1396 CARDUACEAE 
pink. [Z. nudicaulis Michx.]—Moist pine- 
lands and shallow ponds, Coastal Plain, Fla. 
to La. and Va.—Spr.-sum. | 
pulchellus Michx. oe 
sal l obovate, patie or elliptic: 
outer bracts of the involucre S 
cent; inner bracts acuminate, 5- mm. | 
long: ray-flowers 50—65; ligules violet or AEE pro 
bluish-purple: disk- corollas 4 mm. lon NU M 
[5. Mi Aa Muhl.] — (Roux S-PLAN- SU & 
TAIN.)— = ar. various provinces, ^ | : 
Fla. to La. s —Spr. 
3. E. quercifolius Lám. Stem 1-7 dm 
pubescent: blades of the Hen leaves Bec oblanceolate, or ETE p 
atifid or sinuate-pinnatifid: involueres manifestly pubescent; inner bracts pro 
longed into slender tips: ray-flowers numerous: disk-corollas '3.5-4 mm . long.— 
Pinelands, grassy banks, and open woods, -o Plain and adj. provinces, 
Fla. to Tex., Tenn., and S. C.— —(W. I.)—Spr.- 
4. E. philadelphicus L. Stem 1-12 dm. tall, pd hirsute: blades of the 
basal leaves spatulate to oblong, o toothed: outer bracts of the involucre 
2: 
minutely hispidulous; inner bracts -3 mm. long: ray-flowers 100 or 
more; ligules pink or e-purple: isk A 1.5-2 mm CE 
fields, and low pastures, ru. provinees, Fla. to Tex., Calif., B. C., Ont 
and Lob.— —Spr.- 
5. E. annuus (L.) Pers. Stem 3-12 dm. tall, pene pubescent: blades of the 
basal leaves ger elliptic, or lanceolate, coars sely toothed or incised: bracts o 
the involucre wi ith few long hairs: ligules of the pink, purplish or rarely 
white: disk-corollas less than half the length of the larger involucral bracts.— 
(DAISY-FLEABANE. SWEET- pid m places, in fields, and thickets, 
various provinees, Ga. to Miss. Mo., Man., and N. S.—(W TS um.—Often 
a weed. 
cent: blades of the basal ee ae e to ere. ee toothed: Tais 
: i : oa 
pi ‘ : 
sir igosus Muhl. E. strigosus Beyrichii A. Gray. I em e 
lds, and roadsides, nearly throughout N. A. —Spr.sum.— Commonly a weed. 
42, LEPTILON Raf. Annual or biennial, weedy herbs. Leaves al- 
ternate: blades narrow, entire or o. toothed. Heads several or numer- 
ous, inconspie ios radiate or diseoid. volueres usually eampanulate or 
eylindrie, few-flowered: braets very narrow, pn inner mueh longer than the 
cuter ones. een ie few: corollas with a very slender tube and a minute 
i 
tube: lobes deltoid. Pappus of et brittle capillary bristles in 1 series.— 
About 20 species, American and Asi 
Inner braets of the involucre glabrous or nearly s 
Stem usually simple below the inflorescence: Ste -flowers with as ligules. 
Ste m-leaves with mainly entire or merely few-toothed e 
Pla nt glabrate or hirsute: involucral bracts gree 
throu gho ut. 1. L. canadense. 
