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8. Coreopsis lanceolata L. Lance- 

 leaved Tickseed. (Fig. 3932.) 



Coreopsis lanceolata L. Sp. PI. go8. 1753. 

 Coreopsis lanceolata var. angustifolia T. & G. Fl. 

 N. A. 2: 344. 1842. 



Perennial; stem slender, glabrous, or spar- 

 ingly liispid near the base, i°-2° high. Leaves 

 glabrous, the lower and basal ones slender-peti- 

 oled, spatulate or narrowly oblong, very obtuse, 

 2'-6' long, entire, or with 1-3 lateral obtuse en- 

 tire lobes; stem leaves few, sessile or nearly so, 

 lanceolate or oblong, obtuse or acutish, usually 

 quite entire; heads few or solitary on elongated 

 slender peduncles, lYi'-iYz' broad, showy; pe- 

 duncles often 12' long; involucre depressed- 

 hemispheric, its bracts glabrous or ciliate, lan- 

 ceolate or ovate-lanceolate, the outer narrower 

 than the inner, but nearly as long; rays 6-10, 

 bright jellow, cuncate, 5-7-lobed; achenes ob- 

 long, broadly winged, about i" long; pappus of 

 2 short teeth. 



In dry or moist soil, western Ontario to Virginia, 

 Florida. Louisiana and Missouri. Maj'-Aug. 



9. Coreopsis pubescens EU. 



Coreopsis pubescens Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 441. 



1824. 



Perennial; stem pubescent or puberulent, 

 leafy, little branched, or simple, erect, 2°-4° 

 high. Leaves pubescent or glabrous, entire, or 

 some of them 3-5-lobed or divided, the basal 

 and lower ones slender-petioled, obovate-oval, 

 obtuse, the upper short-petioled or sessile, 

 broadly lanceolate or oblong, acute or acutish, 

 2'-3' long; heads few, I'-iyi' broad, long-pe- 

 duncled; involucre depressed-hemispheric, gla- 

 brous, star-like, its lanceolate obtuse or acute 

 outer bracts nearly as long as but much narrower 

 than the ovate inner ones; rays 8-10, yellow, 

 cuneate, lobed at the apex; achenes similar to 

 those of the preceding species or broader. 



In dry woods, Virginia to Illinois and Missouri, 

 south to Florida and Louisiana. June-Aug. 



StarjTickseed. (Fig. 3933.) 



10. Coreopsis crassifolia Ait. Thick- 

 leaved or Hairy Tickseed. (Fig. 3934.) 



Coreopsis crassifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 253. 17S9. 

 Coreopsis lanceolata var. fillosa Miclix. Fl. Bor. 



Am. 2: 137. 1S03. 



Perennial; stem hirsute or villous-pubescent 

 below, ascending, little branched, S'-2o' high. 

 Leaves rather thick, hirsute or pubescent, all 

 entire, the lower and basal ones petioled, oblong 

 to obovate-spatulate, mostly very obtuse, i'-3' 

 long, 4"-io" wide; stem leaves few, short-peti- 

 oled or sessile, obtuse or acutish, narrower; 

 heads few, i'-2' broad, borne on slender, puber- 

 ulent peduncles often 1° long, similar to those 

 of C. lanceolata, as are the rays, involucral 

 bracts and achenes. 



Dry soil, Illinois to Louisiana, east to South 

 Carolina and Florida. May-.\ug. 



