256 COMPOSITE. (COMPOSITE FAMILY.) 



# # Disk convex, yellow: scales of tlie involucre regularly imbricated and oppressed, 

 with somewhat spreading and acute (but not foliaceous) tips : leaves chiefly opposite. 



5. H. laetiflbrus, Pers. Stout and rough (3 - 4 high), branching above j 

 haves oval-lanceolate, very rough both sides, narrowed into short petioles, serrate, taper- 

 pointed, the uppermost alternate and nearly entire ; heads single or corymbed, 

 on naked peduncles ; scales of the involucre ovate-lanceolate, pointed, ciliate. 

 Dry open places, Ohio to Illinois, and southward. Leaves almost as thick as 

 in H. rigidus. Rays showy, l'-2' long. 



6. H. OCCidentalis, Riddell. Somewhat hairy; stem slender, simple, naked 

 above (l-3 high, sending out runners from the base), bearing 1-5 small 

 heads on long peduncles ; lowest leaves oval or lanceolate-ovate, 3-nerved, obscurely 

 serrate, roughish-pubescent beneath, abruptly contracted into long hairy petioles ; the 

 upper small and remote, entire ; scales of the involucre oval-lanceolate, pointed, 

 ciliate. Dry barrens, Ohio to Wisconsin, Kentucky, and southward. 



7. H. Cin^reus, var. Sullivantii, Torr. & Gr. Gray with a close rough- 

 ish pubescence ; stem branching above, hairy ; leaves ovate-oblong, sessile by a nar- 

 rowed base, acute, obscurely serrate ; the upper small and remote ; peduncles 

 slender ; scales of the involucre lanceolate, hoary. Darby Plains, Ohio, Sulli- 

 vant. Stem 2 - 3 high, bearing few heads, as large as those of the next. 



8. H. mollis, Lam. Stem clothed with soft white hairs, simple, leafy, to 

 the top (2 4 high) ; leaves ovate, with a broad heart-shaped and clasping base, 

 pointed, nearly entire, hoary above, very soft white-woolly and reticulated under- 

 neath ; scales of the involucre lanceolate, downy. Barrens and Prairies, Ohio 

 to Illinois, and westward. 



# * * Heads very small (about 4" broad) : scales of the involucre few, shorter than the 



yellow disk, irregularly imbricated, oppressed, the outer with spreading foliaceous 

 pointed tips : rays 5-8, slender : leaves all but the. uppermost opposite. 



9. H. microc6phalus, Torr. & Gr. Stem smooth (3 -8 high), with 

 numerous slender branches above ; leaves thin, ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, 

 somewhat serrate, veiny, petioled, rough above, downy or hairy underneath ; pe- 

 duncles slender, rough ; scales of the involucre ovate and ovate-lanceolate, 

 ciliate. Thickets, Pennsylvania to Illinois, and southward. 



10. H. Isevigatus, Torr. & Gr. Stem slender (l-4 high), simple or 

 sparingly branched, very smooth and glabrous throughout, as well as the slightly 

 serrate lanceolate leaves. Dry soil, Alleghany Mountains, west of the Warm 

 Springs of Virginia, and southward. 



# * * * Heads middle-sized or large : scales of the involucre irregularly imbricated, 



loose, with spreading foliaceous tips, as long as the yellow disk or longer. 

 H Leaves chiefly alternate or scattered, feather-veined, sometimes obscurely triple-ribbed. 



11. H. gigant&US, L. Stem hairy or rough (3 -10 high), branched 

 above ; leaves, lanceolate, pointed, serrate, very rough above, rough-hairy beneath, 

 narrowed and ciliate at the base, but nearly sessile ; scales of the involucre long, 

 linear-lanceolate, pointed, hairy, or strongly ciliate. Var. AMBIGUUS has most 

 of the leaves opposite and closely sessile by an obtuse base, and approaches No. 

 14. _ LOW thickets and swamps : common. Heads somewhat corymbed : the 

 pale yellow rays 15-20. 



