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6, ELEPHANTOoPUS ELaATUS Bert. Misc. Bot. 11: 21. 1851 
Stems erect, rather sparingly branched, 5-10 dm. tall, leafless or 
with 1 or 2 cauline leaves, hirsute- pubescent, becoming densely 
tomentose — basal leaves spatulate, oblanceolate or oblong, 
1.5-2.5 dm. long, 3-6 cm. wide, obtuse, crenate, densely pubesc cent 
below ; Ren 1-1.5 cm. high, about equaled by the broadly 
ovate or triangular, short-acuminate, densely gray- pees bracts ; 
scales densely villous with erect white hairs. 
Distribution: South Carolina to Florida, thence west to Alabama 
and southern Arkansas. 
7. ELEPHANTOPUS TOMENTOSUS L. Sp. Pl. 814. 1753 
Elephantopus nudicaulis Poir. Encyc. Suppl. 2: 543. 1811. 
Llephantopus nudicaulis Ell. Sk. 2: 481. 1823. 
Lilephantopus carolinianus simplex Nutt. Gen. 2: 187. 1818. 
Type locality: ‘* habitat in Virginia.” 
Distribution: from North Carolina, southeastern Kentucky and 
Tennessee, south to the Gulf and west to eastern Texas. 
8. ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER L, Sp. Pl. 814. 14753 
Stem erect, 2-4 dm. high, branching from the base, hirsute-pu- 
earn achenes 3~4 mm. long, glabrous on the ribs, hirsute in 
the furr 
Type ie : *¢ habitat in Indiis.” 
Distribution: tropics of the Old World; sparingly introduced 
into the West Indies, Central America and South America. 
The last two species are very closely related, and are scarcely 
distinguishable except by the broader, softer leaves of the former 
and the geographical distribution. By Schultz and some other 
botanists, they have been combined. 
DousBTFUL SPECIES 
Elephantopus litoralis, EL. glaber, &. colimensts Sessé & Moc. 
Fl. Mex. 216 (1896), are probably all synonyms of Pseudelephan- 
topus spicatus (Juss.) Rohr. 
