﻿1. E. hieracifolia (Raf.) : somewhat hairy or glabrous; stem simple or 

 paniculate above, striate-sulcate ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute, unequally 

 and sharply toothed or incised, tapering to the base, sessile; the upper often 

 and partly clasping; involucre glabrous, sub- 

 ir calyculate^bracteoles.— DC./ prodr.G. p. 



E h fT /"^ & ^^^^^ bracteoles.—JJC. ! prodr. 



2. p. 866 ; Michx. ! fi. 2. p. Ill; ^Purlh ! fi^T.'^p. sSTS^sI 

 Hook.lfi. Bor.-Am. l.p. 332 ; Darlingt. ! fl. Cest. p. 498. S. A 



Canadensis, Walt. 1 Neocis hieracifolia (& N. rigidula) Cass, in 



t waste places, Canada ! Saskatchawan ! and throughout the United 



irnt (whence the popular name of Fire-weed). ^ July-Sept.— A coarse 

 L-5 feet high, with the aspect of a Sonchus. Pappus copious and very 



discoid, or heterogamous and radiate ; the rays pistillate. 



162. CACALIA. Linn. (excl. spec.) ; Schkuhr, handb. t. 236 ; DC Ic 



the cylindraceous involucre 5-30, in a single series, often with a few bracteoles 



;rennial herbs, mostly very glabrous ; with alternate often 

 i corymbose heads. Flowers white, ochroleucous, or rarely 



§ 1. Receptacle flat and naked.— Eucacalia, DC. 



. C. suaveolens (Unu.) I glabrous; stem striate-angled ; leaves triangc- 

 lanceolate^, hastate, acute, unequally serrate-toothed ; the cauline on winged 



about 12 ; bracts several, setaceous-linear, spreading — Linn. ! spec. 2.J- 

 ; Michx..' fl. 2. p. 96; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 518; Schkuhr, handb. t. 236 ; 

 '.H.C. Senecio suaveolens, ms/t. 2.1 328. 



Voods and along streams, Canada? New York (kvon, B. B. Greene!)^ 

 Connecticut, (Milford, Dr. Robbins .') to Vir 



Kentucky! and Illinois! Aug.-Oct— Plant 3-5 feet biga- 

 eaves on long petioles; the large hastate lobes mostly obtuse, olten 

 Branches of the style canaliculate, very obtuse. 



§ 2. Receptacle usually furnished with a central conicat or scde-like appen- 

 dage : involucre b-leaved and 5-flawered, naked, or slighdy and minuUly 

 bracteolate at the 6ase.— Conophora, DC. 



