEGGAR'S LICE.) Stem 2-4 feet high ; hispid. Lower 

 leaves round-ovate or cordate, slender-petioled ; upper ones 

 tapering at both ends. Racemes widely spreading. Pedi- 

 cels slender, deflexed in fruit. Nutlets prickly all over. 

 Open woods and thickets. 



4. CYNOGLOS'SIIIH, Tourn. HOUND'S TONGUE. 



1. C. Offleina'le, L. (COMMON HOUND'S TONGUE.) Flowers 

 red-purple. Upper leaves lanceolate, sessile. Stem soft- 

 pubescent. Nutlets rather flat. A common weed in fields 

 and along roadsides. 



2. C. Virgin' ieum, L. (WiLD COMFREY.) Flowers pale 

 blue. Stem roughish with spreading hairs. Leaves few, 

 lanceolate-oblong, clasping. Racemes corymbed, raised on 

 a long, naked peduncle. Rich woods. 



5, lYCOP'SIS, L. BUGLOSS. 



L. arven'sis, L. (SMALL BUGLOSS.) Very rough-bristly, 

 1 foot high. Leaves lanceolate. Dry or sandy fields, chiefly 

 eastward. 



