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COMPOSITAE. 



VOL. III. 



2. Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray. 



Smoothish Elephant's-foot. 



Fig. 4149. 



Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray, Proc. Am. 

 Acad. 15: 47. 1880. 



Erect, rather stout, appressed-pubescent, 

 or glabrate, i-2 high. Leaves oblong or 

 oblanceolate, obtuse at the apex, gradually 

 narrowed at the base, crenate or repand, 

 2'-io' long, g"-2 f wide, the basal ones usually 

 much larger than those of the stem and 

 branches, or these usually few and bract- 

 like; glomerules 6"-o." broad; heads about 

 4" long; scales of the pappus ovate-trian- 

 gular, abruptly narrowed into the awn. 



In sandy woods, Delaware and Maryland to 

 Florida, west to Arkansas and Louisiana. 

 Aug.-Sept. 



i. Elephantopus carolinianus Willd. 



Carolina Elephant's-foot. 



Fig. 4148. 



Elephantopus carolinianus Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 

 2390. 1804. 



Erect, hirsute-pubescent, or glabrate 

 above, corymbosely branched above, i-3 

 high. Leaves oval, ovate, or obovate, thin, 

 the lower rather abruptly narrowed into 

 margined petioles, obtuse, crenate-dentate, 

 3'-8' long, 2-4' wide, the upper smaller, 

 narrower and sessile; glomerules, includ- 

 ing the bracts, nearly i' broad; scales of 

 the pappus lanceolate-subulate, gradually 

 narrowed into a long slender awn. 



In dry woods, southern New Jersey and 

 Pennsylvania to Florida, Illinois, Kansas and 

 Texas. Aug.-Sept. 



3. Elephantopus tomentosus L. 



Woolly Elephant's-foot. Tobacco- 

 weed. Fig. 4150. 



Elephantopus tomentosus L. Sp. PI. 814. 1753. 



Erect, villous-pubescent, or sometimes gla- 

 brate, i-2 high, the stem branching above, 

 leafless or with i or 2 leaves. Basal leaves 

 ovate, oval, oblong, or obovate, obtuse, ses- 

 sile, narrowed at the base, usually silky- 

 pubescent beneath, crenate-dentate, 4'-$' long, 

 2'-4' wide; glomerules i'-i|' broad; heads 

 about 6" long; scales of the pappus triangu- 

 lar-subulate, gradually narrowed into the 



In moist soil, Virginia to Florida, west to 

 Kentucky, Arkansas and Louisiana. Called 

 also devil's-grandmother. Aug.-Sept. 



