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its profuse linear shining, rough- di n leaf- wens and small level-topped white 
heads.—A usually taller form fro a. an , with lower leaves 15-18 em 
long, and often denticulate, and Se rue is A. ptarmicoides georgianus. 
92. A. acuminatus Michx. Stem 3-9 dm. high, pubescent or puberulent zig- 
zag, eorymbosely pM din ee below: leaf-blades thin, broadly ob- 
long or elliptic, 7-15 e ong, a imate at the apex, narrowed to a cuneate 
sessile base, sharply dud re ERR E pinnately ka glabrous 
or pubescen T above, pubescent at least on the ns beneath, low shaded 
plants often p s os and apres Pu ‘whorl ed: jug: severa] or 
numerous, 25-3 . broad: qos nearly hemis pr braets subulate- 
linear, i "the red uch shorter: ray-flow s 12-18; ligules narrow 
19-16 mm. long, e or slightly purplish : Bi. eopious, soft and fine, 
very white: achene pubescent.—Moist woods, often in acid soil, Blue Ridge and 
more N provinees, Ga. to Ont. ap Vp n —fall.—Remarkable for its soft- 
pubescent, limp subviscid leaves and its decurved buds becoming erect and 
fragrant in flower. The ones are 5d slender 
A. paludosus Ait. as 3—7 dm. tall, roughish or rough-pubescent, acd 
cially above, slender, virgate and simple, or somewhat branched above, pale or 
purplish: leat -blades In acuminate or nearly so, long, entire or 
sparingly hack-serrate, gl S 0 rly so, rather rigid, mostly 1-veined, 
aeute, the er part either narrowed and sheathing or somewhat auriculate, th 
arg rough or ciliate: heads few or sev i e, 3— 
involuere broadly gre eer bracts imbricate in t 3—4 series, ciliate 
and pubescent, the upper half more or less foliacenus; the inner bracts very 
h r ear to spatulate, sometim the sam e 
outer bracts a acute, usually exceeding the es often thickened- 
me at s tip: ray-flowers 20-380; ligules deep blue-violet, 10-15 
long: pappus tawny: achene oe nearly so.—Moist, sandy soil, Coastal 
RM and Piedmont, Ga. to N. C.— 
. pedionomus Alexander. Stem 3-8 dm. (rarely 1 m.) tall, from a woody 
cor ] n 
simple, but branched n ve, pale or purplish: leaf-blades linear to narrowly 
ped glabrous, seabrate-margined, rigid, mostly 1-veined, acute, but slightly 
wed at the sessile or sheathing base: heads few or several, panie eulate, 3.5 
poer cds nearly hemispheric; bracts Mp m in several series, the 
a long and 
l th er 
linear-lance ie ‘the inner linear or slightly spatulate: ray-flowers 20-30; 
nu oe oe 10-20 mm. long: pappus tawny: achene somewhat pubescent. 
ar ry soil, sg hillsides and woods, various provinees, Fla. and Ga. 
to Tex., ' Kans., and Tenn—Fall. 
95. A. Gattingeri Alexander. Stem 3-6 dm. tall, from a woody corm-like root- 
stock, glabrous, or sparingly short- Di a t above, slender and simple, pale or 
P leaf-blades linear, 4-12 em. long, entire, glabrous, seabrate margined, 
rigid, l-veined j : 
rrowed : 
BO ua d in a racemiform m e 3—4 cm. broad: lue arly 
hemispheric; bracts imbricate in 4—5 series, the nips Ai eaten Sab one RT 
the outer foliaceous abov Aa: shorter ien nner, the inner very thin, 
purple tipped, a; > s wide as the o 'ray-flow 05 i ligules violet, 10-12 mm. 
ong: pappus tawny: nates slighty p ube Me —Dry, sandy soil, Coastal Plain 
and adj. 2 inees, Ala., and Miss. can ——Early fall. 
96. A. hemisphericus Alexander. Stem 1-7 dm. tall, from a long- -stoloniferous, 
wiry or woody rootstock, which usually forms colonies; glabrous, or spar sely 
pubescent above; slender, simple or sometimes branched in the inflorescence, 
