210 CO.Ml'OSIT.E. (COMTOSITK FAMILY.) 



Var. pulverulenta. Upper leaves shorter, oblong-obovatc ; scales of the 

 (20 -25-flo\vercil) involucre liuear-lanceolate ; aclienia smooth. (S- pulveru- 

 lenta, Natl.) — Damp pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. Sept. and Oct. 

 — Stem 2° - 4° high, often purplish. Lowest leaves 2' - 4' long. Flowers middle- 

 sized, bright yellow. 



12. S. petiolaris, Ait. Jlinutcly pubescent ; stem mostly simple, straight, 

 vcrj' leafy ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, acute, rough on the margins, 

 all but the lowest entire, and nearly sessile ; panicle racemose or oblong ; heads 

 large, 20 - 25-flowered ; rays about 10, showy; scales of the involucre linear, 

 pubescent; the outer ones more or less spreading; achcnia smoothish. (S. clata? 

 Ell ) — Dry sandy soil, Florida to North Carolina. Sept. — Stem 20-3° high. 

 Leaves l'-2' long. 



13. S. speciosa, Nutt. Stem stout, mostly simple, smooth below, pubes- 

 cent above; leaves smooth, the lowest largo (5' -8' long, li'-2' wide), serrate; 

 the ujjper ones lanceolate ; panicle compact, pyramidal ; heads rather large, 

 crowded, 1 5 - 20-flowered ; rays 6-8, showy ; scales of the involucre lanceolate, 

 obtuse; achenia smooth. — Varies, with the stem and lower surface of the 

 broader (2' -3') leaves villous; the fewer, larger, and more scattered heads 

 about 30-flowered (S. petiolaris, Ell. ?) ; or every way smaller ; the short racemes 

 forming a narrow racemose panicle (S. crecta, Ell.). — Dry soil, Florida to Mis- 

 sissippi, and northward ; the first variety only in the upper districts. Sept. and 

 Oct — Stem 3° - 5° high, often purplish. 



14. S. verna, Curtis. Closely pubescent and somewhat hoary; stem sim- 

 ple, or panjeled above ; leaves thin, roughi.sh, the lowest oblong, abruptly nar- 

 rowed into a long and slender petiole, the upper ones sessile and entire; racemes 

 very slender, spreading, forming an open somewhat corymbose panicle ; heads 

 rather large, scattered, about 30-flowered ; rays narrow ; scales of the involucre 

 linear ; achenia pubescent. — Pine barrens, near Wilmington, North Carolina, 

 Curtis. May and June. — Stem 2° - 3° high. Lowest leaves 3' - 5' long. 



15. S. glomerata, INIiehx. Smooth; stem stout, simple; leaves large, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at each end, sharply serrate, the lowest tapering 

 into a petiole ; racemes cluster-like, much shorter than the leaves ; the upper 

 ones appro.\iniate and racemose; heads very large, 30 - 40-flowcred ; rays 10- 

 12 ; scales of the involucre acute, smooth ; achenia imbeseent. — High moun- 

 tains of North Carolina. Sept. — Stem 1° - 2° high. Leaves 4' - 'J' long. 



-t- -1— •*- Racemes corymbose. 



K). S. rigida, L. Rough-pubescent and somewh:it hoary; stem stout; 

 leaves rigid, oval or oblong,' serrate, sessile ; the lowest narrowed into a petiole ; 

 coiTrnb compact ; licads very large, 30-3r)-flowere<l ; rays 7 - 10 ; scales of the 

 involucre oblong, obtnse ; achenia smooth. — Mountains of Georgia and north- 

 ward. Sept. — Stem 3° - 4° high. Lowest leaves C - 9' long. 



17. S. COrymbosa, Ell. Stem erect, smooth ; the branches rough-hairy ; 

 lower leaves oblong-lanccolato, the upper ovate ; all iUshy, rigid, smooth, but 

 very rough and fringed along tiio margin ; racemes corymbose, the h^wer re- 

 curved ; rays long. — Middle districts of Georgia. S<i't. and Oct. — Stem stout. 



