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7. 0MPHAL6DES. (Name from the Greek, refers to the navel-shaped 

 depression on the upper face of the nudets.) Cult, from Eu. for ornament. 

 O. v6rna, Blub or Spring Navelwort. Spreading by leafy runners ; 



leaves ovate or somewhat heart-shaped, 2' - 3' long, pointed, green ; flowers 

 azure-blue, in spring, y. 



O. linifdlia, White N. Erect, 6' -12' high, loosely branched, very pale 

 or glaucous, with broadly lanceolate leaves sparingly ciliate, the upper sessile, 

 white or bluish flowers, and turgid nutlets toothed around the margin of the 

 cavity. © 



8. ECHINOSPERMUM, STICKSEED. (Name of two Greek words 

 for hedgehog and seed, from the nutlets.) 



E. Ldippula. Weed of waste grounds, especially N., roughish-hairy, erect, 

 10-2° high, with lanceolate leaves, small blue iiowers, and nutlets with rough- 

 tubercled back and thickly-prickled margins : fl. all summer. ® 



9. CYNOO-LOSSUM, HOUNDSTONGUE (which the name means in 

 Greek). Fl. summer. Nutlets form burs which adhere to fleece. 



C. ofQ.cillUe^ Common H. Coarse weed from Europe, common in pas- 

 tures and roadsides : leafy, soft-pubescent, with spatulate or lance-oblong 

 leaves, the upper ones closely sessile, crimson purple corolla, and flat somewhat 

 margined nutlets. ® 



C. Virgiaieuni, Wild Comfret. Eich woods : bristly-hairy ; with 

 simple stem leafless above and bearing a few corymbed naked racemes of blue 

 flowers, the stem leaves lance-oblong with heart-shaped clasping base, the nut- 

 lets very convex. 11 



C. Morisdui, Beggar's Lice. Thickets and open woods : a common 

 weed, 2° - 4° high, with slender widely spreading branches, thin oblong-ovate 

 leaves tapering to both ends, forking and diverging racemes of very small 

 whitish or bluish flowers on pedicels reflexed in fruit, and convex barbed-prickly 

 small nutlets. (T) © 



10. IiTCOPSIS, BUGLOSS. (Name of Greek words for i«o//and fcux or 

 aspect.) European weeds. M. summer, (I) 



L. arv^nsis, Eield or Small Bdgloss. Very rough-bristly weed, about 

 1° high) in sandy fields E. ; with lance-oblong leaves, and small blue corolla 

 little exceeding the calyx. 



11. S'^MPHYTUM, COMFREY. (From Greek word meaning to grow 

 together or unite, alluding probably to supposed healing properties.) Cult, 

 from Old World : fl. summer. 2^ 



S. officinale, Common C. Rather soft-hairy ; the branches winged by 

 the decurrent bases of the oblong-lanceolate leaves ; corolla yeUowish-white. 

 Naturalized sparingly in moist grounds. 



S. asperrimum, RO'ugh C. Cult, in some gardens : stem and widely 

 spreading branches excessively rough with short and somewhat recurved little 

 prickles, not winged ; calyx-lobes short ; corolla reddish purple in bud changing 

 to blue. 



12. HELIOTROPIUM, HELIOTROPE (i. e., in Greek, turning to the 

 sun). Fl. all summer. 



• Spikes only in pairs, or the lateral ones solitary : flowers white. (T) 

 H. Curassavieum. Sandy shores and banks from Virginia and Illinois 



S. : very smooth and pale ; leaves oblong, spatulate, or lance-linear, thickish, 



vciulsss 

 H. Europseum. Old gardens and waste places S., introduced from Eu. ; 



hoary-downy, 6' - 18' high ; leaves oval, long-petipled, veiny. 



