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( 'uscuta paradoxa Raf. Glomerate Dodder. 



Especially on Solidago. Common. July 20. 

 C 11 scuta arvensis Bey rich. Field Dodder, is the species most 

 likely to be found on clover and alfalfa. Some plants seen in an 

 alfalfa field at Blue Rapids some years earlier were probably of 

 this species. 



Polemoniaceae. Phlox Family. 

 Phlox pilosa L. Downy Phlox. 



Meadows, and along wooded banks. Frequent. May 20. 

 Phlox divaricata L. Wild Blue Phlox. 



Manhattan. Frequent in wooded ravines. Apr. 20 (20). 

 Hydrophyllaceae. Water-leaf Family. 

 Macrocalyx Nyctelea (L.) Kuntze. Water Pod. 



Roadsides and uncultivated places. Common. Apr. 25 

 (24). This common name was first used by the writer in an earlier 

 publication.* 



Boraginaceae. Borage Family. 

 Cynoglossum officinale L. Hound's Tongue. 



Dry woods. Common at Manhattan, noted at Blue 

 Rapids in 19 16. May 15. 



l.appula Lappula (L.) Karst. Stickseed. 



Along railroad tracks. Noted in only one or two places. 

 July 10. 



Lappula texana (Scheel?) Britton. 



Manhattan. Along railroad track. May 5. 

 Lappula virginiana (L.) Greene. 



Woods and thickets. Common. July 15 (16). 

 Lithospermum Gmelini (Michx.) A. S. Hitchcock. Hairy 

 Puceoon. 



Manhattan. Occasional in sandy soil. May 15 (14). 

 Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm. Hoary Puceoon. 



Prairies and hillsides. Common. Apr. 30 (29). 

 Lithospermum linearifolium Goldie. Narrow-leaved Puceoon. 



Prairies and hillsides. Common. Apr. 20 (21). 

 Onosmodium occidentale Mackenzie. False Gromwell. 



Hillsides. Common. May 25. (0. carolinianum and O. 

 molle oi Hitchcock's list). 



1 Key to North Dakota Weeds -Tin- Extension, May. 1914 (N. D. 

 Agricultural Collegi 



