Chrysopsis. LXXV. COMPOSITE. 333 



short. — A small species, near Boston, Greene in N. Am. Fl., ii. 216. Stem 

 12—20' high. Leaves 1—5' by 3—6" wide. Panicle small, usually turned to 

 one side. Sept. Oct. 



30. S. ULMiFOLiA. Muhl, Elm-leaved Solidago. 



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

 nate, sessile, tapering to the base, smooth above, villous beneath; roc. panicu- 

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

 groimds, Northern and Western States ! A very distinct species, more resem- 

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

 about 3f 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. 



St. erect, glabrous, leafy ; Ivs. elliptical, acute at each end, obscurely ser- 

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

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

 Olneij! Near New York, T. ^ G. Stem 3 — 5f high, bearing a close, somewhat 

 leafy, pyramidal panicle. Leaves 2 — i' by | — 1\', rough-edged, the serratures 

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



19. EC LIFT A. 

 Heads many-flowered ; ray fls. 9 numerous narrow ; disk $ tubu- 

 lar, mostly 4-toothed ; scales 10 — 12, in 2 rows, leafy, lance-ovate; 

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

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

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

 E. ERECTA. (E. procumbens. Mlchx.) 



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

 subserrate; ped. 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" 

 by 2—5", rough, obscurely tripli- veined. Heads small, with minute flowers 

 and short rays. The juice turns black, and is said to d)^e wool black. Jn. — Sept. 

 /?. brachypoda. T. & G. (E. brachypoda. Michx.) Ped. scarcely longer than 

 the heads. 



20. CHRYSOPSIS. Nutt. 

 Gr. Kpvaros, gold, oxpis, appearance; for the showy, yellow flowers. 



Heads many-flowered ; ray-flowers 9 ,disk-flowers $ ; involucre im- 

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

 short, interior copious, capillary ; achenium hairy, compressed. — % 

 Hairy herbs, with alternate and entire leaves. 



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



Woolly and villous; its. sessile, linear, very acute, subfalcate, spreading, 

 veins pilose on both sides ; hds. in axillary corymbs ; invol. pilose.— A low, 

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

 about 8' high. Heads small, bright yellow, in crowded, axillary corymbs. 

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



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



Hairy; lvs. oblong-lanceolate, serrate, the upper ones sessile, acute, the 

 lower ones spatulate and generallv obtuse; corymb simple; invol. viscidly pu- 

 bescent. — Sandy barrens, N. J., Md. ! to Flor., common. The stem and leaves 

 are clothed with scattered, long, silky hairs. Plant about 2f high. Lower 

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

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

 duncles. Aug. Oct. 



3. C. viTJ.osA. Nutt. (Amellus. Ph. Diplopappus. Hook.) 



Erect, leafy, villous-pubescent and .strigose ; lvs. entire, sessile, ciliatc be- 



