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12. Tenuifolius. 



Lin. 



A. foliis lineari-lan 



Leaves linear-lanceo- 



ceolatis utrinque atte late, tapering at eacli 



nuatis, integerrimis, end, very entire, sliglit- 



margine scabriusculis; ly scabrous along the 



caule glabro, ramose, margin; stemglabrous, 



ramulis uniflo- branching, erect, the 



ris; involucri squamis branches ojie-fiowered 



erecto 



} 



acutis, laxis. 



? 



scales of the involu 

 crum acute, loose, 



Sp. pL 3. p. 2026. Pursh, 2. p. 546> Nutt. 2. p. 155. 



Stem two to three feet high, glabrous near the base, finely pubescent to- 

 wards the summit. Leaves very numerous, linear, acute at each end, gla- 

 brous, slightly scabrous along the margins, those near the flowers, becom- 

 ing suddenly very minute. Flowers numerous, in racemes along the main 

 branches, on small branches or peduncles about an inch long. Scales of the 

 uivolucrum linear, acute, imbricate, loosely appressed, much shorter than 

 the disk. Florets of the ray numerous, very narrow, pale purple: of the 

 disk numerous, yellowish. Seeds oblong, finely pubescent. Pa_ppushairy. 



Grows in loose soils, particularly in the upper districts of Carolina. 



Flowers October — November. 



13. DuMosus? 



Lin. 



A. foliis liueari-Ian 



ceolatis 



Leaves linear-lan- 



9 



integerrimis, [ ceolate, entire 



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gla- 



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glabris; caule panicula- I brousj stem panicled^ 

 to; floribus terminali- flowers terminal; scales 

 bus; involucri squamis of the involucrura li- 

 jineari-lanceolatis, im- near-lanceolate, imbri- 

 oricatis, appressis. E. | cate, appressed. 



Sp. pi. 3, p. 2026. Pursh, 2. p. 546. 



Stem about two feet high, glabrous, somewhat sparingly branched. Leases 

 hnear-lanceolate, acute, entire and slightly scabrous along the maipn. 

 flowers at the summits of the branches, solitarj^, terminal. Scales of the 

 jnvoiucrum linear-lanceolate, acute, loosely appressed, glabrous. Florets of 

 theray narrow, pale purple. Seeds nearly glabrous. 



1 his species is by Mr. Nuttall considered as a 



w which in its foliage it is closely allied. As I 



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