BORAGINACEAE 102 
2. Cynoglossum. 768. 
1. Cynoglossum officinalis L. 
Introduced in the eastern part of the state. Homesville; Weeping 
‘Water. 
3. Lappula. 768. 
Inflorescense leafy-bracted nearly or quite to the top. 
Marginal prickles not united by their bases. - 
Prickles numerous, in two rows on the margins. 1. L. lappula. 
Prickles 7-11 not in double rows.. 3. L. occidentalis. 
Marginal prickles united by their bases into a distinct cup in at 
least 3 of the nutlets. 2. L. texana. 
Inflorescense leafy-bracted only at the base, bracts minute above. 
Marginal prickles distinct to the base or nearly so, fruiting pedicels 
defiexed. 
Lower leaves over 25 mm. wide, the basal cordate, corolla 2 mm. 
wide. 4. L. virginiana. 
Lower leaves less than 20 mm. wide. 
Flowers over 6 mm. wide, fruit 6 mm. broad. 6. L. floribunda. 
Flowers less than 4 mm. broad, fruit 4 mm. broad. 
5. L. americana. 
Marginal prickles united for 4% to % of their length. 
7. L. scaberrima. 
1, Lappula lappula (L.) Karst. 
A common weed locally in the eastern part of the state. Lincoln; 
St. James; Wahoo. 
2. Lappula texana (Scheele.) Britton. 
Lappula cupulata (A. Gray.) Rydb. 
Common in the .western part of the state. Alliance; Aten; Box 
Butte County; Perkins; Thedford; Valentine. 
8. Lappula occidentalis (S. Wats.) Greene. 
In dry, sandy places in the western part of the state. Belmont; 
Deuel County; Phelps County; Pine Ridge; Valentine. 
4. Lappula virginiana (L.) Greene. 
in woods and thickets mostly in the eastern part of the state. Dakota 
County; Pishelville; Republican. 
5. Lappula americana (A. Gray.) Rydb. 
Lappula deflexa var. americana (A. Gray.) Greene. ., 
in woods and thickets in the western part of the state. Chadron; 
Beaver Creek; Plummer Ford. 
6. Lappula floribunda (Lehm.) Greene. 
In the western part of the state, mostly in plum thickets. Banner 
County; Crawford; Pine Ridge. 
7. Lappula scaberrima Piper. : 
In sandy soil in the western part of the state. Nebraska according 
to Rydberg’s Flora of Colorado. 
4. Allocarya. 769. 
1. Allocarya scopulorum Greene. 
Nebraska according to Britton’s Manual. 
