1342 CARDUACEAE 
hemispherie or eampanulate, the inner bracts 
ciliate. Ray-flowers with b apos yellow 
i unnelf 
Anther- 
appendages Enc s poss du cacao 
or triangular. Achenes of the ray thickish, 
those of the disk flat. Pappus of the disk 
of many bristles, those of the outer series 
shorter and stouter an those of the 
inner.—About 6 Spenge North American. 
H. subaxilaris (Lam.) Britt. & Rusby. 
B. 3 12 dm. tall, hirsute or hispid; blades 
of the stem-leaves elliptic to end -lanceo- 
late, 1-7 em. long, serrate: in e 7-8 mm. high; outer om Pisa 
pubeseent: achene about 2 mm. TUBE. [H. Lamarckii Cass.].— (CAM di 
PLANT. je sand-dunes, and waste-places, various CNN s 
Tex., Kans., and Del.—(W. I., Mes., C. A., S. A.)—Sum.-fall, Yall 
yea oS = v weedy sane very variable in habit and with a great re of 
lenf. for 
25. CHONDROPHORA Raf. Perennial, glabrous, slender, virgate- 
stemmed herbs. Leaves alternate: blades very narrow, entire. Heads in 
terminal eorymbs, or rarely thyrsoid. Involuere narrow, few-flowered: bracts 
narrow, abruptly or gradually narrowed at the apex. Ray-flowers wanting. 
Disk-corollas yellow, with a broadly funnelform throat about as long as the 
tube or longer: lobes lanceolate. Achenes 1-2-ribbed on each side. Pappus 
of 1 series of bristles.— Two species.—Sum.—RAYLESS-GOLDENRODS. 
Stem-leaves with linear or linear-spatulate blades. 1. C. nudata. 
Stem-leaves with filiform blades. 2. C. virgata 
C. nudata (Miehx.) iiir. Stem 2-6 dm. tall: blades of the i 
leaves spatulate to linear-spatulate, 3-12 em. long: inner bracts of the 
a linear- E or linear- a 4.5—5 
long, aeu or acutish — Pinelands, 
Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex. and Va. (or 
N. J.?). 
2. C. virgata (Nutt.) Greene. Similar to 
C. nudata in habit: blades of the basal 
when the plants grow en masse, especially on 
prairies, shows a color not usually seen in 
this family. 
and 
prairies, Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, W 
Fla. Tex. and Ga.—The greenish yellow 
very numero us desc heads of these species, 
26. BRINTONIA Greene. Perennial pubescent, leafy-stemmed herbs. 
Leaves alternate: blades broad, coarsely toothed, with wide petiole-like bases. 
