176 Order CAMPANULALES 
3. Lacinaria pycnostachya (Michx.) Kuntze. 
In meadows in the eastern part of the state. Lincoln; Nebraska 
City. 
4, Lacinaria scariosa (L.) Hill. 
In dry prairies in the eastern part of the state. Crete; Laurel; 
Long Pine; Nebraska City; St. Paul. 
5. Lacinaria spicata (L.) Kuntze. 
In bottoms and low prairies throughout most of the state. Atkin- 
son; Benkelman; Carns; Kearney; Scotts Bluff; Valentine. 
Tribe 3. ASTEREZ. 
Ray flowers, when present, yellow. 
Pappus of scales or awns, sometimes deciduous, never of numer- 
ous capillary bristles. 
Heads small not over 4 mm. high, few-flowered; leaves linear, 
entire. 1. Gutierrezia. 
Heads large, many-flowered, involucre viscid; leaves dentate. 
2. Grindelia 
Pappus, at least in part, of numerous capillary bristles. 
Pappus double, the inner of capillary bristles, the outer much 
shorter of scales or bristles; heads large; leaves neither 
evergreen nor spinulose-dentate. 3. Chrysopsis. 
Pappus wholly of capillary bristles; heads small or leaves ever- 
green or spinulose-dentate. 
Heads discoid. (See also Brachyactis and Leptilon.) 
Shrubs. 
Flowers dicecious. 17. Baccharis. 
Flowers perfect. 4. Chrysothamnus. 
Herbs. 15. Erigeron. 
Heads radiate. 
Leaves spinulose-dentate. 5. Sideranthus. 
Leaves entire or toothed, not spinulose-dentate. — 
Stem low, woody; leaves evergreen. 6. Stenotus. 
Stem entirely herbaceous; leaves not evergreen. 
Rays not more numerous than the disk-flowers; leaves 
mostly lanceolate, rarely linear-lanceolate. 
7. Solidago. 
Rays more numerous than the disk-flowers; leaves 
linear-lanceolate. 8. Euthamia. 
Ray-flowers blue, pink, purple or white, never yellow. 
Pappus a mere crown of a few scales or awn-like bristles. 
Plants low, not over 2 dm. high. 9. Townsendia. 
Plants tall, erect, 6 dm. or more high. 10. Boltonia. 
Pappus of numerous capillary bristles. 
Rays slightly, if at all, exceeding the pappus. 
Heads 8-12 mm. broad, bracts in 2-8 series. 13. Brachyactis. 
Heads about 4 mm. broad, bracts in 1-2 series. 16. Leptilon. 
Rays conspicuous, longer than the pappus, usually equaling or 
exceeding the diameter of the disk. 
Bracts me several series, the outer shorter, usually well imbri- 
cated. 
Disk-flowers yellow, turning red, brown or purple. 
Leaves entire or serrate, the teeth not bristle-tipped. 
11. Aster. 
