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B. virgata DC. Smooth in all its parts ; st. virgately branched from near the 

 base ; branches corymbous-fastigiate above ; Ivs. narrowly linear, 1-veined, the 

 cauline linear-spatulate ; scales glutinous. Swamps, N. J. to Fla. and Tex. A 

 plant resembling Solidago teuuifolia in aspect, 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 2 to 3' by 1 to 

 2", rather firm and somewhat remote. Fls. bright yellow, the scales also yellow- 

 ish. Aug. Oct. 



28. ISOPAP'PUS, Torr. & Gr. (Gr. iaog, equal ; ndTnro^ pappus.) 

 Heads radiate; ray fls. 5 to 12, $ , disk-fls. 10 to 20 $ ; scales of the 

 involucre lanceolate-subulate, closely imbricated ; receptacle alveolate, 

 achenia terete, silky-villous ; pappus a single row of equal capillary 

 bristles. Rough-hairy, branching, with alternate Ivs. and loose 

 panicles. 

 I. divaricajus T. & Gr. Scabrous, with thin, hispid hairs ; Irs. linear-lanceolate, 



taper-pointed at each end, sessile, nearly entire ; hds. on slender, naked pedicels ; 



rays about 7, longer than the invol., disk-fls. about 12 ; scales slender-pointed, 



shorter than the tawny pappus. Dry sandy soils, Ga. (Feay) to Fla. and Tex. 



Plant 6' to 3f high. Hds. in a diffuse panicle, invol. 2" long, rays 3", bright yel r 



low. Aug. Oct. 



29. PRIONOP'SIS, Nutt. (Gr. TTQIUV, a saw, fyig, resemblance; 

 alluding to the serrate leaf.) Heads depressed, radiate, many-flowered ; 

 rays in one series, $ , disk fls. ; scales imbricate, squarrous ; receptacle 

 alveolate, flat ; ach. glabrous, turgid ; pappus deciduous, of rigid, scab- 

 rous, very unequal bristles, the inner row longer than the corolla. ' 

 Leaves alternate. Fls. showy, yellow. 



P. Chapmanii Torr. & Gr. Hairy or downy, strict, erect ; Ivs. erect, smooth, 

 lance-linear, serrate, with remote setaceous teeth ; hds. few ; scales cuspidate. 

 14- Swamps in pine barrens, Mid. Fla. (Chapman). Jn., Jl. 



30. HETEROTHE'CA, Cass. (Gr. erepo^, diverse, 0?);??, envelope.) 

 Heads many-flowered ; rays in one series, ? , disk-flowers 5 scales im- 

 bricated, appressed ; receptacle alveolate, fringed ; achenia minutely 

 canescent, of the ray without pappus (naked), of the disk with a double 

 pappus, the outer very short, scale-like, the inner of capillary bristles. 

 It Herbs hairy, corymbously branched, with alternate Ivs. and yel- 

 low flowers. ( 



H. scabra DC. St. erect, flexuous, striate ; Ivs. oblong-ovate, petiolate, dentate, 

 scabrous ; petioles abruptly winged as if stipulate at base ; hds. large, in a loose, 

 paniculate corymb ; rays 15 to 20 ; pappus tawny-red, the outer white. A showy 

 plant, in dry soils near the coast, S. Car. to Fla. and Tex. Plant 2 to 3f high. 

 Lvs. 2 to 3' long, diminishing upwards, where they are lance-oblong and sessile. 

 The ray achenia are glabrous, with a minute crown, those of the disk silky. Rays 

 of a rich yellow, expanding 9". Sept., Oct. 



31. CHRYSOP'SIS, Nutt. (Gr. %pvoo<;, gold, oi/>*c, appearance.) 

 Heads .many-flowered ; ray-flowers $, disk-flowers ', involucre imbri- 

 cate ; receptacle subalveolate, flat ; pappus of the ray and disk similar, 

 double, the exterior short, interior copious, capillary ; achenium hairy, 

 compressed. 2 Hairy herbs, with alternate and entire leaves and yel- 

 low flowers. 



Loaves linear, grass-liko , aclienin. linear ......................................... Nos - 1- * 



Leaves luuce-oblong ; achenia obovate, compressed (a). 



a Outer pappus scnlo-like ............................. .<* a, <> 



a Outer pappus bristle-form ........................... J>os. 7, 8 



1 C. graminifolia Nutt. Canescent with long silky hairs; Ivs. linear, erect, 

 entire, grass-like, tapering to both ends, the upper numerous and reduced to subu- 



