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f ff Pappus pilose, ahundant. 

 X Involuci^al scales herhaceous. 

 § Heads discoid or floscular. 



(150) Eupatorium — heads few-flowered ; involucre imbricated, 



cylindrical or oblong, the scales oval-oblong ; receptacle 

 naked ; fruit angular or striated. 



§§ Heads radiant. 



(151) Erigeron — involucre imbricated oblong, the scales linear 



acute ; receptacle naked, foveolate ; pappus in many rows ; 

 fruit compressed. 



(152) Solidago — involucre imbricated ; receptacle naked ; pappus 



in one row ; fruit terete. 



(153) Senecio — involucre cylindrical or conical, of one row of 



equal scales, not membranous at the edge, with or with- 

 out smaller scales at the base ; receptacle naked ; fruit 

 cylindrical, with a pappus of simple soft hairs. 



(154) Inula — involucre imbricated, in many rows ; receptacle 



naked ; pappus uniform, in one row ; anthers with two 

 bristles at the base. 



(155) Pulicaria — involucre loosely imbricated in few rows ; re- 



ceptacle naked ; pappus in two rows, the outer cup-like, 

 membranous ; anthers with two bristles at the base. 



:^;j; Involucral scales dry, scarious. 



(15G) Grnaphalium — involucre hemispherical, imbricated, the 

 scales unequal, blunt ; receptacle flat, naked. 



(157) Pilago — involucre subcorneal, imbricated, the scales equal, 

 acuminate ; receptacle conical, scaly at the margin. 



** Florets all tubular; style sivollen helow its branches 

 (Cynarocephalae). 



t Involucral scales hooked at the point. 

 (15S) Arctium— involucre globose, imbricated ; receptacle flat, 



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