Carduaceae 295 



attenuate and glandular, green; rays nu- 

 merous and thread-like, pink, but slightly 

 exceeding the disc. 



On banks and more or less shaded places 

 at the lower altitudes throughout the 

 Rockies; flowering during July. 



Soft-hairy or sometimes nearly 

 Engeron 



philadel- smooth, stems slender, mostly 

 phicus L. branched above, 1-3 feet high. 

 Philadelphia L eaves spatulate or obovate, 



Fleabane. u . 



obtuse or acute, dentate or 

 entire, 1-3 inches long. Heads several or 

 numerous, corymbose-paniculate, J-J of an 

 inch broad ; involucre depressed hemispheric, 

 its bracts linear with roughened margins ; rays 

 100-150, J-Jof an inch long, bright rose-colour. 

 In open grassy and wet places at the lower 

 altitudes, throughout the Rockies ; flowering 

 in June and July. This species, the most 

 widely distributed of any member of the 

 genus is found throughout North America; 

 though locally rare, where found it is usually 

 in great abondance. 



