Genus 14. 



THISTLE FAMILY. 



373 



1. Chrysopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Ell. 

 Grass-leaved Golden Aster. Fig. 4195. 



Inula graminifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 122. 1803. 

 Chrysopsis graminifolia Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 334. 

 1824. 



Slender, corymbosely branched above, very 

 silvery-pubescent, i-3 high. Leaves linear, 

 soft, grass-like, 3-5-nerved, shining, the basal 

 ones 4'-i2' long, 2"-$" wide, the upper much 

 smaller, and the uppermost subulate and erect; 

 heads several or numerous, about i' broad, soli- 

 tary at the ends of the branches ; involucre cam- 

 panulate, its bracts glabrate; achenes linear- 

 fusiform. 



In dry soil, Delaware to Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, 

 Arkansas, Texas and Mexico. Great Bahama Island. 

 Silver-grass. Scurvy-grass. Silk-grass. Aug.-Oct. 



3. Chrysopsis gossypina 



(Michx.) Ell. Cottony Golden 

 Aster. Fig. 4197. 



Erigeron pilosum Walt. Fl. Car. 206. 



1788. 

 Inula gossypina Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 



122. 1803. 

 /. gossypina Nutt. Gen. 2: 150. 1818. 

 C. gossypina Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2 : 337. 



1824. 

 Chrysopsis pilosa Britton, Mem. Torr. 



Clubs: 316. 1894. Not Nutt. 



Stout, i-2 high, branched above, 

 densely woolly-pubescent all over. 

 Leaves spatulate or oblong, obtuse, 

 the lower and basal ones 1-3' long, 

 3 ~5 wide, the uppermost much 

 smaller; heads usually nearly 1' 

 broad, terminating the branches, 

 bright yellow; involucre hemispheric, 

 its bracts densely pubescent when 

 young, becoming glabrate; achenes 

 obovate. 



In pine-barrens, Virginia to Florida 

 and Alabama. Autumn. 



2. Chrysopsis falcata (Tursh) Ell. Sickle- 

 leaved Golden Aster. Fig. 4196. 



Inula falcata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 532. 1814. 

 Chrysopsis falcata Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2 : 336. 1824. 



Corymbosely branched above, rather stiff, 4'-i2' 

 high, leafy to the top, very woolly-pubescent, at 

 least when young, or becoming glabrate. Leaves 

 linear, rigid, spreading, sometimes curved, l'-4' 

 long, l"-3" wide, obscurely parallel-nerved ; heads 

 rather few, corymbose, 3"-S" broad, terminating 

 the branches ; involucre campanulate, its bracts 

 slightly pubescent; achenes linear. 



In sandy soil, eastern Massachusetts to New Jersey. 

 Ground gold-flower. July-Aug. 



