i oMPOSITAE. 



Vou Til. 



2. Echinacea angustifolia I )( . Narrow- 

 leaved Purple Cone-flower. Fig. 4457. 



Echinacea angustifolia DC. Prodr. 5: 554. 1836. 

 Brauneria angustifolia Heller, Munlenbergia 1: 

 5. 1 900. 



Stem hispid or hirsute, slender, often sim- 

 ple, I-2 high. Leaves lanceolate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, hirsute, acute 

 and about equally narrowed at each end, 

 strongly 3-nerved and sometimes with an ad- 

 ditional pair of marginal less distinct nerves, 

 entire, 3' -8' long, 4"-i_" wide, the lower and 

 basal ones slender-petioled, the upper short- 

 petioled or sessile; heads and flowers similar 

 to those of the preceding species, but the rays 

 usually shorter, spreading. 



In dry soil, especially on prairies, Minnesota to 

 Saskatchewan, Nebraska and Texas. Confused 

 with the following species in our first edition. 

 June-Oct. Comb. 



3. Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Britton. 

 Pale Purple Cone-flower. Fig. 4458. 



Rudbeckia pallida Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7 : 



-7. 1834. 

 Brauneria pallida Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 



Hi- 1894. 



Similar to the preceding species, but often 

 taller, sometimes 3 high. Leaves elongated- 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, entire; rays 

 narrow, linear, elongated, drooping, l~3' 

 long, li"-3" wide, rose-purple or nearly 

 white. 



In dry soil on prairies, Illinois to Michigan, 

 Alabama and Texas. May-July. 



4. Echinacea paradoxa ( Norton) Brit- 

 ton. Bush's Cone-flower. Fig. 4459. 



Brauneria airorubens Boynton & Beadle, Biltmore 

 Bot. Stud. 1: 11. 1901. Not Rudbeckia atro- 

 rubens Nutt. 



Brauneria paradoxa Norton, Trans. Acad. St. 

 Louis 12 : 40. 1902. 



Stem glabrous to somewhat hispid, i-2i" 

 high. Leaves smooth or sparingly rough- 

 hairy, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, the lower 

 ones petioled, sometimes 1 long, i'-l' wide, 

 3-5-nerved, the upper smaller and nearly ses- 

 sile ; involucre about 1' high and broad, the 

 disk-flowers brown ; rays bright yellow, droop- 

 ing or somewhat spreading, 1J-2J' long. 



Prairies and barren soil, Missouri to Texas. 

 June. 



