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©. dracunculoides. Pu. 2. p. 517. Ons. stem shrubby and 
much branched, from 6 to 8 feet high. Leaves narrow 
and numerous, about 2 or 3 inches long, only 1 or 2 lines 
wide. Flowers numerous, in terminal, flattish clusters, of 
a brilliant yellow. Scales of the calix rigid, and obtusely 
Carinate. Style bifid and pubescent, exserted. Seed 
villous. The scent of the whole plant strong and disa- 
’ greeable somewhat like that of Rue. 
2. nauseosa. Pallas. Herbaceous; leaves narrow, linear, 
and as well as the calix subtomentose; corymb loose; ca- 
lix 5-flowered. Has. On the banks of the Missouri; rare. 
3. nmudata. UHerbaceous; every where smooth, radical 
leaves spathulate-lanceolate, 3-nerved; cauline scarcely 
any, linear; stem nearly naked; corymb compound, fasti- 
giate; calix oblong, 3 or 4-flowered. Has. On the mar- 
swamps in New Jersey, near the sea-coast. Oss. Nearly 
allied to C. nudata, but distinct, and resembles more \$«- 
lidage tenuifolia with which it might easily be confounded. 
The stem is about 18 inches high and nearly 
from the base. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, about a line 
wide, smooth and thickish, nerveless, somewhat remote. 
Calix and florets bright yellow. Seed vilious; pappus un- 
_ A genus of about 22 species, principally indigenous to 
the Cape of Good Hope, North America, and Siberia; 
there is also 1 species in Europe, 1 in Syria indigenous to 
Mount Horeb, and 2 to New Holland. 
545. CACALIA. L. 
Calizx cylindric, oblong, the base only some-~ 
what caliculate. Receptacle naked. Pappus pi- 
, lose. 
