148 RypBerGc: Rocky Moun'rAIN FLORA 
lower leaves petioled, 2-5 cm. long, finely cinereous-puberulent, 
in age sparingly so; blades spatulate or oblanceolate, entire or 
sparingly dentate, thin ; upper leaves linear- oblanceolate or linear, 
entire ; branches strongly ascending ; involucre turbinate, 8 mm 
high, 8-romm. broad ; bracts in 6 or 7 series, linear, acute; green 
tip short, glandular-puberulent, much shorter than the chartaceous 
portion, only slightly squarrose; rays rose-purple, about 8 mm. 
long ; achenes finely strigose. 
This agrees fairly well with the description of JZ /aetevirens 
Greene, except that the plant is evidently cinereous-puberulent. 
Uran: Logan, Aug. 9, 1895, Aydberg (type, in herb. N. Y. 
Bot. Gard.). 
New YorK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
