COMPOSITE. (COMPOSITE FAMILY.) l.i.~, 



ample, dense; scales of the involucre lanceolate, cuspidate, Bhorter than the, 



flowers. — Low pine barren.-, Middle Florida to South Carolina. August.— 

 Stem 2° high. Leaves 1 £' long. 



8. E. rotundifolium, L. Stem pubescent, mostly simple; leaves short, 

 broadly ovate or roundish, obtusely serrate, roughish, mostly truncate at the base, 



3-ribbed and somewhat rugose; corymbs large; scales of the involucre lanceo- 

 late, acute, shorter than the Mowers. — Low pine barrens, Florida to North Caro- 

 lina, and westward. August. — Stem 2° high. Leaves 1' long. 



9. E. teucrifolium, Willd. Rough-pubescent; leaves ovate or oblong- 

 ovatc, coarsely senate and sometimes toothed near the base, 3-ribbcd ; the upper 

 ones small and remote ; corymbs dense, depressed in the centre ; scales of the 

 involucre lanceolate, mucronate, shorter than the flowers. (E. verbenaefolium, 

 Michx.) — Damp soil, Florida and northward. Sept. — Stem virgate, 2° -3° 

 high. Leaves l'-li' long, the base rounded or truncate. Branches of the 

 corymb alternate. 



10. E. album, L. Rough-pubescent or hairy ; leaves oblong or lanceolate, 

 narrowed at the base, toothed-serrate, strongly veined; corymbs dense; scales of 

 the involucre lanceolate, smooth, or the outer ones pubescent, longer than the 

 flowers, the acuminate or mucronate tips white and scarious. — Dry sandy soil, 

 Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Sept. — Stem l°-2° high. Leaves 2' 

 long. 



11. E. altissimum, L. Stem tomentose ; leaves opposite, lanceolate, 

 acute, pubescent, strongly 3-ribbcd, sharply serrate above the middle, narrowed 

 at the base; corymb dense, hoary; scales of the involucre shorter than the flow- 

 ers, linear-oblong, obtuse. — Sterile soil, North Caroliua and westward. Sept. 

 — Stem 3° - 7° high. Leaves 3' -4' long. 



12. E. sessilifolium, L. Smooth; leaves long, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate, rounded and closely sessile at the base; corymb tomentose; scales of the 

 involucre oblong, obtuse. (E. truncatum, Ell.) — Open woods, in the upper dis- 

 tricts, Alabama and northward. Sept. — Stem 2° -4^ high, mostly branching 

 above. Leaves 3' - 6' long, thin and veiny. 



13. E. mikanioides, n. sp. Stem ascending from a creeping base, 

 branching and tomentose above ; leaves opposite, long-petioled, deltoid, glandu- 

 lar-serrate or toothed, truncate or abruptly acute at the base, resinous-dotted 

 above, pubescent on the veins beneath ; the petioles somewhat connate ; corymb 

 ample; scales of the involucre about 10, lanceolate, acute; anthers slightly 

 exserted ; achenia 5-angled, glandular. — Low sandy places, on St. Vincent's 

 Island, West Florida. Sept. — Stem l°-2° high. Leaves l'-l^' long, some- 

 what fleshy. 



-•- -t- Heads 6-15-Jlowered: leaves opposite. 

 ++ Leaves sessile or perfoliate. 



14. E. pinnatifidum, Ell. Pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, pinnately 

 lobed or pinnatifid, the uppermost linear and entire, the lowest ones whorlcd ; 

 heads 6 - 9-flowered ; scales of the involucre lanceolate, acute. — Dry soil, Flor- 

 ida to North Carolina. Sept. — Stem 2° - 3° high. 



