CARDUACEAE 1315 
9. V. concinna Gleason. Stem 1 all or less, green, B gil leaves 
Tide e narrowly eee to elliptic-linear, 10-12 poe 
less, thin, acute, entire or with minute callous te glabrou TN inutely 
pubescent DA i. flat: corymb rather lax volue e turbinate Mex 
cs igh; braets ea hi -lanceolate, bro E than t pii i. 
r ones, acute or mucronate, glabrous or slightly eili T pred ahou 
Hess minutely i due pappus purplish-tawny.—Hammocks, M pen. Fla 
10. V. Blodgettii Small. Stem often branched near ene base, 2-5 dm. tall, 
glabrous or nearly so, corymbose above: leaves mostly near the base of he 
so, 2-4.5 em. long, did or acutish, o erect 
ut 5 high; 
. long, with pubescent ribs: pappus uns ur slightly rou Ses 1ed.— 
Low pinelands and adj. Everglades, S pen. Fla. and the Florida Keys.—The 
general trend of migration of native rr P through e SEE ue 
man has been southward. The range of eed, however, has bee 
extended northward.  Oeeasional specimens T aaa been UNE pues 
half way up the pire coast. 
V. gigantea hee Trelease. Stem 1—2.5 m. tall, rep often widely 
Dn above: es numerous; blades mostly ellipti e, 0.8-3 dm. long, 
aeute or e pea serrate: corymb 1—4 dm. broad: involuere eylindrie, 
4-5 mm. high, n narrowed at the base; braets elliptic- -lanceolate to narr owly 
elliptic, rounded on the back, the outer acutish, the inner obtuse, lax or loosely 
spreading at maturity; achene 3 mm. long, with pu ous angles pappus 
purplish. [V. oligantha Gin = —Low grounds, river-bottoms, nd swamps, 
Coastal Plain and rarely adj. provinces, Fla. to Ala. and S. C. 
12. V. altissima Nutt. Stem 1-3 m. tall, glabrous, branching above: leaves 
rather ae 1 eee eet rae to ea age or narrowly oe — 
= long, acu Ei arpl y b m. broad; 
misphe ric-cam m ,4m almost 5m m. high, rounded at the 
Pus ovate to Felipe, es i acute or mucronate, appressed, po 
achene 3 mm. long, with barbed ribs: pappus light-purple or deep-purple. 
[V. maxima Small] — —Low grounds, alluvial banks, bottoms and fields, various 
provinces N of Coastal Plain, Ga. to Ala., Mo., and Pa. 
13. V. ovalifolia T. & G. Stem 1-2 m. tall, glabrous or puberulent, branch- 
ing above: leaves rather numerous; blades s elliptic, or the upper rd ences 
late, all acute, or short-acuminate, r a coarsely toothed, abruptly o 
b 
times gradually contracted at the base: corymb 1-3 dm. broad: invol due 
campanulate, 5-6 mm. high; d lanceolate to clliptie, acute or cuspidate, 
mainly appressed: achene 2.5—3 long, slightly barbed along the 
ribs: 
pappus stramineous or pale- PUE .—Rich woods and sandy stream-banks, 
Coastal Plain, N Fla. to Ala. and Ga. 
a. V. flaccidifolia Small. Stem 1-1.5 m. tall glabrous, glaueous, with 
lender branches above: leaves rather numerous; blades thin, pre did to pii 
avec: 0.8-2 dm. long, ae uminate, sha arply serrate, some tim oubly 
short-petioled: corymb 1-2 road; "branehe es slender: iuc dont ded. 
3—4 mm. high; bracts ovate to » ipte, light green or Te at the tip, obtuse or 
subacute, ciliate, not spreading: mm. long, with sharp barbed ribs: 
pappus pale stramineous.—Rich NO dE po run -banks, and wooded hillsides, Blue 
Ridge to Appalachian Plateau, Ga. to ' Ala., Tenn., and S. C. 
15. V. Ste tall, tomentose, branching above: leaves 
Doudou "blades "elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, 1-3 dm. long, 
