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13. VerbentEfolium. Mich. 



E. foliis sessilibus, I Leaves sessile, ovate- 

 ovato-laneeolatis, ob- lanceolate, oblong, 

 longis, inciso-dentatis, ! notched and toothed 

 rugosis, scabris; flori- I rugose, scabrous; flow 

 bus parvulis. E. | ers small. 



Michaux, 2. p. 98. 



E. Teucrifolium ? Sp. pi. 3. p. 1753. 



Stem herbaceous, erect, two to three feet high, pubescent. Leaves of the 

 stem opposite, decussate, somewhat deUoid, tapering to an obtuse point 

 coarsely toothed, particularly towards the l^asef dotfed, very ha"y oCthe 

 under surface. Flowers in a somewhat fastigiate corymb. Imoluaum 

 ten-leaved, five-flowered ; leaves lanceolate, not very^acute, very hairy 

 Corolla small, white. Style much longer than the corolla. Stigmas ri 

 nexed. Seed angled. Pappus very scabrous. 



^Jl! J" ^^^^^^^^^^t""^. of Muhlenberg, which I have not seen in the South- 

 ein states, appears to be an intermediate species between this and the E. 



Tf"k ' "^^^^ *** ' ^^* sufficiently distinct. 



Willdeno 



n nas the claim of priority, and it is equally perhaps more appropriate 

 wows in damp soils. ^ 



changed ; 



Flowers August— September. 



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14. PUBESCENS. Muhl. 



E. fohis sessilibus, I Leaves sessile, dis- 

 distinctis, ovatis, sea- tinct, ovate, somewhat 

 briusculis, venosis; in- ' scabrous, veined, the 



lower doubly serrate, 

 the upper slightly ser-^ 



ferioribus duplicate 



serratis, superioribus 



subserratis; caule pani- j rate; Tteni paniculate, 



culato, pubescente, ra- pubescent, branches 



mis fastigiatis. | fastigiate. 



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Sp. pi. 3. p. 1755. Pursh, 2. p. 514. Nutt. 2. p. 125. 



Stem erect, pubescent ; like the leaves the lower branches are opposite, 



inrl 1^^ ^"ernate. Leaves ovate, the lower sometimes oval, two to three 



ncnes long obtuse at base, tapering to an acute summit, rather thin and 



^.-fil 1-^*^^ ?"^' *^^''y'»b fastigiate. Involucmm ten-leaved, five-flowered : 



^aves iinear-Ianceolate, acute, hairy. Corolla white, and with the pappus 



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