1448 CARDUACEAE 
3. nuecensis Heller. Plant up to 1 m. tall, usually i Sato blades of 
the lower leaves ovate to elliptic in outline, us sually pinnately lobed, the lobes 
elliptic: outer conic bracts lanceolate: ligules Du hos several ed 
markings near the ped of 
king h ac together appeari 
suborbicular, about MÁS . long, the body with a der md callosity a either 
end within, the wings near s s S broad as the body.—Moist soil, Coastal Plain, 
S Tex., also mS d Prom OA eastward. 
4. ©. pubescens Ell. Plant 6-12 dm. tall, AR leaf-blades ovate to 
edd E the lobes small when present; outer involueral bracts linear- 
lanceolate: achene orbicular, about 3 long.—Dry woodlands, thickets, 
| ad old fields, various provinces, Fla. ie Miss. , Lil, and Va.—Sum.-fall. 
5. C. grandiflora Hogg. Plant 3-6 dm. tall, glabrous edid the leaf-bases: 
blades of the lower leaves nd ate or lanceolate, som s lobe . outer 
bracts of the involucre lanceolate, 6-9 mm. long: A pev lar, 251 mn 
i i soil, woods and reel US provinces, rarely Coastal Plain, Ga. 
to Tex., N. Mex., and Md.—Spr 
6. ©. saxicola Alexander. Plant up to 1 m. tall, glabrous throughout: leaf- 
blades pinnately dissected into linear- MEL B eis outer braets of the 
pain ee to lanceolate lon cr achene iii 
2-3 mm. long, with i d glands on Te inner sr wings more or les 
fimbri iy iu ted.—Dry soil, on and about Stone Min, in the Piedmont 
of Ga., also Tallapoosa Co., in the Piedmont of Ala.—Sum 
7. C. errs L. Plant 2-5 dm. tall, more or less pubescent: leaf-blades 
round-oval to elliptic-ovate, sometimes with 1 or 2 small basal outer 
involucral ee linear- elliptic, 7-9 mm. long: a val, 2-2.5 mm. long.— 
Dry soil, woods, thickets, and Ie -plaees, various E Fla. po Miss., 
Tenn. » W. Va. A "Ya —BSpr.- 
8. C. teris L. cd 8-30 di. tall, glabrous or nearly so: leaf- pape 
deeply puri ided, the divisions elliptic-lanceolate or Dun or those o 
the upper leaves End outer involucral bracts po 2-9 m . lon ng: e 
elliptie, yellow w: achene prd 5-6 mm. long.—Woods, river- p, and old 
fields, various provinces, Fla. to La., Tenn., and Pa cum -—fall. 
C. or Walt. Plant 5-9 dm. tall pubescent (or glabrous in C. ed 
"oer leat. ag d with elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate lobes (or lobes very 
long and narrow in C. major rigida): outer inv olucral bracts linear- “elliptic, 
5-6 mm. long: Reis elliptic, 5-6 mm. long. [C. bids Miehx. E T 
woods, various provinces, Fla. to Miss., Tenn., W. Va. —Sum 
Pe ios F L. Plant 5-9 dm , glabrous: leaf- blades with 
div or twice aera ed pe linear-filiform lobes: outer 
ier bd. linear, 5-6 mm. long: achene elliptic- have: 4-5 mm. lon aal 
Dry acid soil, rocky places, oce and ud various Done rarely 
Coastal Plain, Ala. to Kans., Nebr. , On t., N. J., and N. C—Sum.—fall. 
11. C. delphinifolia Lam. Plant 8-15 dm. tall, glabrous: leaf-blades with 
the pude division parted into 3-5 ie lobes: outer involueral braets linear, 
5-6 mm. lon g: achene elliptic, 5-6 mm. long.—Dry woods, pinelands, and low 
unde various provinees, Ga. to Ala. and Va. um. 
12. C. pulchra F. E. Boynton. Plant 4-7 dm. tall, glabrous: leaf-blades with 
the primary divisions parted into linear lobes: outer involueral bracts linear, 
