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late, rather obtuse, rough-hairy; nutlets each - a double row of 
prickles on the margins, and tubercled on the back 
— Nerromaonecd Stickseed. 
nnual or biennial. ee a foot or more in height, covered bei: greyish spreading 
hateee simple below. " Leaves —2 inche 8 lo ong, very hairy ; the hairs mostly tuberculate 
at the = F lowers in lea: wok, racemes, ry 
Was ia cles: Native of Europe. July. — : 
bs. Rather common in some localities. The nutlets adhere to the 
og of sheep and cattle, and on this account the weed is a tonbieioas 
4. CYNOGLOS’SUM, Tournef. Howunn’s-ronavue. 
(Greek, Kyon, a dog, and Glossa, a tongue ; from the form of the leayes.] 
aed ee tube nearly as long as the calyx ; throat closed 
by 5 obtuse scales ; limb 5-lobed; the lobes very obtuse. Stamens in- 
ag evden depr essed or convex, oblique, fixed near the apex to the 
base of the style, ee ag all over with short barbed or hooked 
— Coarse herbs with a strong unpleasant odor, and mostly panicled 
racemes hare’ are naked above, but usually pratas at the base. Lower 
leaves peti 
1 ¢. Sted ni, DC. Stem erect, celine Ha ee 
sieges = degen feeder: ovate, laneeola a oe owed a 
gpk 
n pairs, 
finally porary fruit daily coved with a paint, 
Morison’s Cynoatossum. Beggar’s Lice. 
Root annual. Stem 2-4 feethigh. Leaves 3-4 inches long, acute at each end, scabrous, 
the lower ones petiolato—the upper wi: subsessile. Racemes terminating the slender 
divaricate branches, mostly dichotomous ; pedicels about ng as the fruit. Corolla 
bluish-white, small. 
Fence-rows and borders of thickets: Northern and Middle states. FI. July. Fr. 
October 
Obs. bird slovenly : mens is apt a practical acquaintance with 
this obnoxious weed, in consequence of its racemes of bur-like fruit en- 
tangling se manes of his | horses, and a fleeces of his sheep. 
2. C. officina’le, L. Softly spobsocent 5: sionals iculate above, leafy; 
upper leaves lanceolate, clnoeky sessile by a rounded or slightly heart- 
base ; racemes nearly bractless ; Tautlets flat on the broad upper 
‘face, somewhat margi 
OFrFIcINAL ee as i saaDeaaaae 
cats 
Biennial. Stem att fa ee — mee # baat anlage 
petiolate ; stem leaves 3 long. 
pedicels 5 14 an inch = eth ; corolla Poen & ne 2 Reon. tly ese Te 
Waste places and pas’ Nat ative of Europe. May —July. 
Obs. avd senial in the ae > manner with rat 
“The ee odor of the cia gt 
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