GExrs 43.] 



THISTLE FAMILY. 



399 



5. Antennaria neglecta Greene. 

 Field Cat's-foot. (Fig. 3846.) 



Aniennaria neglecta Greene, Pittonia, 3: 173. 1S97. 



Stoloniferous, the stolons long and slender, 

 bearing small leaves, except at the ends, where 

 they are normally developed. Basal leaves ob- 

 lanceolate, orcuneate-spatulate, gradually taper- 

 ing to a sessile base, without a distinct petiole, 

 white-tomcntose beneath, glabrate above, i -nerv- 

 ed; stem-leaves linear; fertile plant nearly i "high; 

 heads 3"-4" broad, corymbose; bracts brownish, 

 with white tips, lanceolate, acute; sterile plant 

 4'-S' high, the heads densely clustered, the 

 bracts oblong, obtuse. 



In fields and pastures, Maine to New York, Vir- 

 ginia and Wisconsin. April-June. 



6. Antennaria campestris Rydberg. 

 Prairie Cat's-foot. (Fig. 3847.) 



Antennaria campestris Rydberg, Bull. Torr. 



Club, 24: 304. 1897. 



Stolons short, leafy; flowering stems of 

 both fertile and sterile plants 2'-6' high; 

 basal leaves obovate-cuneate, without a dis- 

 tinct petiole, white-tomentose beneath, gla- 

 brate above, i-nerved,orindistinctly 3-nerved; 

 stem-leaves small, linear; heads 3"-4" 

 broad in subcapitate clusters; bracts of the 

 fertile heads lanceolate, greenish below, 

 brownish at the middle, the apex white, 

 acute or acuminate; bracts of sterile heads 

 elliptic, obtuse. 



On dry prairies, Nebraska to the .Saskatche- 

 wan. JI ay-J une . 



7. Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Richards. Plantain-leaf Everlasting. 

 Mouse-ear Everlasting. (Fig. 384S.) 



Gnaplialium plantagini/olium L. Sp. PI. 850. 



1753- 

 Antennaria plantagitiifolia Richards. App. 



Frank. Joum. Ed. 2, 30. 1823. 

 Antennaria Pariinii 'PernsXA, Gard. & For. 10: 



2S4. 1897. 



Floccose-woolly, stoloniferous, forming 

 broad patches, the patches of sterile and fer- 

 tile plants commonly distinct. Flowering 

 stems of fertile plant, 6'-iS' high; basal 

 leaves obovate or spatulate, or broadly oval, 

 obtuse, distinctly 3-ribbed, petioled, often 

 glabrate and dark green above, silvery be- 

 neath, I'/z'-j' long, 5"-iS" wide; stem-leaves 

 sessile, oblong or lanceolate, the upper usu- 

 ally small and distant; heads in corymbose 

 or often subcapitate clusters, 4"-5" broad; 

 involucre about 3" high, its bracts greenish- 

 white, lanceolate, acute or acutish; achenes 

 minuteh' glandular; sterile plant smaller, 3'- 

 S' high ; basal leaves somewhat smaller; stem- 

 leaves mostly linear; heads smaller, 3"-4" 

 broad; bracts oblong, obtuse. 



In dry soil, especially in open woods, Labrador to Florida, west to Nebraska and Texas. Called 

 also Spring or Early Everlasting. White Plantain, Pussy-toes, Ladies' Tobacco. April-June. 



