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THISTLE FAMILY 973 



61. A. Abrotanum L. A much branched shrub, 5-10 dm. high; lower leaves 

 petioled, 4-6 cm. long, twice pinnately dissected into linear-filiform divisions, 

 with revolute margins, slightly tomentose beneath ; heads numerous, nodding in 

 leafy panicles with racemiform branches; involucre hemispheric, about 3 mm. 

 high and 5 mm. broad; bracts canescent, the outer linear-lanceolate, the rest 

 broadly oval, scarious; ray-flowers about 10; disk-flowers 15-20. Around dwell- 

 ings: N.B. — Mass. — N.C. — Colo.; escaped from cultivation, native of s Eu. and 

 the Orient. 



62. A. Bigelovii A. Gray. Perennial, with a suffruticose base; stems many, 

 2-3 dm. high, silvery-canescent ; leaves hnear-cuneate to oblong, mostly 3-toothed 

 at the apex, about 1 cm. long, silvery-canescent; heads numerous in a thyrsi- 

 form panicle; involucres canescent, about 2 mm. high and 1.5 mm. broad, 2-4- 

 flowered; flowers yellow, one, or rarely two, of them pistiUate. A. petrophila 

 Woot. & Standi. Rocky banks and canons: Tex. — Colo. — Utah — Ariz. Son. 

 Au-S. 



63. A. cana Pursh. Shrub, 3-30 dm. high; branches strict, canescent; 

 leaves linear or lance-linear, acute at both ends, 1-4 cm. long, silvery-canescent 

 on both sides, or the lower with 2-3 acute teeth or lobes at the apex; heads 

 glomerate, in a leafy panicle ; involucres 5-9-flowered ; outer bracts hnear or subulate, 

 the inner oval, all more or less tomentose; flowers yellowish. A. columbiana 

 Nutt. Plains and hills: Sask. — Colo. — Utah — Ore. — Mont. Plai7i — Mont. Au-S. 



64. A. arbuscula Nutt. Low shrub, 1-3 dm. high; branches slender, canes- 

 cent; leaves short-cuneate or flabelhform, 3-lobed or 3-parted, 5-12 mm. long, 

 silvery-canescent, or the uppermost entire ; heads rather few, in a spike- or raceme- 

 Mke panicle; involucres about 4 mm. high and 3 mm. broad, 7-9-flowered; bracts 

 elliptic, at least the outer decidedly tomentose; flowers brownish. Dry moun- 

 tains and high plains: Wyo. — Calif. — Wash. Suhmont. — Mont. Je-Au. 



65. A. spiciformis Osterhout. Shrub, 3-10 dm. high; branches somewhat 

 canescent; leaves ob lanceolate or cuneate, 1-3.5 cm. long, 3-toothed at the apex 

 or the upper entire, silvery-canescent; heads comparatively few, in a spike- or 

 raceme-hke inflorescence; involucres about 6 mm. high and 5 mm. wide, about 

 12-flowered; bracts imbricate, ovate, at least the outer tomentose; flowers brown- 

 ish. A. Rolhrocku A. Gray, in part. Dry plains: Colo. — Utah. Son. — Mont. 

 Au-S. 



66. A. tridentata Nutt. Shrub, 1-4 m. high, much branched; bark of the 

 old stems shreddy; branches erect, silvery-canescent; leaves cuneate, 1-2 cm. 

 long, 3-toothed (rarely 4-7-toothed) at the apex, or the upper linear-cimeate and 

 entire, silvery-canescent; heads paniculate, numerous; involucres well imbricate, 

 about 4 mm. long and 2 mm. wide, 5-8-flowered; bracts oval-elliptic, at least 

 the outer densely tomentose; flowers yellow or brownish. Dry plains and hills: 

 Neb.— Colo.— Calif.— B.C. Plain— Mont. Jl-0. 



67. A. angusta Rydb. A shrub, 10-12 dm. high, with erect branches; 

 leaves canescent, 2-4 cm. long, 1-4 mm. wide, Unear and entire or linear-cimeate 

 and merely 3-toothed at the apex; heads numerous, clustered in leafy panicles; 

 involucre 3.5-4 mm. high, 2 mm. broad; the outer bracts thick, ovate, less than 

 one-fourth as long as the innermost; inner bracts oblong, obtuse, scarious-mar- 

 gined; flowers 4-6. A. tridentata angustifolia A. Gray. Plains: Wash. — Ida. 

 — Nev. — n Calif. Son. 



68. A. nova A. Nels. Undershrub, 1-3 dm. high; branches slightly tomen- 

 tose, strict; leaves narrowly cuneate, 0.5-2 cm. long, 3-toothed at the apex, finely 

 silvery-canescent; heads numerous, in a narrow, racemiform panicle; involucres 

 3-4 mm. high, scarcely 2 mm. broad, 2-4-flowered; bracts well imbricate, gla- 

 brate or slightly puberulent, elliptic; flowers light brown. Plains and table- 

 lands: Mont. — N.M. — Ariz.— Ida. Suhmont. — Mont. Au-0. 



69. A. tripartita Rydb. Sliiub or undershrub, 2-6 dm. high; branches 

 canescent; leaves 3-cleft or 3-parted or the upper entire, silvery-canescent; 

 blades or lobes narrowly linear; heads numerous, in a leafy panicle; involucres 

 about 4 mm. high and 2 mm. broad, 3-6-flowered; bracts well imbricate, the 



