1314 |» GARDUACEAE 
12-18 em. long or smaller near bud for of the stem, thin, acuminate, dentate- 
serrate: corymb 3 dm. wide or , lax: involuere br oadl campanulate, 7-9 
mm. high; bracts d ph en, with ovate. or r triangular- -ovate bases and erect elongate 
tips, arachnoid-ciliate: achene ong, pu bescent on the ribs: pappus 
dull-purple. Bi iem grounds iu pis EU in the Coastal Plain of Ga. 
3. V. glauca (L.) Britton. Stem 1-2 m. tall glabrous or nearly so, oft 
ecd puc above: leaves numerous; n linear-lanceolate to elliptic or 
ellipti ceolate ee om short-acuminate sharply ia saliently serrate: 
high; bra 
eor Bb ug dm. bro ad: aa about mm. hig ets | 
oe pn _llipti, "purple, the outer ones Hoe ee glabrous 
rly long, with Es sharp ribs barbe d: pappus 
es neous. he d ln latifolia A. Gray.]—Wooded vU and river- 
rom various DIOC. N of Coastal Plain, ga. to Ala., Pa., and N 
4. V. pulchella Small. Stem 3-10 dm. tall, pubescent, branched above: 
leaves age age id -aneeolate or. elliptic o or sometimes narrower above, 
2—10 e . lon ng, acute, rate, often sharply so, somewhat crisped, revolute, 
o o not all ee: eorymb 1-1.5 dm. broad: involuere campanulate, 
6-7 mm. high; bracts lanceolate to linear-elliptie, prolonged into soft linear- 
subulate spreading or reeurved tips, often purplish: achene about 3 mm. lon 
pappus stramineous —— Sand- hills, Coastal Plain, Ga. and S. C. 
5. V. recurva Gleason. Stem about 7 dm. tall, Paci belo w, glabrate 
above: leaves firm, mostly near the base of the s blades elliptic- -linear to 
linear, 5-7 cm. long, or shorter above, acute, drm entire Or spar ingly 
callous-toothed, E edm eames at the base: eorymb about 15 cm. wide: 
involucre cylindric-campanulate, about 8 mm. high; bracts ird 5 elliptic- 
a ean acuminate, B at the [v the long tips recurved or spread- 
ing: long, pubescent on the angles: pappus tawny.—Dry pine- 
ia, ‘Coastal "Plain, SE Ga. 
6. V. scaberrima Nutt. Stem 3-8 dm. tall, glabrous or dap aru below, 
usually branched: leaves firm; blades linear ‘to linear-elliptic, 1.5-8 em. long, 
acute, entire or remotely d sessile or arly n: ordate Or ord at 
id base: eorymb with eomparatively few he: ace nvolu e campanulate, 5—6 
. high: vien ond Tee p elliptie, i into rigid subulate tips: 
Shae about 2 m ong, with scabrous ribs: pappus purplish.—Sandy soil, 
Coastal Plain, Fla. en N. C. 
7. V. angustifolia Miehx. Stem 0.5-1 m. tall, glabrous or pubeseent, often 
widely branched above: leaves numerous; blades linear, usually n 80, 
a 
: urbinate- 
5—6 mm. high, aeute or somewhat rounded at the ; braets lanceolate to 
elliptic, acute or e with more or less nde ra tips: achene 2 m 
long, r eabrous ribs: pappus purplish. "iw i ier: pres 
and dry hillsides, oa Plain, Fla. to Miss. and N. C.—7V. texana (A. Gray) 
Small, with taw Y pappus and lower leaf surface pitted, has Ms Wem from 
Meadville in S Wi Mis 
. dissimilis Gleason. Stem ad 8-11 dm. tall: leaves numerous; blades 
linear- e to elliptic, 10-15 e . lon ng, firm, acuminate, sharply serrate, ex- 
cept the smaller upper ones, not RE seabrous above: corymb rather dense: 
in es ampanulate, abo ut 4 mm hi gh; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
obtuse or obtusi sh, or the outer ones acute, arachnoid-ciliate, appressed: achene 
2.5 mm. long, with hirsuce ribs: pappus bright- purple.—Dry banks and woods, 
Piedmont, E Ala. 
