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close raceme ; scales of the involucre barely pointed, smooth, purple. — Dry 

 pine barrens. Sept. — Stem 2° - 4° high. Racemes often 1-sided. 



Var. quadriflora, Chapm. Leaves involute-filiform, rigid, those of the 

 stem setaceous ; heads 4-flowered ; scales of the involucre 8, half as long a 

 the disk, often cuspidate. — Banks of the Caloosa River, South Florida 

 Oct. 



•»- -(- Heads 3 - many-floioered : pappus densely bearded. 



5. L. pauciflora, Pursh. Stem pubescent, declining; leaves linear, 

 short, smooth ; heads 4-5-flowered, in a long 1-sided raceme; scales of the 

 involucre oblong-lanceolate, acute, smooth, or pubescent on the margins. (L. 

 secunda, EU.) — Dry sandy ridges in the middle districts. Sept. — Stem 

 2° - .3° long. 



6. L. Chapmanii, Torr. & Gray. Stem tomentose ; leaves smooth or 

 pubescent, linear, ratlier obtuse ; the uppermost very short and bract-like ; 

 heads mo.stly 3-flowered, cylindrical, densely spiked ; scales of the involucre 

 lanceolate, acumiuate, smooth ; the outer ones much shorter and broader ; 

 corolla and very hairy acheuium large. — Dry sandy ridges, Florida. July - 

 Sept. Stem 1° - 2° high. 



7. L. gracilis, Pursh. Stem tomentose and somewhat hoary ; leaves 

 smooth or nearly so, the lowest lanceolate, obtuse, long-petioled, the others 

 linear, appressed or spreading, short ; heads small, 3 - 7-flowered, sessile or on 

 slender tomentose and bracted pedicels ; scales of the involucre oblong, rather 

 obtuse or mucrouate, more or less pubescent ; the edges not margined and 

 commonly ciliate. — Sandy pine barrens. Sept. — Stem \°-2° high. Varies 

 greatly in the length and direction of the pedicels. 



8. L. graminifolia, WilUI. Stem usually smooth, and striped with 

 greener lines ; leaves more or less hairy on the upper surface, and fringed 

 near the base ; the lowest lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, elongated, the upper 

 linear; heads in spikes or racemes, often very numerous ; involucre broadly 

 obconical, 7-14-flowered; the scales oblong-spatulate rounded at the apex, 

 narrowly margined. (L. gracilis. Ell., a more slender form, with the fewer- 

 flowered heads on longer pedicels.) — Light dry soil. Sept. — Stem 2° -6° 

 high. 



9. L. spicata, Willd. Smooth ; stem very leafy ; leaves linear, erect ; 

 the lowest very long, obtuse, 3 - 5-ribbed ; the uppermost small and bract-like ; 

 heads sessile, cylindrical, 8- 12-flowered, crowded in a long cylindrical spike; 

 scales of the involucre smooth, obtuse, narrow-margined, purple. (L. resinosa, 

 Nutt., a small form with 5-flowered heads.) — Swamps. Augu.st-Sept. — 

 Stem rigid, 2°-5° high. Spikes sometimes 2°-3° long. Styles elongated. 



10. L. Garberi, Gray. Hirsute, the rigid leaves at length smoeth ; 

 heads closely spiked, 6 -7-flowered ; scales of the bell-shaped involucre ovate 

 or oblong, cuspidate, glandular-hirsute ; papjius Ijarbellate. — Tampa, Florida 

 (Garber). 



11 . L. scariosa, Willd. Stem stout, pubescent ; leaves mostly pubescent 

 the lowest large, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, the upper linear, acute ; heads 

 large, 15 -40-flowered, roundish, sessile or pedicelled ; scales of the involucre 



