438 Oedeb 70.— composite 



late Iraots ; hds. corymboua ; ach. silky-puhssceni. — Del to i'la.. common in tha 

 pine woods. Sts. 1 to 2f high. Branches usually l-flowei-ed. Hda. 5 to 6" long 

 and wide. Pappus tawny-white. Jl. — Oct. (C. argentea Nutt.) 



2 C oligantha Chap. Canescent with long silky hairs; Ivs. lance-linear and 

 linear, erect, entire, tapering to both ends; st. above, nearly naked; hds. few, 

 large; pappus while; ach. siUcy-vittous.—S. W. Ga. and Fla., in damp pino 

 woods. Height 1 to 2f. Hds. 1 to 6, a third larger than in No. 1. Eajs spread- 

 ing 14 to 11", appearing in Apr. and May. 



3 'C pinifolia Ell. Glabrous, rigid ; Ivs. narrowly linear, rigid, erect, crowded, 

 tho upper setaceous; hds. solitary, terminal, corymbous; acli. villou.s; pappys 

 roddish-brown, tJie outer scale-like, lohitish. — Sandy hills, middle Ga. St. 1 to 21' 

 high. Hds. neaiiy as large as in No. 2. Lower Ivs. 3 to 5' long. Sept., Oct. 



4 C. falcata Ell. Woolly and villous ; Ins. sessile, linear, very acute, svhfakate, 

 spreading, veins pilous ou both sides ; Ms. small, in axillary corymbs ; iuvol. pil- 

 ous. — A low, leafy plant, in dry, sandy soils, near the sea, Mass. to N. J. St. 

 thick, leafy, about 8' high. Hds. small, liright yellow, in crowded, paniculate 

 corymbs. Rays ^-toothed at the ape.^:. Sept., Oct. (Inula felcata Ph.) 



5 C. Mariana Nutt. Silky-arachnoid; Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, subentire, smooth 

 when old; the upper sessile, acute, tho lower spatulate and generally obtuse ; 

 corymb simple ; scales acute, viscidly-puhescent ; rays 1-5 to 20. — Sandy barrens, 

 N. J., Md. to Pla., common. St. and Ivs. clothed with scattered, long, silky, de- 

 ciduous hairs. Plant about 2f high. Lvs. 1 to 2' long. Corymbs somewhat um- 

 beled; hds. few, large, 15 to 20-rayed, yellow, on viscid-glandular peduncles. 

 Aug. — Oct. (Inula Mariana L.) 



6 C. villosa Nutt. Erect, leafy, villous-pubescent, and strigous ; lvs. entire, ses- 

 sile, ciliate towards tho base, lower ones oblong-spatulato, upper oblong-linear or 

 lanceolate ; hds. large, soUtary, and terminal, somewhat fastigialely corymbous ; 

 scales linear-subulate, strigous; rays 20 to 30. — Prairies, 111. to Or. St. 1 to 2f 

 high. Lvs. 1 to 2' by 3 to 5", whitish and rough. Rays oblong-linear, entire, 

 golden-yellow. Jl. — Sept. (Amellus Ph. Diplopappus Hook.) 



7 C goss;$-pina Nutt. Clothed throughout with a cottony iomsntum ; lvs. oUong, 

 obtuse, entire, the lower spatulate, upper sessile ; hds. solitary, corymbous ; scales 

 woolly ; pappus tawny, the outer bristle-form, white. — Ta. to Fla., in the bar- 

 rens. St. 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 1 to 2' long. Hds. larger than in No. 5, with 

 about 25 rays. Aug. — Oct. 



8 C. triohopli;^lla Nutt, Clothed with long, weak hairs beloiv, nearly glabrous 

 above ; lvs. narroioly oblong, obtuse. Otherwise as in No. 1. — N. Car. to Pla. and 

 La., in dry soils. Aug. — Oct. 



32. COKY ZA, L. Gnat-bane. (Gr. kcovclkJ), a gnat; the plant w;;b 

 supposed to expel gnats and fleas.) Hds. discoid ; flowers all tubular, 

 those of the margin ^ ; of the centre ,J or ^ ; scales in several rows ; re- 

 ceptacle flat or convex ; achenia compressed ; pappus one row of capil- 

 lary bristles. — Herbs chiefly tropical. Fls. yellow. 



C. Binuata Ell. Hairy and cinerous-pubescent ; lower lvs. sinuate-lobed, acute, 

 middle repand-dentate, upper linear, entire ; hds. paniculate ; fl.s. white, all fer- 

 tile ; ach. oblong, almost glabrous.— Charleston, S. C. and Savannah, Ga. (Pond), 

 common — " appearance of an Erigeron," (Elliott.) St. a foot or more high. Lvs. 

 narrow, 12 to 18' long. Florets very numerous (100 or more) in each head. 

 Pappus pale cinnamon color. Apr. — JL 



33. IK'ULA, L. Elecampane. (Ancient Lat. name.) Heads 

 many-flowered ; involucre imbricate ; ray-flowers numerous, ? , dist- 

 flowere ^ ; receptacle naked ; pappus simple, scabrous ; anthers with ? 

 bristles at base. — 21 Coarse European herbs, with alternate leaves and 

 yellow flowers. 



HelSnium L. Lvs. amplexicaul, ovate, rugous, downy beneath; inml. scaiaa 

 ovate. — Herb coarse-looking, in pastures and roadsides, N. Eng. to III Stem 4 — 



