COMPOSITAE. 



5. Chrysopsis villosa (Ptirsh) Nutt. 



Hairy Golden Aster. Fig. 4199. 

 Amellus rillosus Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 564. 1814. 

 Inula villosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 151. 1818. 

 C. villosa *Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 7: 



316. 1841. 



C. foliosa Nutt. loc. cit. 316. 1841. 

 Chrysopsis camporum Greene, Pittonia 3 : 88. 



1897. 



Stem villous or strigose-pubescent, i-2 

 high. Leaves oblong, lanceolate, or oblan- 

 ceolate, obtuse or acutish, i'-2' long, 2"-s" 

 wide, the upper sessile, the lower narrowed 

 into a petiole, pale, persistently canescent 

 with appressed hairs; heads rather few, i' 

 broad or more, terminating the short 

 branches ; rays oblong-linear, golden yellow ; 

 involucre hemispheric, its bracts 4"-5" high, 

 linear-subulate, pubescent and often ciliate; 

 achenes obovate, 3-5-nerved. 



In dry soil, Minnesota and Illinois to Ala- 

 bama, Manitoba, British Columbia, Nebraska 

 and New Mexico. July-Aug. Rosin-wood. 



VOL. III. 



4. Chrysopsis mariana (L.) 



Ell. Maryland Golden 



Aster. Fig. 4198. 



Inula mariana L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1240. 



1763. 



I. mariana Nutt. Gen. 2: 151. 1818. 

 C. mariana Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2 : 335. 



1824. 



Stout, i -2* high, loosely villous- 

 pubescent with silky hairs when 

 young, at length nearly glabrous, 

 corymbosely branched at the sum- 

 mit. Upper leaves oblong, or lanceo- 

 late, acutish or obtuse, sessile, i'-2' 

 long, the lower oblanceolate or spatu- 

 late and narrowed into a petiole, 

 generally obtuse, 2'-4' long and 

 sometimes i' wide; heads commonly 

 numerous, g"-i2" broad, on glandu- 

 lar peduncles ; involucre hemispheric, 

 its bracts glandular, acute, viscid- 

 pubescent ; achenes obovate. 



In dry soil, southern New York and 

 Pennsylvania to Tennessee, Florida and 

 Louisiana. Aug.-Sept. Golden-star. 



6. Chrysopsis stenophylla (A. Gray) 



Greene. Stiff-leaved Golden 



Aster. Fig. 4200. 



Chrysopsis villosa var. stenophylla A. Gray, 



Syn. Fl. i : Part 2, 123. 1884. 

 C. stenophylla Greene, Erythea 2 : 96. 1894. 

 C. angustifolia Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 37: 128. 



1910. 



Low, slender, hirsute or rough-pubescent, 

 6'-io' high. Leaves linear or slightly broad- 

 ened above, densely canescent and ciliate, 

 acutish, 9"-! 5" long, i"-2" wide, the mar- 

 gins revolute in drying; involucre hemi- 

 spheric or broadly campanulate. its bracts 

 pubescent or the outer densely ciliate ; heads 

 few, 6"-io" broad. 



In dry soil, Missouri and Nebraska to Arkan- 

 sas and Texas. Aug.-Sept. 



