48 BORAGINACEAE. Vor. III. 
2. Lappula texana (Scheele) Britton. Hairy 
Stickseed. Fig. 3512. 
Cynoglossum pilosum Nutt. Gen, 1: 114. 1818. Not 
R.& P. 1794. 
Echinospermum texanum Scheele, Linnaea 25: 260. 1852. 
Echinospermum ‘Redowskii var. cupulatum A. Gray in 
Brewer & Wats. Bot. Cal. 1:,530. 1876. 
Lappula texana Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 273. 1894. 
L. Redowskii occidentalis Rydb. Contr. Hat Herb. 3: 
170, 1895. 
Annual, similar to the preceding species, 6’-2° 
high, paniculately branched, the branches ascending 
or erect. Leaves linear or linear-oblong, mostly 
obtuse, the lower narrowed into petioles; racemes 
leafy-bracted; pedicels short, not deflexed in fruit; 
flowers about 1” broad; nutlets papillose-tuberculate 
on the back, the margins armed with a single row of 
flat, usually more or less confluent bristles, or these 
united into a cup. ; 
In dry soil, Ontario to Manitoba, British Columbia, 
south to Nebraska, Texas and Arizona. Found also in 
ballast at Atlantic seaports. Nutlets with nearly dis- 
tinct bristles and others with bristles united into a cup 
sometimes occur on the same fruit. April—Aug. 
3. Lappula virginiana (L.) Greene. Virginia Stickseed. Fig. 3513. 
Myosotis virginiana L. Sp. Pl. 131. 1753. ay 
Cynoglossum Morisoni DC. Prodr. 10: 155. 1846. 
E, virginicum Lehm. Asperif. 120. 1818. 
Lappula virginiana Greene, Pittonia 2: 182. 1891. 
Biennial, pubescent; stem paniculately branched, 
2°-4° high, the branches slender, spreading. Basal 
leaves (seldom present at flowering time) ovate or 
nearly orbicular, cordate, long-petioled, mostly 
obtuse; stem leaves ovate-oblong or oval, acute or 
acuminate at the apex, narrowed to the base, peti- 
oled, 3-8’ long, 1’-4’ wide, the uppermost smaller, 
sessile; racemes very slender, divergent, bracted at 
the base, the bracts similar to the upper leaves; 
pedicels slender, short, recurved in fruit; corolla 
nearly white, about 1” broad; fruit globose, nearly 
2” in diameter; nutlets covered on the margins and 
usually also on the back by the slender distinct flat- 
tened barbed prickles, the backs commonly also 
more or less papillose. 
In dry woods and thickets, New Brunswick to On- 
tario, Minnesota, Georgia, Louisiana, Nebraska and 
Kansas. Called beggar’s-ticks or -lice. Virginia mouse- 
ear. Soldiers. Stick-tight. Dysentery-root or -weed. 
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| 4. Lappula floribinda (Lehm.) Greene. 
uh Large-flowered Stickseed. Fig. 3514. 
Echinospermum floribundum Lehm. in Hook. Fl. 
Bor. Am. 2: 84. pl. 164. 1834. 
Lappula floribunda Greene, Pittonia 2: 182. 1891. 
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Biennial or perennial, rough-pubescent; stem 
stout, paniculately branched, 2°-5° high, the 
branches nearly erect. Leaves oblong, oblong- 
lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, 2’-4' long, 2’-10” 
wide, sessile, acute Or obtuse at the apex, or the 
lower narrowed into petioles; racemes numerous, 
erect or nearly so, very densely flowered, bracted 
at the base, many of them in pairs; pedicels 2-4” 
long, reflexed in fruit; flowers blue or white, 
3-5” broad; fruit pyramidal, about 3” broad; 
nutlets keeled, papillose-tuberculate on the back, 
the margins armed with a single row of flat 
ie which are sometimes confluent at the 
ase. 
Western Ontario and Minnesota to Saskatchewan, 
British Columbia, south to New Mexico and Califor- 
nia. June-Aug. 
