CARDUACEAE 1373 
soil, in shaded plaees, various provinees, rarely Coastal Plain, N. C. to Minn. 
and N. S.—Sum. | i 
12. A. commixtus (Nees) Kuntze. Stem 5-6 dm, hi igh, rather robust, glandu- 
lar-pubeseent over the upper half and — oe = af-bla pd: ; rough, = ck, 
dull-green, paler Den ovate-acute in ty lov te or with curvescent 
teeth, and with slender petioles; only the ba E leaves, E any, slightly bius 
upper leaves diminished, finally laneeolate and sessile; bracteals ir small and 
few: inflorescence loos ly eorymbose, with ae ascending rne S: bracts nar- 
row and acute or subulate, ciliate - minutely pube T the snes squarrosely 
recurved: ligules of the ray pale-violet becoming white : di sk becoming copper- 
PU ry woods, Appalachian odi , Ga. and Ala.—Late sum.—fall.— 
From its congeners A. mirabilis and the northern A. Ife erveyi, this is distin- 
guished by the long aeumination of its squarrose braets; and from A. mirabilis 
by its eapitate glands. 
13. A. mirabilis T. & G. Stem 3-7 dm. tall, sparingly branched above, mani- 
festly pubescent, the branches and especi ally the branchlets closely and finely 
ubescent: lea aves various, s basal and lower cauline little known, the upper 
mote; cm. eee or 
upper surface fewer, cope often spinescent: head solitary o 
S: j u t 
: 10 mm. hi bra 
a E t without and ciliate, the recurved herbaceous a obtuse 
n bo 20; s viole 
nt all.—Resem - 
formis Burgess, but the bracts squarrose and leaves idu d corda- 
tion seems wanting but will probably yet be found on some basal leav 
14. A. Shortii Hook. Stem 6-12 dm. high, roughish or smooth, slender, panic- 
ulately branched above: leaf. ea thick, glabrous or nearly so above, finely 
and sparingly pubescent ise h; those of the basal and lower cauline leaves 
o j at the 
ovate nded or eve 
wholly entire, 5-15 cm. ut dull and seabrous above, borne on slender naked 
ioles; those of the upper cauline e laneeola ate, entire, sessile or with 
short d = bou po Dore te, those of the branches small and scale-like: 
heads 5—30 br dl nulate: b 
invo 
mainly "uns acu e, Puce iut their green tips appressed: ray-flowers 10— 
15; ligules linear, penus , 10-12 mm. long: pappus tawny.—Banks and edges 
o "woods, various provinces N of Coastal Plain, Ga. to Ala., Tenn., Ill., and 
Pa.— Fall. 
15. A. Camptosorus Small. Stem 4-8 dm. tall, simple and glabrous below the 
inflorescence, slightly flexuous: leaf-blades lanceolate, attenu ate, 6-16 cm. lon 
resembling those of Camptosorus rhizophyllus, entire, undulate and sometimes 
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purple, about E p ong. T ud Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, Ga. 
o Ala. i 
