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3. Sl'itl'l'HYTlIin, Tourn. Comfbey. 

 S. Offleina'le, L. (Common Comfrey.) Stem Aiinged 

 above by the deourrent bases ot the leaves, branched. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate. — Moist soil ; escaped 

 from gardens. 



8. ECIIIXOI^rEU'.UIIiU, Schwartz. Siickseed. 



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 n double row of 

 prickles on the margin. Pedicels stout, not deiiexed. 

 Calyx becoming foliaceous. 



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

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

 lowest tapering into margined petioles. Kacemes 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. C¥N«GL©S'SIIM, Tourn. Hound's Tongue. 



1. C. offleina'le, L. (Commoit 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. ViFgin'icum, L. (Wild Comfbbt.) Flowers pale 

 Hue. Stem rougtish v/ith spreading hairs. Leaves few, 

 lanceolate-oblong, clasping. Eacemes corymbed, raised on 

 a long, naked peduncle. — Eich woods. 



5, l,YCOP'SIS. L. BOGLOSS. 

 L. arven'sis, L. (Small Bugloss.) Very rough-bristly, 

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

 eastward. 



