Obdkk 70.— COMPOSITE. 44 * 



leafy, the inner chaffy ; receptacle flat, chaffy ; achenia of the ray ob- 

 compressed, obovatc, each embraced by a chaff scale ; achenia of the 

 disk abortive; pappus a small, 2 to 3-toothed crown. — If. A little pros- 

 trate herb, with opposite Ivs. and solitary, pedunculate, bright yellow 

 vernal tis. 



C. Virginianum L. — Tn rich shady soils, Md. to 111., common southward to tho 

 Gulf. One of the earliest flowers of spring. Plant flat on the ground, hirsute, 

 at first acaulescent, at length caulescent and ascending. Lvs. ovate, tapering to 

 a petiole, creuate. Rays expanding 7 to 9 '. Peb. — May. 



41. SILPHIUM, L. IIosin-weed. (The ancient name of some 

 resinous plant.) Heads many-flowered; ray-flowers numerous, in 2 or 

 3 rows, fertile, outer row ligulate ; disk-flowers sterile ; involucre cam- 

 pan ulate, scales in several series, leafy and spreading at summit ; recep- 

 tacle small, flat, chaffy; achenia broad, flat, obcompressed, crowned 

 with a 2 -toothed pappus. — If. Stout, coarse, resinous herbs, lids, large. 

 Fls. yellow. 



* Stem nearly leafless, scape-like. Lvs. very large, alternate, mostly radical Nos. t — 3 



* Stem leafy. — Leaves verticillatu in whorls of 8s, rarely 4s Nos. 4, 5 £ 



— Leaves opposite, rarelv the highest scattered Nos. 5 — 7 



— Leaves alternate (the lowest opposite or verticillute or alternate) No. 8 



— Leaves connate-pertbliate No. 9 



1 S. laciniatuzLi L. Polar Plant. Very rough, with white, hispid hairs; lvs. 

 alternate, pinnately parted, lower petiolato, segments sinuate-lobed or entire ; 

 hds. spicate, distant; scales ovate, appendaged and squamous at apex. — Western 

 States to Tex., producing columns of smoke in the burning prairies by its co- 

 pious resin. Stem 3 — lOf high. Lower lvs. 1 — 2f long, much divided, resem- 

 bling those of some thistles. Heads 4 — 8, very large, with large, yellow raya 

 Jl. — Sept. 



2 S. terebintkinaceuni L. Prairie Burdock. St. and pcd. glabrous ; lvs- 

 mostly radical, ovate and ovate-oblong, cordate, dentate- serra.'e, obtuse, scabrous, on 

 long petioles ; hds. few, paniculate ; scales roundish and ovcd, glabrous, rays about 

 20. — Prairies, Western and Southern States. Plant exuding resin. Stein 4 — 8f 

 high, nearly naked and simple. Leaves 1 — 2f long, 7 — 16' wide. Involucre 

 globous. Hds. 1' diam., rays 1' long. Achenia narrowly 2-winged. Jl. — Sept. 



p. pinnatifidum. Lvs. more or less deeply lobed or pinnatifld. — Prairies, etc., 

 with the other form. (S. pinnatifidum Ell.) 



3 S. compositum Mx. Glabrous throughout; st. slender, almost naked, glau- 

 cous; lvs. radical, on long petioles, deeply sinuate-pinnatifid, the segments sinuate- 

 lobed or toothed; hds. corymbed, on long peduncles; scales oval, obtuse; ach. 

 roundish-obovate ; rays about 10. — Barrens, N. Car. to Fla. (Feay). St. 3 to 6f 

 high. Hds. 1" diam., about 10-rayed, rays about as long (4'') as the involucre. 

 Jan. — Aug. 



(3. ren'iforme. Lvs. roundish or reniform, cordate, slightly sinuate-lobed or 

 toothed. — Upper districts of Ga. and Car. 



4 S. trifoliatum L. St. glabrous and often glaucous, terete or 6-sided ; cauline 

 lvs. lanceolate, acute, scabrous above, smooth below, remotely dentate, on very 

 short petioles, verticillate in 3s or 4s; upper ones opposite; hds. loosely cymose, 

 on rather long peduncles ; scales broadly ovate, rather obtuse, smooth ; ach. oval, 

 with 2 short teeth. — Dry woods 'and prairies, Ohio and Southern States. Stem 

 4— 6f high.— Leaves 4—6' by 1—2". Pays 12 — 16, expanding about 2£'. Ach. 

 3 to 4" long, 2 to 3" wide. Aug., Sept. 



5 S. iutegrifolium Mx. Scabrous ; st. quadrangular, striate, simple ; lvs. oppo- 

 site, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, entire or slightly dentate; hds. in a close corymb; 

 scales squarrous ; ach. roundish, broadly vjinged, with 2 long teeth. — Western States 

 S. to Ga. Stem very rigid, 3 — 7f high. Leaves rigid, broad and clasping at 

 base. Heads middlc-sizo. Rays 12 — 20. 1' in length. Ach. 4 to 5" long, 4" 

 •wide. JL, Aug. 



