1474 CARDUACEAE 
1. G. anthemifolia A. Juss MP id depressed, light-green, the 
edm often creeping: leave erect or nearly so, 4-14 cm. long, the lobes 
acute or acuminate, long-hairy: peace o "hé 
involuere eid eiae. 4.5-5.5 mm 
usually som E ie minate: achene-body 
ellipsoid-cuneate 2 a long, t 
margins sage) Rut E n dense tufts, 
bayou-bank oadsides, i ES S 
fields, a in waste pour Coastal Plain, 
Fla. to Tex. Nat. of S. Am —Spr. 
G.nasturtiifolia A. Juss. Plant much de- 
ne-body eun long, es 
os sharply qM poole s (A. Juss.) D. C.]—In patches 
or carpets, low, moist, or damp, partly shaded places, Coastal Plain, Fla. to La. 
and N. C. Nat of S. Am. —FEarly spr. 
116. ARNICA L. Perennial simple-stemmed or sparingly branched 
herbs. Leaves typica oe i ia blades entire or toothed. Heads solitary 
ral. Involuere tly turbinate or 
eampanulate, or die T i : bracts 
early equal, narrow. Ray-flowers with yel- 
p r 
tles.—About 45 species, in the Northern 
Hemisphere. 
1. A. acaulis (Walt.) B. S. P. Plant 2-10 
dm. tall hirsute: leaves mainly bas al and 
rou 
l or ovate, 5-1 long, lio E S 
toothed or rae entire: braets of the i; 
voluere 9.5-11 long, acute: ligules L A 2.5 cm. long: achene 4 mm. long. 
. nudicaulis Nutt.]— quon se E.)— uat ne low rs n woods, in 
acid soil, Coastal Plain and adj. provinees, Fla. to —Sum.—Rather rare. 
117. EMILIA. Cass. Annual or perennial, tender herbs. Leaves 
alternate, but often pci basal: blades entire toothed, or lyrate-pinnatifid. 
Heads solitary or in lax corymbs. Involucre swollen at the base: bracts in one 
series and without ee ones at the base. Ray- dou wanting. Disk- 
eorollas golden, purple, or red, with a cylindrie throat and a slender tube, the 
lobes lanceolate. Filaments slender. Achene 5-ribbed—About $3 species, 
natives of the Old World Tropics. 
Corollas searlet or orange: heads stout: involucre campanulate, usually over 1 cm. 
1. E. coccinea. 
Corollás lilac or pale- PA heads To involucre cylin- 
dric-campanulate, usually s than 1 em. long. 2. E. sonchifolia. 
1 Revised by Edward Johnston ends 
