1316 CARDUACEAE 
aeute or short- acuminate, sharply and pee E nd ba 1-4 dm 
broad: involucre eampanulate to cylindrie-eampanulate, 7—8 m bracts 
ovate to elliptic, acute or apiculate: ae 4—5 mm. long, p. ooth and 
glabrous ribs: pappus tawny or tinged with purple. [V. Drum mondi Werner 
not Shuttl. "mi Pc Ens. and rich sandy bs various pieni ps of 
, Kan nd Ont.—V. culata, Mi 
euate or founded d inv Aree frs has been reported en Starkville in NE Miss 
V. Baldwinii Torr. Stem 1-1.5 m. tall, tomentose, branching abov 
ps blades elliptic to ovate, r: dm. long, short- acuminate, sharply ja 
pe 1-3 dm. wide, irregular: involucre campanulate to hy Mr 5-7 
high; bracts closely imbricate ook the base, spreading o reflexed at the 
SQUE acumina tips: achene 3 mm. long, pubescent n. resinous: pappus 
tawny or purpli Dus Ba EN and hills, Interior TE ue Tenn. to Okla. 
and Mo. " 
V. acaulis (Walt.) Gleason. Scape minutely pubescent, 2—7 dm. tall: 
leaves basal; blades elliptic, oblanceolate, spatulate, or AE ma inly 1- - 
long, obtuse or acutish, serrate or de ntate eres doubly s Soe 
, 7—8 mm. Du Aes linear to linear-lan eolate, narrow ee into suu 
achene 3 n barbed upward in the ribs. pappus pale-stramineous. 
UA oligophylla Miche. Dry woods or ndn Coastal Plain, Fla. to N. C. 
V. georgiana s Scape puberulent, 2-10 dm. tall: leaves basal; 
blades Ee 5-15 em. long, acute or obtuse, ise narrowed at t the 
base, scabrou oe e: in Bn ere eampanulate, 6-7 hi igh; braets narrow, 
subuiate at the ap glabrous or obseurely alae the pone with spreading tips: 
3 mm. long, pubescent: pappus pale- -stramineous.—Dry  pinel ands, 
Seen Plain, Ga. and S. C. 
2. SENECIODES Post & Kuntze. Annual, caulescent herbs. Leaves 
alternate: blades broad, toothed. Heads corymbose. Flowers pale-purple or 
white; nearly as in Vernonia. Achene terete, 
ibless. Pappus double, the inner series 
deciduous.—About 12 species, natives of the 
Old World 
1. = Hunde (L.) Kuntze. Stem corym- 
bose above, 1 all or 2 DUE 
pubescent Teat- blades ovate to elliptic-ovate, 
y 2-8 em. one, oa toothed, p 
B than above: peduneles slender 
braets su ubulate: p» 
W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A. y—AIL year. 
3. ELEPHANTOPUS [Vai L. Perennial, seapose or caulescent 
1. 
erbs. Leaves alternate: blades shallowly toothed. Heads involuerate. Flowers 
lilae-purple. Corolla-lobes linear-lanceolate. Anther-appendages ‘deltoid to 
ovate. Pappus single, of several rigid bristles terminating scale-like bases.— 
About 15 species, native of tropical and warm regions.—Sum.-fall.—ELEPHANT- 
FOOTS 
Stem leafy: leaves mainly cauline, all of the same type. CAROLINIANI, 
Stem naked or with few bract-like leaves: leaves mainly basal. n TOMENTOSI. 
