DESCRIPTIVE MANUAL 



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Common Ellisia (Ellisia nyctelea L.). 



Description. — Minutely or sparingly roughish hairy; stems 

 forked, 6-14 in. high; leaves pinnately parted into 7-13 sparingly 

 cut-toothed divisions ; peduncles 1-flowered, opposite the leaves ; 

 flowers with calyx lobes lanceolate ; pointed corolla white. 



Fig. 14 6. Ellisia (.Ellisia nyctelea). Common in early spring fields. 

 (Photographed by Colburn.) 



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 Fig. 146-A. Distribution of Ellisia. 



