THISTLE FAMILY 965 



Lower leaves and often the upper with narrow, again cleft or toothed, spreading divi- 

 sions. 

 Heads 25-50-flowered; involucre 4-5 mm. high, 5-8 mm. broad. 



Heads erect, borne singly on peduncles 1-12 mm. long; leaves equally tomen- 



tose on both sides. 51. A. floccosa. 



Heads borne in small glomerules, sessile, only the terminal one erect; leaves 



less tomentose above. 52. A. candicans. 



Heads 20-30-flowered; involucre 3 mm. high, 2.5-3.5 mm. broad. 



53. A. Flodmanii. 



X. DISCOLORES. 



Leaves densely white-tomentose beneath, loosely floccose above, at least when young. 

 Heads very numerous in a branched leafy panicle; leaves not revolute-margined. 



54. A. discolor. 



Heads fewer, usually in a narrow spike-like or racemiform inflorescence; leaves revo- 

 lute-margined. 55. A. Michauxiana. 



Leaves minutely tomentulose beneath, glabrous above. 



Heads hemispheric, nodding at least in anthesis. 56. A. graveolens. 



Heads campanulate, erect in anthesis. 57. A. tennis. 



XI. WRIGHTIANAE. 



Leaves sparingly pubescent or glabrous, green above. 



Heads erect; involucre about 2 mm. broad. 58. A. Wrightii. 



Heads nodding; involucre about 3 mm. broad. 59. A. Bakeri. 



Leaves white-tomentose on both sides. 60. A. Carruthii. 



XII. PONTICAE. 



One species. 61. A. Abrotanum. 



XIII. BlGELOVIAXAE. 



One species. 62. A. Bigelovii. 



XIV. TRIDENT AT AE. 



Involucre 4-5 mm. high, 3-5 mm. broad; heads 7-15-flowered (rarely 5- or 6-flowered). 

 Leaves mostly entire; heads numerous in a dense but not spike-like panicle. 



63. A. cana. 



Leaves, at least some of them, 3-5-toothed at the apex; heads fewer in a narrow spike- 

 like panicle. 



Plant 1-3 dm. high; branches decumbent or spreading at the base. 



64. A. arbuscula. 

 Plant about 5 dm. high, with erect strict branches. 65. A. spiciformis. 



Involucre 2-4 mm. high, 2-2.5 mm. broad; heads 1-8-flowered. 

 Leaves, at least some of them, 3-toothed at the apex. 



Shrubs 5-50 dm. high; heads numerous in ample panicles. 



Leaves cuneate. 66. A. tridentata. 



Leaves narrowly linear-cuneate or linear. 67. A. angusta. 



Shrub 1-4 dm. high; heads fewer. 



Heads glomerate in dense panicles; involucre turbinate. 62. A. Bigelovii. 

 Heads in simple, raceme-like panicles; involucre campanulate. 



Heads 7-9-flowered; involucre densely canescent. 64. A. arbuscula. 

 Heads 1-6-flowered; involucre nearly glabrous. 68. A. nova. 



Leaves 3-cleft into linear-filiform divisions. 69. A. tripartita. 



XV. RIGIDAE. 



One species. 70. A. rigida. 



XVI. PYGMAEAE. 

 One species. 71. A. pygmaea. 



1. A. glauca Pallas. Perennial; stem 3-6 dm. high, silky-pubescent; leaves 

 entire, linear, 2-5 dm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, or with a few linear divisions, silky- 

 canescent; heads small, numerous in a large panicle; involucres about 13 mm. 

 broad; bracts elliptic, pubescent, scarious-margined ; flowers yellow. Prairies and 

 banks: Man. Neb. Colo. Alta.; Siberia. Plain. Jl-O. 



2. A. aromatica A. Nels. Perennial; stems mostly simple, 4-8 dm. high, 

 glabrous; leaves mostly entire, some of the lower 3-cleft, linear, 2-7 cm. long, 

 2-6 mm. wide; heads numerous, in a large leafy panicle, nodding; involucres 3-4 

 mm. broad, glabrous; bracts elliptic, dark green with scarious margins; flowers 

 brown, the fertile ones 10-20, the sterile more numerous. Mountain valleys: 

 Alta. Colo. n Calif. Wash.; n Mex. Submont. 



3. A. dracunculoides Pursh. Perennial; stem 5-15 dm. high, glabrous; 

 leaves narrowly linear, or some 3-cleft with similar divisions, glabrous, 3-7 dm. 

 long, 1-3 mm. wide; heads very numerous, in a compound panicle, nodding; in- 

 volucres broad, glabrous, yellowish green; bracts elliptic, obtuse; ray-flowers 

 10-20. Prairies and plains : Man. Mo. Tex. Calif. B.C. Plain Submont. 



