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Lithospernum linear if olium Goldie. Puccoon. Gromwell. 



Common in dry ground and stony hillsides. University campus. 

 Widespread in North America, especially in the prairie regions. 



Myosotis virginica B. & P. (M. verna Nutt.) Forget-me-not. 

 Dry ground. Banks of the Colorado River. 

 Eastern United States and Canada. 



Onosmodium Bejariense DC. False Gromwell. 



Abundant in dry woods. A herb with rather large, coarse and 

 bristly leaves, and smooth white nut-like fruits. 



Texas. 



Onosmodium Helleri Small. 



In the hills of the Edwards Plateau. Less common than the pre- 

 ceding. 



Texas. 



EHRETIACEAE Ehretia Family (Under BORRAGINACEAE) 



Ehretia elliptica DC. Anaqua. Sugarberry. 



Occasional in valleys and along the Colorado River. A tree easily 

 recognized by its very rough oval leaves. 



Texas and Mexico. 



Heliotropium tenellum Torr. 

 In dry ground. 

 Southern-central states. 



VERBENACEAE Verbena Family 



Aloysia ligustrina Small. (Lippia ligustrina Brit.) White-brush. 



Common on dry hillsides. A shrub with small leaves and graceful 

 sprays of small fragrant white flowers. It forms dense thickets on 

 barren dry hillsides in many parts of the state. Abundant in West 

 Texas. 



Southwestern states and Mexico. 



Callicarpa americana L. French Mulberry. 



Very common in the moist ravines of the Edwards Plateau. A 

 shrub with coarse, opposite leaves and pink flowers clustered in the 

 axils. Late in the season the plant is made conspicuous by its clusters 

 of small lilac fruits. 



Southeastern states. 



