Genus 14.] 



THISTLE FAMILY. 



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2. Chrysopsis falcata (Pursh) Ell. 

 Sickle-leaved Golden Aster. (Fig. 3653.) 



Inula falcata Pursb, Fl. \-a\. Sept. 532. 1814. 

 Chrysopsis falcata Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 336. 1824. 



Corymbosely branched above, rather stifT, \'-\2' 

 high, leafy to the top, very woolly- pubesceut, at 

 least when young, or becoming glabrate. Leaves 

 liiMar, rigid, spreading, soractimes slightly curved, 

 i'-4' long, i"-3" wide, obscurely parallel-nerved; 

 heads rather few, 3"-5" broad, terminating the 

 branches; involucre campanulate, its bracts slightly 

 pubescent; achenes linear. 



In sandy soil, eastern Massachusetts to New Jersey. 

 July-Aug." 



In pine-barrens, Virginia (according to Watson and 



4. Chrysopsis Mariana (L.) 



Xutt. Maryland Golden 



Aster. (Fig. 3655.) 



Inula Mariana L. Sp. PI. Kd. 2, 1240. 



■763. 

 C. Mariana Nutt. Gen. 2: 151. 1S18. 



Stout, \°-2yi° high, loosely villons- 

 pubescent with silky hairs when 

 young, at length nearly glabrous, 

 corymbosely branched at the sum- 

 mit. Upper leaves oblong or lanceo- 

 late, acutish or obtuse, sessile, \'-i' 

 long, the lower oblanceolate or 

 spalulate and narrowed in to a petiole, 

 generally obtuse, 2^-4' long and 

 sometimes i' wide; heads commonly 

 numerous, 9"-! 2" broad, on glandu- 

 lar peduncles; involucre hemis- 

 pheric, its bracts glandular, acute, 

 viscid-pubescent; achenes obovate. 



In dry soil, southern New York and 

 Pennsylvania to Florida and Louisiana. 

 Aug. -Sept. 



3. Chrysopsis pilosa (Walt.) 



Brittoii. Cottony Golden 



Aster. (Fig. 3654.) 



Erigeron pilosutn Walt. Fl. Car. 206. 



Inula gossypina Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 



122. 1803. 

 C. gossypina Nutt. Gen. 2: 150. 1818. 

 Chrysopsis pilosa Brittou, Mem. Torr. 



Club, 5: 316. 1894. 



Stout, i°-2° high, branched above, 

 densely woolly-pubescent all over. 

 Leaves spatulate or oblong, obtuse, the 

 lower and basal ones i'-3' long, 3"-5''' 

 wide, the uppermost much smaller; 

 heads usually nearly I ' broad, termina- 

 ting the branches, bright yellow; invo- 

 lucre hemispheric, its bracts densely 

 pubescent when young, becoming 

 glabrate; achenes obovate. 

 Coulter) to Florida and Alabama. Autumn. 



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