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§ 2. EUERf GERON, Torr. & Gr. lini/s elonqnted, crowded in one. or more rows: 

 ixi/i/iiis siiii/>/<!. (Erect ficrennkih : heitds somewliat cori/mhrd, middle-sized.) 



4. E. bellidifblium, Muhl. (Kohin's Plantain.) Hairy, proditrimj 

 offsrts from tin- Ikisc : stiiii sini/ile, rather U(dc<d uiure, Itcariiig low (1-9) lar<;c 

 heads oii .slciulcr iieiliincle.s, root-leaves ohovate ami spatulate, sparingly toothed ; 

 those of the stem distant, huiceolateoblong, i)aitly elas])ing, entire ; rnija (ulioiit 

 50) rather hroud, liijht hluixh-jmriile. — Copses and moist hanks : common. May. 



5. E. Pllilad61phiGU.m, L. (Co.m.mon Fleabane.) Hairy; stem fea/i/, 

 corymhed, hearing several small heads ; leaves thin, with a broad midrib, ob- 

 long ; the upper smoothish, clasping by a heart-shaped base, mostly entire ; the 

 lowest spatulate, toothed ; rays innumerable and very narrow, rose-purple or flesh- 

 color. (E. purphreum, Ait.) — Moist ground : common. June -Aug. 



§ 3. STENACTIS, Cass. Outermost bristles of the pappus short and minute, or 

 ratlur chiij/'j/, forming an external series: otherwise as § 2. 

 G. E. glab^llum, Nutt. Stem (6'- 15' high) stout, hairy al>ove, the 

 leafless summit bearing 1-7 large heads; leaves nearly glabrous, except the 

 margins, entire, the upper oblong-lanceolate and pointed, closely sessile or 

 partly clasping, the lower s])atulate and petioled ; rays (more than 100, purple) 

 more than twice the length of the hoary-hisj)id involucre. — Plains N. Wiscon- 

 sin, and westward. June. 



§ 4. PHALACROL^MA, Cass. Bays numerous, but nearly in a single row, con' 

 sjn'cuous : pappus plainly double, the outer a crown of minute chajfy-hristle-fortn 

 scales ; the inner of scanty capillary bristles which arc deciduous, or entirely 

 wantinfj in the ray : annuals and biennials. 



7. E. ^nnuum, Pcrs. (Daisy Fleabane. Sweet Scabious.) Stem 

 stout (.'}°-5° high), branched, l)eset with spreading hairs; leaves coarsely and 

 sharply toothed; the lowest ovate, tapering into a margined petiole; the upiwr 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute and entire at both ends ; heads corymbed ; rays white, 

 tinged with purple, not twice the length of the bristly involucre. (E. hetcro- 

 phyllum, Afuhl. E. strigosum, Bigel.) — Fields and waste places : a very com- 

 mon weed. June -Aug. (Nat. in En.) 



8. E. Strigbsum, Arnhl. (Daisy Fleab.^ne.) Stem panicled-corym- 

 bose at the summit, roughish like the leaves with minute oppressed hairs, or almost 

 smooth ; leaves entire or nearly so, the upper lanceolate, scattered, the lowest ob- 

 long or spatulate, tapering into a slender petiole; rays white, twice the length 

 of the minutely hairy involucre. (E. integrifulium, Blgel.) — Fields, &c. : com- 

 mon. June- Aug. — Stem smaller and more simple than the last, with smaller 

 heads but longer rays. — Var. DiscofDEUM, RdJnus, has the rays minute, 

 scarcely exceeding the invohicre. — Uxbrid;re, Massachusetts, and adjacent parts 

 of Connecticut and Rhode Island, Dr. RMiins. 



§ 5. ERIGERfDIUM, Torr. & Gr. Rays about 30, in a single row, rather 

 broad: pappus simple : achenia mosdy Anerved : root ptrenniid. 



9. E. v6rnum, Torr. & Gr. Glabrous ; leaves clustered at the root, 

 oval or spatulate; scape leafless, slender ( 1° -2° high), bearing 5-12 small 

 corymbed heads ; rays white. (E. nudicaule, Micluc, Aster veriius, L.) — Low 

 grounds, E. Virginia and southward. May. 



