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ecf, lower leaves sessile cuneatc remotefjrobttise 

 serrate, not trinervate, upper leaves dccurrent 

 lanceolate acute subcrenate, rays grooved? disk 

 globose discolor — another sp. akin to H. canal- 

 iculntum, but not smooth nor properly serrate, 

 stem bipedal quite dichotomous above, kjwef 

 leaves 3 inches long, upper uncial, disk redish 

 as in last, found in West Kentucky, 



946. Helenium traxilttm R. nearly smooth, 

 stem angular striate hardly winged, leaves suh- 

 decurrent lanceolate elongate, both ends acu- 

 minate, margin entire very rough ; flower^ ccr- 

 rymbose, rays flat refiexed, disk globose co^jco^ 

 fcr — found in Indiana and Illinois, pe(!a!, leaves 

 large 2 or 3 inches long pale beneath, flowers 

 few small. — H, aulumnale nearest to this has 

 serrate smooth leaves, and several rarjeties, an- 

 gustifoliumj lattfolium^ levigatttrnfirevifolmm 

 longifolium, elatum^ paiuiflorum &.c. 

 GLOSSANfHEf? 



This family also called CichoraceaeindSenif' 

 flosculose^ has been stated to be very deficient 

 in North America ; but it is a mistake, 5 Genera 

 alone Lactiicn^ Etinoxis, Hieracitim^ Nar- 

 halia and Krigia, include nearly lOO^^pecies; 

 being as numerous as the Asters, they ha^e 

 been equaly involved in obscurity by blending 

 or overlooking sp. which require careful mono- 

 graphs, such as I have undertaken ; but must 

 delay at present and only give a few striktr^g 

 novelties, as I wish to confine this flora to 1000 

 articles at present. This continent is the ceij- 

 tral seat of Lactuca as it is of Vrtis and Quer- 

 cus, possessing 30 or 40 species of each. Thfe 

 Lactuca elongata of our blind botanists coiv 

 tained 12 or 15 sp.with leaves smooth or rotigh, 

 entire or pinnati fid, runcinate, sagittate, ien- 



