en). He albiflorum Hook. —? Perennial herbs with stout rootstocks, for the 
most part 50-60 cm. tall, #aveljas—much—ac—t0-ene® thinly retrorsely hir- 
sute toward the base, glaucous for the rest, the 
stems commonly scapose, bearing d-5 reduced ‘leaves _-senely—in—siponeve—> 
; basal leaves oblanceolate, mostly 
obtuse, 4-8 cm. lons or as much as 20 cm. in robust plants, sparingly sinua tes 
denticulate or entire, all thinly hirsute on both surfaces, the lower surface 
. pale; the lower stem leaves Similar but smaller, becoming oblong or elliptical, 
acute, sessile and glaucous higher on the stems; branches of the inflorescence 
slender, ascending, often glandular, the heads 
Panel —H+Bictil:  »acemese—in> 
-smaj)—crecimenispravailinck> in diffuse cymose panicles, these sometimes 4 
BMD1 6 rie OSOUS SPE lIeRP, 50-40 cm. lons; involucres bell-shaped, consisting : 
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of 2 series or unequal narrowly lanceolate, acute bracts, the inner 7-8 mm. 
long, increasing in age to 10 m., glabrous or sparingls provides with a few : 
flesay hairs, sometimes thinly glandular towards the base; peaks icas- white; 
achenes mahogany color, 2e5-2.6 mm. long. 
Commn throughout our region at lower elevations in burns or on stony 
outcrops, less often in thin woods. 
