﻿Nabalus. COMPOSITiE. 



cleft, parted, or even divided; the lobes or leaves acuminate, repandlv 

 toothed or denticulate ; heads in small axillary and terminal clusters, form"- 



5-6-flowered ; pappS^rt^whit'e,' o7itraw^5lo^^^^ £or.-3ma'. 



t. 317, /. 2. Prenanthes altissiraa, Linn* spec. ed. 2. p. 1121 (ex char. & 

 syn. Pluk.) ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 498; Ell. sk. 2. p. 256. P. parviflora, Rid- 

 dell, syn. Western plants, p. 50. ChondriUa altissima, Lam. diet. 2. p. 78. 

 Harpalyce altissima, Beck, hot. p. 167. 



winged petioles. 



y. cordatus : leaves mostly cordate, on slender petioles — N. cordatus, 

 Hook^ I. c. Prenanthes cordata, Willd. .' hort. Berol. t. 25 ; Pursh, I. c ; 



<5. deltoideus leaves deltoid, strongly repand-toothed ; the upper often 

 cordate, "on margined petioles ; the radical and lowest cauline triangular- 

 hastate, sometimes 3-parted.— N. deltoideus & N. cordatus ! DC. I. c. 

 Prenanthes deltoidea. Ell. ! sk- 2. p. 257. 



deeply 2-3-cleft ; the lobes narrowly lanceolate or linear. 



and the mountains of Georgia! Au^ . 

 slender, cither simple or si)armgly paniculate at the summit, sometimes 

 pubescent below, as well as the midrib aad margins of the leaves. Corolla 



extremely variable foliage, of which we have enumerated the most striking 



3. N. Fraseri {jyC.l I.e.): glabrous or slightly puberulent ; stem corym- 

 bose-paniculate at the summit; leaves mostly deltoid, usually somewhat 

 scabrous, variously and often pinnately 3-7-lobed, and contracted into winged 



involucre (greenish or slightly tinged with purple,) either glabrous or with a 

 few scattered hairs, of about 8 scales, 8-1 2-flowered ; pappus straw-cobr.— 



Sh^^'^^ciayt^nn Gr'ml^!^fl!'v^^^^ 



i3. inte^rifolius : leaves thickish, lanceolate-oblong, acute or obtuse, den- 

 ticulate, or sharply and irregularly toothed ; involucre often somewhat hairy. 

 -~N. integrifolius, Cass. I. c. ; DC. ! I. c. 



y. harhalus : leaves thickish, lanceolate or oblong, mostly sessile ; the 

 upper often somewhat auriculate-clasping, sinuate-toothed or nearly entire ; 

 racemes paniculate ; involucre (12-15-flowered) hirsute when young with 

 long purpUsh hairs !— Prenanthes crepidinea. Ell. sk. 2. p. 259, not of 

 Mrchx. 



Dry sterile or sandy soil, from Florida! and Alabama! to New 

 York ! Connecticut ! and Newfoundland 1 Long Island, New York ! and 

 North Carolina! y. Saluda Mountains of Carolina, Dr. Macbnde. Ala- 

 bama, Mr. Buckley! Sept.-Oct.— Stei 



icous.— This specie 

 * The specimens of Pi 



lingly variable. ^Flowers creat 



