CARDUACEAE 1455 
with a narrowly funnelform throat and a shorter tube. Filaments nearly as 
long as the anthers. Pappus of 7-9 elliptic or lanceolate scales. Achene pubes- 
cent.—Two species; as follows: 
Disk dark-purple: lower cauline leaves ee em. long. 1. E. atropurpurea. 
Disk yellow: lower cauline leaves 4-6 cm. long. 2. E. uniflora. 
1. E. atropurpurea Soe ar Small. Plant 6-8 dm. tall: leaf-blades linear- 
spatulate; narrower bracts of the involucre ig mm. long: ligules linear-cuneate: 
corollas of a ae mostly less th 0m 
= g: m much shor 
e 
th: 
[Ba "a" wina UU DEG dad 
Mon Ded. Coastal Plain, S. Ga.—Fall. 
uniflora (Nutt.) Barnhart. . Plant 
3-9 dm. tall: leaf-blades spatulate to linear: 
narrower brae he involuere 10-11 
g: ligules spatulate: corollas of the 
disk mostl 6.5 long: filaments 
nearly as long as the anthers. [Balduina 
uniflora Nut Low  pinelands, Coastal 
Plain, Fla. to La . C— ].— 
Endorima and Acti ospermu m are peculiar 
in having the bractlets of the eg ae 
partly eonereted into honeycomb-like strue- 
ture which partly eae the achenes. 
90. ACTINOSPERMUM Ell. Annual or bi iennial, branching herbs. 
Leav es alternate, often numerous: ag: very narrow, entire. Involucre thick: 
bracts in several series, in the inner nar- 
rower and longer than " Ray- 
owers numerous: corollas with SEHE broad 
yellow ligules. Disk-corollas with a cylin- 
a 
drie-campanulate thro a very short 
or be: lobes lanceolate. Fila- 
ments shorter than the anthers appus of 
e 
-12 obovate-orbieular seales. Achene pu- 
bescent.—One species. 
A. E de sh) T. & G. Plant 
dm 
ou l bracts minat -flowers 8- : 
Babes d d en -yellow, less than 2 cm. ous: disk-corollas 4-5 m 
long; 1 obes lane e turbinate, about 2 mm. long.—Sandhills, pine: 
ee and oak, Coastal "Plain, Fla. to Miss. and Ga.—Spr.—fall or locally all 
yea 
91 MARSHALLIA Schreb. Perennial, rigid herbs. Leaves alternate: 
blades entire. Heads discoid. Involuere campanulate or hemispherie: braets 
broad or narrow. Ray-flowers wanting.  Disk-corollas white, pink, or purple, 
with a campanulate or obsolete throat and a long slender tube: lobes linear 
or nearly so. Filaments somewhat shorter than the anthers. Pappus of 5 or 
6 nearly equal seales.—About 10 species, natives of the southeastern United 
States.—BARBARA 'S-BUTTONS. 
