464 Ordbe 10.— C0MP0SITj5E. 



bright greon, the radical one3 stalked. Fls. without ray.s, terminal, scattered, 

 yellow, appearing all aammer. § Eur. 



2 S. aiireus L. Radical Ivs. ovate, cordate, orenate-serrate, petiolale, cauliue ones 

 lyrate-pinnatifid, dentate, terminal segments lanceolate ; pod. subumbellate, thick ; 

 rays 8 to 12 ; ach. glabrous. — 2^ Plant with varying forma, ia meadows, woods, 

 (U. S. and Brit. Am.), with golden yellow fls. St. smoothish, striate, erect, 1 to 

 2f high, simple, or branched above, terminating in a kind of umbellate, simple or 

 compound corymb. Lower stem Ivs. lyrate, upper ones few and slender. Fed. 

 more or less thickened upwards. Scales linear, acute, purplish at apex. Eays 

 spreading about 1'. May — Aug. 



P BALSAMIT.B. St. villous at base ; Ivs. few, small and distant, pubescent, 

 radical ones oblong-lanceolate ; ped. villous at base. — Eocky hills and pas- 

 tures. (S. Balsamitas, Muhl.) 



y GRACILIS. Radical Ivs. orbicular, on long petioles, cauline few, linear-oblong, 

 inoisely dentate ; ped. short, pilous, with small, few-rayed heads. — A slender 

 state of the species, on rocky shores. (3. gracilis. Ph.) 



<5 OBOVAxns. Eadical Ivs. obovate to oblong-spatulate ; ped. elongated. — • 

 Meadows, &o. (S. obovatus,- Whld.) 



c LANOEOLATUS. Eadical Ivs. lanceolate, acute, cauhne lanceolate, pinnaUfid 

 at base. — Shady swamps, &c. 



3 S. obovitus Ell. Tomentous when young, at length glabrous ; root Ivs. obo- 

 vate or roundish, crenate, with an attenuated sessile base, cauline few, small, cut- 

 pinnate; corymb small; rays 10 to 12; ach. glairous.—Ya. to Fla. St. a foot 

 high, nearly leafless. Lvs. mostly radical, near 3' broad and long, often sUghtly 

 petioled ; the upper lvs. rapidly diminished. Eays spreading about 1'. May. 



4 S. tomentoBUS Mx. Oloihed with soft, cotton-like, nearly persistent tomenium ; 

 root lvs. oblong OT oblanceolate or ovate, obtuse, tapering to a long, slender petiole, 

 crenate, the upper sessile ; hds. fastigiate, rays 12 to 15; ach. pubescent. — 11 Va. 

 to Pla. and La. St. 1 to 2f high, often nearly leafless above. Corymb simple, 

 subumbellate. Root lvs. with their petioles 6 to 9' long, 1 to 3' wide. Eays 

 spreading 16". Apr. — Jn. — The leaves are exceedingly variable. A variety (on 

 Stone Mt., Ga.) is low, densely tomentous, with the lvs. all radical. 



5 S. andnymus. Plant clothed with a white, partly deciduous tomentum ; root lvs. 

 tmall, oblong, obtuse, crenate-serrate, some of them slightly lobed, tapering to a 

 petiole, cauline lvs. long and narrow, remotely sinuaie-pinnatifld, the segm. cut-den- 

 tate; hds. subumbellate, small, ach. pubescent. — y ? Montgomery, Ala. St. 16 to 

 24' high. Eoot lvs. J' wide and with their petioles 2 to 3' long. St. lvs. 6' long, 

 the upper 1', almost bipinnatifid. Eays 8 to 10, spreading about 1". May., Jn. 



6 S. Canadensis L. Lijs. glabrous, bipinnate with Hnear, lobed, obtuse segm., 

 the upper few pinnately divided ; corymbs compound, fastigiate ; rays 9 to 12. — 

 y Canada (Kalm, in Willd. Spec, &o.) Upper districts of the S. States. Hds. 

 rather small. Jn. — Possibly our S. anonymus is a variety of this. (S. mUle- 

 folium T. & G. 



7 S. lobatus Pers. Butter- weed. Glabrous or slightly floocous at base ; lvs. 

 all lyrate-pinnatifid (or the upper pinnatifld), the lobes crenate, distant, odd one 

 roundish ; corymbs somewhat compoundly umbeled ; iuvol. slightly calyculate ; 

 rays 1 to 12 ; ach. minutely hispid. — 2) Low, wet grounds, N. Car. to Fla. and 

 La., common. St. striate, 2 to 3f high. Lvs. 4 to 6' long, terminal lobe 1' diam. 

 Eays spreading about 11" Mar. — Jl. 



8 S. pseudo-elegana DC. Purple jACOBiEA. Lvs. equal, pinnatifld 

 pilous-viscid, spreading ; ped. somewhat scaly ; inVol. calyculate with leafy 

 scales ; scales mostly withered at the tips. — Q) Native of tho Cape of Good Hope. 

 A beautiful plant in cultivation. Fls. of tho disk ypUow, of the rays brilliant 

 purple. A variety has double fls. with colors equally fine. Another variety has 

 white fls. Jn. — Aug. f (S. elegans L.) 



87. AR'NICA, L. Ipvoluore of equal, lanceolate scales, 1 or 2-rowed ; 

 ray flowers ? , disk ^ ; receptacle flat, with scattered hairs ; pappus 

 single, rigid and serrulate. — U St. simple. Lvs. opposite. Fls. yellow. 

 1 A. mollis Hook. Pubescent ; st. leafy ; lvs. becoming nearly glabrous, thin. 



