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7/ C dclpliinifolia, Lam. Glabrous or nearly so ; leaves divided in- 

 to 3 sessile leaflets which are 2 - 5-parted, their divisions lance-linear (l"-3" broad), 

 rather rigid ; disk brownish. — Pine woods, Virginia and southward. July. 



8. C verticillata, L. Glabrous ; leaves divided into 3 sessile leaflets 

 which are 1 - 2-pinnulely parted into narrowly linear or filiform divisions. — Damp 

 soil, from Maryland and Michigan southward. Also in gardens. July - Sept. 



9. C. palmata, Nutt. Nearly smooth, simple ; leaves broadly wedge- 

 shaped, deeply 3-cleft, rigid ; the lobes broadly linear, entire, or the middle one 3- 

 lobed. — Prairies, Michigan to Wisconsin, and southwestward. July. 



* # * * Achenia nearly orbicular, broadly winged, incurved, furnished with a callous 

 tubercle on the inside at the top and bottom, crowned with 2 small chaff-like denticu- 

 late teeth : outer involucre about the length of the inner: rays large, coarsely 3-5- 

 tootJitd: leaves opposite or the uppermost alternate: heads on long miked peduncles. 



10. C. atll'iCUluta, Linn. Pubescent or glabrous; stems 1° -4° high, 

 brandling, sometime s with runners ; leaves mostly petioled, the upper oblong or oval- 

 lanceolate, entire ; the lower oval or roundish, some of them variously 3 - 5-lobed or 

 divided ; scales of the outer involucre oblong-linear or lanceolate. U — Rich 

 woods and banks, Virginia, Kentucky, and southward. June -Sept. 



11. C. laaiceolfUa, L. Smooth or hairy (\°-2° high) ; stems short, 

 tufted, branched only at the base; leaves all entire, lanceolate, sessile, the lowest 

 oblanceolate or spatulate, tapering into petioles; scales of the outer involucre 

 ovate-lanceolate. U — Rich or damp soil. Michigan to Vir ini . Illinois, 

 and southward. July. Also cultivated. — lleads showy : rays 1' long. 



§ 2. Branches of the style truncate : rays rose<o!or : disk yellow. 



12. C. rosea, Nutt. (Rose-flowered Coreopsis.) Stem branching, 

 leafy, smooth (6' -20' high) ; leaves opposite, linear, entire; heads small, some- 

 what corymbed, on short peduncles ; outer involucre very short ; rays 3-toothed ; 

 achenia oblong, wingless; pappus an obscure crown-like border. 1J. — Sandy 

 and grassy swamps, Plymouth, Massachusetts, to New Jersey, and southward : 

 rare. Aug. 



C. tinctoria, Nutt., a native of the plains beyond the Mississippi, with 

 the rays yellow above, and brown-purple towards the base, is now everywhere 

 common in gardens. 



42. S51DENS, L. Bur-Marigold. 



Heads many-flowered; the rays when present 3-8, neutral. Involucre dou- 

 ble, the outer commonly large and foliaceous. Receptacle flattish, the chaff 

 deciduous with the fruit. Achenia flattened parallel with the scales of the invo- 

 lucre, or slender and 4-sidcd, crowned with 2 or more rigid and persistent awns 

 which are downwardly barbed. — Annual or perennial herbs, with opposite van 

 ous leaves, and mostly yellow flcwers. (Latin bidens, two-toothed.) 

 * Achenia flat, not tapering at the summit. (All annuals'') 



1. B. frosidosa, L. (Common Beggar-ticks.) Smooth or rather 

 hairy, tall (2°-6 c high) and branching; leaves 3- 5-divided; the leaflets lanceo- 



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