2O0 COMPOSlT.li. (cOMPOSITli FAMILY.) 



Florida to South Carolina. Sept. — Stem 1°- .3° liijili. Lowest leaves oval or 

 laneeolatc, toothed ; those of the branches short and bract-like. Kays blue. 



48. A. exilis, Ell. Very {glabrous ; stem slender, tall, sparinf^ly branched ; 

 leaves very long, linear-sHi)ulate ; heads in racemes ; scales of the involucre 

 linear-lanceolate, half as long as the rays. — Damp soil, in the Western districts 

 of Georgia. Sept. and Oct. — Stem 4° - b° high. Lowest leaves 4' - 6' long, 

 1" wide. Kays pale purple. Achcnia pubescent. 



17. ERIGERON, L. Fleabane. 



Heads mostly hemispherical, many-flowered. Rays very numerous, pistillate. 



Scales of the involucre nearly equal, iu 1-2 rows. Receptacle flat, naked. 



Achcnia compressed. Pappus a single row of capillary bristles ; or with an 



outer row of short ehaft'y scales or bristles. — Herbs. Leaves alternate. Eays 



white or j)urplish. 



* Pappits double. 



1. E. strigOSUm, Muhl. Annual, rough-pubescent ; stem slender, coiyin- 

 l)Ose-panickd above ; leaves entire or sparingly serrate, the lowest oblong, taper- 

 ing into a slender petiole, the u])per lanceolate or linear, sessile, distant ; heads 

 small, corymbose-panicled ; rays white or rose-color ; outer pappus short and 

 chafTy. — Dry old fields, common. June. — Stem 2° high. 



* * Pappus single. 

 ■*- Annual: rai/s shorter than the disk. 



2. E. Canadense, L. Hirsute or smoothish : stem much branched ; 

 leaves liueur-lanceohite ; heads very numerous, in panicled racemes, small, cy- 

 lindrical ; rays white; disk-flowers 4-toothcd. — Old fields, common. Jlay- 

 Scpt. — Stem lo-3° high. 



■*- -I- Perennial : rays conspicuous. 



3. E. Philadelphicum, L. Hairy ; stem corymbose-branched above ; 

 leaves thin, toothed or entire; the lowest spatulate-oblong ; the upper oblong- 

 lanceolatc, clasping; rays very numerous and narrow, purplish. (E. qnercifo- 

 lium. Lain., with the lowest leaves pinnately toothed ) — Low ground, Florida, 

 and northward. May. — Stem 2° - 4° high. 



4. E. bellidifolium, Muhl. Hairy or villous ; stem simple ; lowest 

 leaves spatulate or obovate, toothed above the middle ; the upper oblong, sessile 

 and entire ; heads large, solitary or corymbose ; rays broadly linear, bluish-pur- 

 ple. — Open woods and banks in the upper districts. March and April. — Stem 

 1° high, stoloniferous. 



5. E. vernum, Torr. & Gray. Smooth or nearly so ; stem simple, scape- 

 like ; radical leaves clustered, thick, spatulate or obovate, entire or slightly 

 toothed ; the others small and remote ; heads corymbcd ; rays (about 30) white. 

 (E. nudioaule, Michx.) — Pine-barren swamps, Florida to North Carolina, and 

 westward. March and April. — Rhi/.oma thick. Stem 1° - 2° high. 



18. DIPLOPAPPUS, Cass. 

 Heads many-flowered. Rays 8-12, pistillate. Scales of the involucre imbri- 

 cated, without herbaceous tips. Receptacle flat, alveolate. Pappus of capillary 



