170 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



6. MEETEN'SIA, Both. Luhgwokt. 



1. M. panieula'ta, Don. Filaments broad and short. 

 Nutlets -svrinkled when dry. Plant more or less hairy, erect, 

 loosely branched. — N.W. 



2. M. marit'ima, Don. (Sea-Ltjngwokt.) Corolla white, 

 trumpet-shaped, conspicuously 5 - lobed, throat crested. 

 Leaves fleshy, glaucous, ovate to spathulate. Stems spread- 

 ing, often decumbent. Filaments longer and narrower than 

 the anthers. Nutlets shining. — Atl. sea-coast. 



1. OJfOSMO'DHIM, Miohx. False Gkomwell. 



1. 0. Carolinia'num, DC. Stem stout, 3-4 feet high. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute. Lobes of the corolla ovate- 

 triangular, very hairy outside — Banks of streams. 



2. 0. ViPgina'num, DC. Stem slender, 1-2 feet high. 

 Leaves narrowly oblong. Lobes of the corolla lance-awl- 

 shaped, sparingly bearded outside with long bristles. — Banks 

 and hillsides ; not common. 



8. KITHOSPER'IHVIII, Tourn. GHOMWEtL. PncooON. 

 * Corolla almost white. Nutlets wrinkled, gray. 



1. L. arven'se, L. (Coen-Geomwell.) Stem 6-12 inches 

 high, erect. Leaves lanceolate or linear. — Waste grounds 

 and in wheat-fields. 



* * Oorolla deep yellow. Nutlets smooth and shining. 



2. L. Mrtum, Lehm. (Hairy Puccoon.) Stem 1-2 feet 

 high, hispid. Stem-leaves lanceolate or linear ; those of 

 the flowering branches ovate-oblong, oiliate. Flowers 

 peduncled. Corolla woolly at the base inside. — Dry woods. 



3. L. eanes'eens, Lehm. (Hoaey Puccoon. Alkaset.) 

 stem 6-15 inches high, soft-hairy. Corolla naked at the 

 base inside. Flowers sessile. Limb of the corolla smaller, 

 and the calyx shorter, than in No. 2. — Open woods and 

 plains. 



4. L. angUStifO'lium, Michx. Erect or diffusely branched 

 from the base, somewhat hoary. Leaves all linear. Flow- 

 ers pedicelled, leafy-bracted, of two sorts : the earlier large 

 and conspicuous, the later small and pale. — N.W. 



