A. lanata (Hook.) Greenee ————_——-? Low densely woolly perennials 
10-20 Cine cm. tall, = shibabaeal dug comparatively. stout 
, d — ; basal leaves oblanceolate, 3-4 (or 8) 
cme long, 0-5 fe 10] ma. wide, oe gradually to the base, at least the 
upper stem-leaves broadest at the base and 4-7 mn. wide, sessile; heads ina 
dense globose Cluster at tae tip of the Stem, the bracts of the pistillate 
plants 6-7 mm long, narrowly oblons, adout 1 mm. wide, mostly acute, scarious 
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more or less wooll Ly glacerate at the apex, dark: brown or blackish tow toward the 
middle,lishter avLove and below, the achenes 1e5 mm. long, the pappus notice- 
ably thver ae upward, 6 mm. Ton: , the mature receptacle flat, 3 mm. broad; 
bracts of the staminate flowers similar but broader in proportion, blunt, the 
tips being somewhat firmer ana whiter, the pappus lightly dilated towards 
the tips, scabrous throuzhout. 
On nigh mountain tops in thin rocky soil. 
A. rosea (D.C. Saton) Greene. “retty tufted wooliy perennials 
vith woody branching caudices, tne stems mostly c0-40 cm. tali; basal leaves 
spatulate or oblanceolate, 15-+0 ma. lon., “.5-4 ma. wide, acutisa at the 
apex, white-woolly on bo th surfaces and somewhat silvery, the stem-leaves 
sessile, linear-oblanceolate, 2-5.5 cm. lone, leo-4 mn. wide, distinctly taper- 
ing toward the base, acute, both surfaces wool: /; neaas of tue pistillate 
plants borne in globos e cl lus ters at the tips o1 the stems on peduncles 2-3 mm. 
lons, oblanceolate, pale pink to deer Lose=Co Lory in the upper half, sometimes 
white, mostly obtuse, or the inner acute, more 0 less lacerate or eroded at 
the apex, tneir imargics usually somewhat crinkled below the middle, the outer 
tineed with brown towards the base; achenes 1.2 ma. long, the pappus fine, 
4—4.5 mime long, the mature recertacle hemispherical, 1 mm. broad; staminate 
plants unknown 60 #452) 
Frequent in gravelly soil especially in outcrojys and open places in dry 
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8. Ae confinis Greene. —? Pretty, tufted woolly perennials 
with woody pranching caudices, the stems 10-20 cm. tall; basal leaves sratulate 
or narrowly obovate, obtuse at the apex, 6-12 mie long, <-5 mm. wide, whites 
woolly on both surfaces and somewhat silvery, the stem leaves sessile, oblong 
or tinear-oblong, 1-5-5 mn. wide, 10-le mn. longs, mostly acute, both surfaces 
woolly; heads of the pistillate plants borne in globose clusters at the tips 
of the stems on peduncles <-3 rm. lon:, their bracts oblanceolate, membranous 
and creen or tinved with brown toward the base, scarious at the tips, not 
Opaque, the innermost frequent] tinged with rose , Oblong, obtuse, more or less 
eroded or lacerate at the arex; achenes 1.5 ma. long, the pappus fine, 4-4.5 
mm. long, the mature recertacle nenispherical, 1 mm. broad; staminate ~lants 
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unknown to 
Fish Lake, 6000-6000 ft., spling ana Houci 9812, 9581. 9579. 
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