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bristles several times longer than the achene.—Waste-plaees and roadsides, WwW 
Fla. Nat. of E. I.—Sum. 
55. ULARIA Godr. & Gren.  Perennial, much-branched, partly 
woody plants. Leaves alternate: blades rather narrow, toothed, clasping, more 
or less kon at the base. Heads numer- 
ous, nieled, short-pedunecled. Involucre 
Bd Me many-flowered: braets narrow, 
coroll 
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of a cylindric-ellipsoid type, not ribbed. 
Pappus of several capillary scabrous bristles. 
—About 3 species, Eurasian and African. 
1. C. viscosa (Ait.) Godr. & Gren. Ste 
1 m. tall or less, chap bes e leaf- blades elliptic to lanceolate or linear 
lanceolate, 2-12 ¢ ong, serrate, sessile: involucre 8-9 mm. high, gla andular ; 
m. cts ovate to Fae or linear-spatulate, the inner 6-7 mm. long, short-acumi- 
e: ligules yellow, Re s 1 mm. lon ng: achene narrowly ellipsoid or slightly 
is Te upward, abou . long, finely pubescent.—Roadsides and waste- 
places, W Fla. N at. of "giu. Sum fall. 
56. SMALLANTHUS Mackenzie. Perennial herbs. Leaves opposite: 
blades very broad, palmately veined. Heads conspicuously radiate. Involuere 
large, the outer series of bracts folia- 
eeous, the inner narrower. Ray-flowers 
conspicuous, the corollas with pubescent 
tubes and don ng yellow ligules. Disk-flow- 
ers i short abortive ovaries, the corol- 
t 
with cylindraceous throats and short, 
ciliate lobes. Stigma slender, 2o DaS 
under the appendage. Achene somewhat 
laterally compressed, oblique, finely striate. 
—One species. 
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ovate to elliptic, es mm. long: ray-flowers with yellow ligules 15-20 m 
long: achene 5-6 long. Pa Uvedalia (L.) Small]— (BEAR. 
FOOT. )—Rich soil, edges of woods, thickets, and stream-banks, various provinces, 
Fla. to Tex., Mo. . Y.—Sum.—fall. 
57. POLYMNIA L. Perennial, widely D inenen herbs. Leaves op- 
posite or mainly so: blades broad, pinnately veined. Heads adu Rd 
radiate. Involucre small, double, the outer series of bracts loose, the inner 
ones variously shaped. Ray-flowers inconspicuous, the corollas i pubescent 
