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m. long, entire or serrulate, connate: corymb open: heads in small s 
bcp of the involuere 5, narrowly elli T 3.5-4.5 mm. long: ligule 2.5-3 m 
long: disk-flow ers 2-5, the e corolla 2.5 long: achene about 1.5 mm . lon Dow 
Low pud. wet prairies, and videnda swamps, pen. Fla. and the Keys. 
3. F. linearis Lag. Stem 2-9 dm. long, sometimes decumbent, corymbose 
d striate, glabrous: penn narrowly linear, often narrowly so, 3-10 
m. long, na arrowed above Es connate bases, entire: eos mbs irregular: heads 
numerous: braets of the br uei mostly 5, 3.5-4 long, pup. or 
lanceolate: ray- ws PrP solitary; ligule elliptic to ak 2-3.5 mm. long: 
disk-flowers usually 5-10, e corollas 2.5-3.5 m ong: achene about 2 mm. 
long. [F. pinetorum Bla ke.]—Coastal bx ju s marshes, and low 
pecan E. Fla. and the Mende .) 
4. F. floridana J. R. Johnston. Stem 0 dm. tall or dis pae glabrous: 
leaf-blades Tinea lanceolate to linear, 2. = 8 em. lo ong, rely denticu- 
late, slightly connate: heads 10—13-flow Bd in n mj p dus which are 
often subtende à by a uA 1 As leaves: D of pus involuere about 4 mm. 
long: ligule oval, about 2 long: disk-corollas 2.5 mm. long: achene about 
1.5 mm. id — Pa ‘pen. Fla 
5. F. rvia (Spreng.) C. Mohr. Stem 2-1? dm. tall, widely yu apis. 
aped ps Maie buon -elliptic - bor p: or bro oadly linear, 3-10 e 
long, a somewhat acuminate, rate, 3-ribbed, narrowed to the Sees 
but oed p S: ds usually 1- fio eared in sexy or involuerate clusters: 
bracts 1-3, or aren accompanied by a ory ones: corolla of the 
put flowers 1.5 mm. long, the ligule aa poen of the perfect flower 
lon ng: achene Ee about 2 mm. long.—Waste-places and cult 
oum various provinces, Ala. to Ariz.—(W. I., Mex., C. A., ) 
1. TAGETES L. Annual or rarely perennial, strong-scented, erect, 
caulescent herbs. Leaves mostly opposite: blades pinnately divide c d 
erect. Involuere narrow: bracts partly united. Ray-flowers severa h 
eorollas with elongate tubes and broad aioe ed, often variegated, d 
Disk-eorollas elongate, the slender tube and narrow throat about equal in 
length. Achene elongate, somewhat 4-angled. Pappus of unequal narrow 
scales. ss Bonit 20 species, of warm and tropical Ameriea.—MARIGOLDS 
Heads solitary at the ee of pus pacem involucre campanulate : ray- "ud ers 5-8; 
ligules obovate, 1 c long o 1. T. erecta. 
Heads in compact Conia. a re e fusiform : ray-flowers 
sually 3 ; ligules suborbicular, usually 5 mm. long or less. 2. T. minuta. 
1. T. erecta L. Plant mostly 2-15 dm. tall, the branches spreading or 
ultimately more or less decumbent: leaf- divisions linear-lanceolate, ae 
mostly 1-2 em. long, sharply and rather coarsely ser- 
rate: ard elongate, markedly clavate: involuere 
15-18 ong; lobes ovate, short-acumiuate: Bgules 
obo a pu or pale -yello w, 1-2 em. long: disk- 
corollas 11-16 mm n ng; lobes lanceolate: achene 
nearly linear, 7- 9 m long, about as long as the 
longer pappus-se slo CABE CAN MARIGOLD.)—Road- 
e fields, and waste- places, Fla. at. of Mex.— f 
(W. I., C. A., S. A., O. W.)—Al yea 
2. d. & L. uon t 3-10 dm. e E. res 
erect or near perm f-divisions linear to 
eeolate, finely Bu nene serrate: Ems poda Menden. involucre about 1 
em. long; lobes deltoid, obtuse or merely acutish : ligules yellowish, suborbicular, 
