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1. Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dun. Broadleaf Gum- 

 plant. An erect jilant, (> in. -2 ft. high. Leaves oblong to 

 oblong-spatulate, obtuse, more or less clasping at the base, 

 sharply spinulose dentate, 3^-13^ in. long and \i-Y2 iri- wide. 

 Heads ^-13<£ in. broad, glutinous; involucral bracts linear- 

 lanceolate; rays sometimes absent. In dry soil. June to 

 September. Hamilton County. From the west. 



Chrysopsis (Nutt.) Ell. Golden-aster. 



Branching perennial or sometimes biennial wooly or hairy 

 fall flowering herbs with alternate, sessile, entire or slightly 

 serrate leaves. Heads rather large and generally solitary at 

 the ends of the branches; involucre hemispherical, of linear 

 bracts imbricated in several rows, the outermost being the 

 shortest; both ray and disk flowers yellow; ray flowers carpel- 

 late; disk flowers bisporangiate or only staminate. Pappus 

 double, the outer series of short chaffy scales, the inner series 

 of long capillary bristles. Achenes flattened, oblong-linear or 

 obovate, pubescent. 



1. Leaves parallel-veined, lower stem leaves, elongate-linear, entire; involucre 

 campanulate. C. gramitiifolia. 



1. Leaves pinnately-veined, lower stem leaves oblong-lanceolate, slightly serrate; 

 involucre hemispherical. C. mariana. 



1. Chrysopsis graminifolia (Mx.) Ell. Grassleaf Golden- 

 aster. Slender pubescent plants corymbosely branched above. 

 Leaves grasslike, shining, 3-5 nerved, entire, the basal leaves 

 4-12 in. long, \-\ in. wide, stem leaves smaller, the uppermost 

 reduced to erect awl-shaped bracts. Heads several or numerous, 

 about \ in. broad; bracts of the involucre glabrate. In dry 

 soil. August to October. No specimens. 



2. Chrysopsis mariana (L.) Nutt. Maryland Golden- 

 aster. Stout herbs 1-2^ ft. high, pubescent with silky hairs 

 when young, becoming smooth with age, corymbosely branched 

 above. Lower stem leaves oblanceolate to spatulate, narrowed 

 into a petiole, 2-4 in. long and mostly 1 in. wide; upper leaves 

 oblong to lanceolate, sessile, 1-2 in. long. Heads numerous, 

 f-1 in. broad, on glabrous peduncles; bracts of the involucre 

 acute, glandular, viscid-pubescent. Dry soil. August to Sep- 

 tember. Hocking, Jackson. 



