318 Carduaceae 



greenish, rounded and often notched at the 

 apex; inner ones nearly white. 



In moist open ground in the Rockies at 

 the lower elevations; flowering in July. 



Antennaria Lightly woolly , becoming smooth, 

 racemose stems 6-20 inches high, slender, 

 Hook. sparsely leafy. Leaves thin, 



Whit* m Ever- the radicle broadly oval, an 

 lasting. . 



inch or two long, obscurely 



3-nerved at the base, rather veiny, the lower 

 stem leaves oblong, the upper smaller and 

 lanceolate. Heads of flowers about \ of 

 an inch high, all on slender peduncles in 

 a loose raceme, involucral bracts, thin and 

 translucent, greenish-yellow or brownish. 



On shaded slopes throughout the Rockies, 

 at the higher altitudes; flowering in June. 



More or less woolly; stem 6-10 

 Antennaria 



Howellii inches high. Leaves rather thin, 



Greene. the lower spatulate, acute, 1-2 



HowelVs inches long, green above, woolly 



lng ' beneath; stem leaves lanceolate, 



clasping, i inch long, becoming smaller 



