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handb. t. 246 ; Richards. ! appx. Frankl. journ. ed. 2. p. 31 

 0. congestus (Hook.! 1. c): very woolly; stem simple (4 i 

 high); leaves linear-ligulate, undulate or sinuate-toothed; heau. ....u.u.. 

 capitate.— S. congestus, DC. I. c. Cineraria congesta, R. Br..' in Parry's 

 1st toy. appx. p. 279; Hook. SfAm.! hot. Beechey, p. 126. 



Saskatchawan ! (also saline marshy margins of Devil's Lake, N. W. Ter- 

 ritory, Mr.'Nicollet!) to the Arctic Sea! Kotzebue's Sound ! &c. the var. ^. 

 confined to the arctic regions, and Melville Island ! July.— Rays pale yellow. 

 Pappus very copious, at first scarcely longer than "^the tube of the disk- 

 corolla, at length very much longer than the flowers.— To this species, as 

 thus considered, may probably be -.^ o t/„i„:: r.„. t^^^^^ a 



I. 2. p. 31 ; not ofJacq., Willd., Pursh, ffc 

 . &4" to the shores of the Arctic Sea, Richardson. 

 °), nrummond .'—Plants 6-12 inches high, with 

 young with loose woolly hairs. Heads smaller 

 Leaves perfectly smooth when the pubescence 



S. S. spartioides :^ glabrous throughout; stems suffruticose, very nutne- 

 leaves fleshy, narrowfy liiiear,^perfectly entiref rather obtuse, sessile ; heads 

 {large and showy) fastigiate-coryrabose, on short minutely bracteolate pedun- 

 fucre g^^^^^f ^".''"J^te, mm scales of the cylindricaUnvO" 



elo^gated^achenirs'ifky'^-Sn^^^^^^^^ rays mostly 7, oblong 



Fremont! Aug.'-Sept.— Stems^a fwt high,^ formkig^a dense tuft. Leaves 

 1-3 inches long, about a line wide, very numerous. Heads half an inch 

 A re k bl^^^ d ^"^^^"■y^^^"'^- Pappus as long as tbe disk-corolla.— 

 9. S megacephalus (Nutt.) : clothed with a deciduous wool, at length al- 

 glabrous ; stem low, stout ;^ leaves knceolate, «*^"f«'^J'fj^^f.la"c2 



celaJ; ray^ 10-12, IpairySw^.^short^a""^^^^ ^^^^ 

 as the corolla of the disk^.U./ ^r. Irans. A.lr. phil. \l'in- -) 



