1334 CARDUACEAE 
laevigata Small.]—Pinelands, Coastal Plain and adj. provinees, Fla. to Ala. 
and N. C.—Sum.-fall. 
13. L. spicata (L.) Kuntze. Stem 6-15 dm. tall, n sparingly hirsute: 
blades of the lower leaves linear: involucral bra s glabrous; intermediate 
bracts oblong-ovate; inner bracts 8-9 mm. long, e linear: corollas 6.5-7.5 
ong; lobes glabrous: aehene 4-5 mm. u E irse prairies, low- 
pinelands, and low grounds, various provinces, Fla o La., Mi and Mass.— 
Sum.-fall.—L. spicata montana Gray, with broader oe and pu heads oc- 
curs in the Blue Ridge from Ga. and S. C. to Va. 
14. L.laxa Small. Stem 4-6 dm. tall, red tomentulose: blades of the lower 
leaves linear: p ee finely and densely ciliate; inner bracts narrowed 
at the tip, 4-5 mm. long: achene mostly over 3 m m. long. [L. gracilis Fl. 
SE U. S. Coastal sand-dunes, Fla. to Ala. and S. O Shr 
15. L. mi M A cid br. Stem 3-7 dm. tall, glabrous: cie of the lower 
leaves narrowly lin often elongate: inv olueral a labrous, nearly 
cylindrie; inner put. 1-8 mm. long: corollas D p 2 i n filaments fully 
half as long as the anthers: achene clava "oH ng. LL polyphylla 
Small.]—Sandy soil, Blue Ridge to Interior EON “Plateaus, Ga. to Tenn.— 
16. L. ee ys (Walt.) Kuntze. Stem 2-12 dm. tall, glabrous: leaves 
l 
ded ear the base; blades of the lower ones linear: involucral bracts nar- 
owly renee Sag a minutely ciliate; th ner ones 7—8 mm. long, linear 
Aenea ne 4-5 mm. long. [L. vittata Greene. | Arid fields ded w oods, pe damp 
savannas, Coastal Plain and adj. provinees, Fla. to Tenn. and N. J.— 
L. Smallii Britton. Stem 1-8 dm. tall, glabrous: leaves eiliate near the 
base; blades of the lower ones broadly or narrowly linear: inv pus braets 
eiliate margined, broadly linear and m E =. -tipped; inner bracts 
broadly linear, ciliolate all around, 8-9 mm. long: olla-tube scarce ely zi did 
than b pappus: achene 4-5 mm. ‘lon ng.—Mt. FEM “Blue Ridge, Ga. 
Sum 
=F o (Pursh) Kuntze. Stem 4-10 dm. e E lower leaves 
h long, linear or narrowly elliptie bl Ar braet of the involuere narrowly 
linear- elliptic, glabrous (sometimes puberulen incl ciliate, the inner 4-5 
ong: achene very coa rsely ribbed, 2— ae m. long.—Dry, open woods, fields 
and N Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. to Miss. and E ——Late 
m.—fall.—Probably L. ganida and L. Vae gata of Greene belong he 
19. L. Helleri Porter. Stem 1-4 dm. tall, glabrous or nearly so: blades of the 
lower leaves PAR involueral bracts minutely cili p inner braets narrowly 
2 7-8 mm. long: eorolla-tube twice as long as the pappus: achene about 
. long. SI soil and cliffs, Blue Ridge, N. " and Va.—Sum.—fall 
20. L. pilosa (Ait.) Heller. Stem 2-7 dm. tall, glabrous: blades of the lower 
leaves broadly linear or linear-oblong: involueral braets narrowly apu -elliptie, 
ees ous; inner ones linear, 8-10 mm. long: achene fully 5 m . long.—Dry 
Dd Or od en various provinees N of Coastal Plain, Ga. to Ala., W. 
Va., and S V 
1. L. aspera (Michx.) Greene. Stem 3-15 dm. tall, densely ars blades 
of the lower leaves narrowly elliptie: involueral braets with only the s 
ti ip and sid i 
ene 4-5 ous pr 
kla. to Nebr., Minn. and Ind.—Sum.-fall.—L. aspera sphaeroidea 
(tiet) Alexander, a variety with glabrous leaves oeeurs on mountain slopes 
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