Chrysopsis. LXXV. COMPOSITE. ^"38 



short. — A small species, near Boston, Greene in N. Am. PL, ii. 21G. Stem 

 12 — 20' high. Leaves 1 — 5' by 3 — 6" v/ide. Panicle small, usually tui'ned to 

 one side. Sept. Oct. 



30. S. ULMiFOLiA. Mulil. Elm-havcd SoHdago, 



St. glabrous, with hairy branches ; lis. thin, elliptic-ovate, serrate, acumi- 

 jiate, sessile, tapering to the base, smooth above, villous beneath ; rex. panicu- 

 late, recurved-spreading ; fped. villous; raijs 3 — 5, short. — In woods and low 

 grounds. Northern and Western States ! A very di.stinct species, more resem- 

 bling the dm in its slender, arched branches than in its leaves. Stem striate, 

 sbout 31 high, rarely with scattered hairs. Radical leaves tapering to winged 

 petioles, and hairy both sides, with coarse and unequal serratures, upper ones 

 entire, middle ones about 3' by li'. Rays deep yellow. Aug. Sept. 



31. S. ELLIPTICA. Ait. 



SI. erect, glabrous, leafy; lis. elliptical, acute at each end, obscurely ser- 

 rate, glabrous, upper ones sessile, entire; racemes short, recurved, paniculate; 

 Ms. middle size, about 7-rayed; scales narrow, acute. — Salt marshes, R. I. 

 Oineiil Near New York, T. (f- G. Stem 3 — 51' high, bearing a close, somewhat 

 leafy, pyramidal panicle. Leaves 2 — i' by J — \\', rough-edged, the serratures 

 appressed and rather remote. Rays oblong, rather large, pale yellow. Oct. 



19. ECLIPTA. 

 Heads many-flowered ; ray fls. 9 numerous narrow ; disk $ tul»u 

 iar, mostly 4-toothed ; scales 10 — 12, in 2 rows, leafy, lanee-ovate ; 

 receptacle flat : cliafl" bristly ; achenia somewhat angular or 2-edged ; 

 pappus 0. — ® Herbs strigose tciih rigid hairs, erect or procumbent. Lvs. 

 opposite, axillary atid terminal, solitary. Fls. white. 



E. ERECTA. (E. procumbens. MIcIlx.) 



St. often decumbent; hs. lanceolate or lance-oblong, tapering to each end, 

 subserrate ; pcd. much longer than the heads ; scales or leaves of the involucre 

 acuminate.— Damp- soils, Md. to 111. Mead ! S. to Flor. Stem often rooting at 

 the lower joints, 1-— 3f long, with an elastic, thread-like fibre. Leaves 8 — 14" 

 hy 2 — 5", rough, obscurely tripH-veined. Heads small, with minute flowers 

 and short ravs. The juice turns black, and is said to dye wool bl^. k. Jn. — Sepy.. 

 H.brachypuda. T. & G. (E. brachypoda. Mlchx.) Peti. scarce ' longe'- liao 

 the heads. 



20. CHUYSOPSIS. NutL 



Gr. KfjiMTJ?, gold, oditr, appearaiice ; for the showy, yellow flowtra. 



Heads many-flowered ; ray -flowers 9 idisk-flowers 9 ; involticre im- 

 bricate ; receptacle subalveolate, flat; pappus double, tlie exterior 

 short, interior copious, capillary ; ackenium hairy, compressed. — '4- 

 Hairy herbs, with alternate and entire leaves. 



1. C. FALCATA. Ell. (Inula falcata. Ph.) 



¥/oolly and villous ; lis. sessdle, linear, very acute, subfalcate, spreading, 

 ^eins pilose on both sides; hds. in axillarv corymbs; invol. pitose.— A low, 

 .eafy plant, in drv, sandy soil, near the sea, Mass. to N. J. Stem thick, leafy, 

 aboiit S' high. Heads small, brig-ht yellow^, iu crowded, aiilkry corymbs. 

 Rays 3-toothed at the apex. Sept. Oct. 



2. C. Mari.Ina. Nutt. (Inula Mariana. Linn.) 



Hairy; lis. oblong-lanceolate, serrate, the upper ones sessile, acute, '^at 

 lower ones spatulate and generally obtuse; corijfJ) simple; wwZ. viscidly pa- 

 bescent.— Sandv barrens, N. J., Md. ! to Flor., coiuiiion. The stem and leaves 

 are clothed with scattered, long, silky hairs. Plant aboiit 2f high, '.ower 

 leaves taper at base into petioles. The corymb of flowers is terminal, nearly 

 or quite simple. Heads large, 16—20 rayed, yellow, on visci-d glandular pe- 

 duncles. Aug. Oct. 



3. C. viLLosA. Nutt. {Amellns. Pk. Diplopappus. Hook.) 



Ej-ect, leafv. villous-pube.'^cent and strigo?=e ; Irs. entire, sessile, ciliate be- 



