I'dS COMPOSITiE. (COMFCISITK FAMILY.) 



6. V. angUStifolia, Michx. stem uleiuliT, siimotli or hairy, verv leafy ; 

 lea\e.s linrar i>v liiii.'ai-laii<-i'(>late, .sniKutliisli, nr pula-sc'eul and rouglii.sli, the 

 lowest ones sparingly ilentiiulatf, tiie upper entire, with the margins revolute; 

 C(iryml>s mostly nmliel-lil<e ; involucre liell-sliapeil ; the scales lanceolate, 

 fringed, ai iite or coiispieuously mueronato. — Dry jiine barrens, Florida to 

 North Carolina, and westward. June- August. —Stem 2^-3^ liigli- 



\'ar pumila, Cliapm. J^ow (C - 12'), smoothish ; leaves short ; heads 3- 

 7, loosely roryniho.se; involucre .smooth ; jiajijius yellowish; achenium smooth. 

 — Wet piue woods, South Florida. Nov. 



2. STOKESIA, L'ller. 



Heads many-flowered ; the marginal Howers much larger, deeply split on 

 the inside, and ray-like. Invohure suliglobo.se, bracted, the outer scales pro- 

 longed into a leafy bristly-fringed appendage, the inner oues lanceolate aud 

 entire. Receptacle naked. Achenia short, .3 - 4-augled, smooth. I'apjiua 

 coini)osed of 4-3 filiform chaffy deciduous .scales. — A sparingly blanched 

 downy-stemmed jjerennial. Leaves smooth, lanceolate, entire, the upjter ones 

 sessile, and, like the bracts, fringed at tlie base, the lowest narrowed into a 

 slender ])Ctiule. Heads few or solitary, large, terminal. Flowers blue. 



1. S. cyanea, L'ller. — Wet pine barrens. South Carolina, aud westward, 

 very rare. — Stems 1'^- l\° high. Heads T wide. 



3. ELEPHANTOPUS, L. Elephaxt's-foot. 



Heads 3 - 5-flowered, crowded iu terminal 3-bracted clusters. Flowers all 

 equal aud similar. Involucre compressed ; scales 8, iu 2 rows, dry, oblong, 

 acute, dotted. Receptacle naked. Corolla dee])ly split on one side, palmate. 

 Achenia oblong, ribbed, hairy. Pappus bristly from a dilated liase, double or 

 single — Erect hairy corymbose-branched perennials, with alternate ample 

 leaves, and purple or white flowers. 



1. E. CarolinianuS, Willd. Stem leafy, hairy ; leaves thin, oval or ob- 

 long, iiicurvedserrate, liairy, tapering into a petiole ; bracts ovate, longer 

 than the heads ; scales of the involucre slightly hairy. — Damp shady soil. 

 July -August. — Stem 1^-2° high. Leaves 3' - 6' long, 2' -4' wide. Flow- 

 ers purple. 



2. E. tomentosus, L. Rough-hairy; stem nearly naked; radical 

 leaves spreading, obovate-oblong, narrower! into a petiole ; stem leaves (1 -2) 

 small, lanceolate ; bracts ovate or cordate, usually shorter than the heads ; 

 scales of the involucre very hairy. — Dry sandy soil. Juno - August. — Stem 

 l°--2° high. Radical leaves 4'- 10' long, 2' wide, spreading on the ground. 

 Flowers j)alc purple. 



3. E. nudatus, Gray. Sparsely hirsute, and dotted with minute resinous 

 atoms ; stem (6'- 18' high) with 3 or 4 short ol)ovate leaves at the base, and 

 a smaller one below the branches of the cyme ; bracts broad-ovate, barely 

 acute, rather shorter than the heads : scales of the involucre smooth, cuspi- 

 date ; scales of the pappus abruptly dilated at the base. — Damp ground near 

 the coast. July - Sept. 



