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61. CUIiPIS, L. 



C. runcina'ta, Torr. and Gr. stem 1-2 feet high, g 

 brous. . Eadioal leaves obovate-ohlong to oblong-lanceola 

 with short lobes or teeth, Cauline leaves absent or v( 

 small. Involucre pubescent,, sometimes it and the up; 

 part of the scape glandular.^N.W. 



58. FKENAN'TIIES, Vaill. RATrLESNAKE-nooT. 



1. P. alba, li. {Nabalws albus, Hook.) (White Lettw 

 Heads 8-12-flowered. Pappus deep cinnamon-coloured. St 

 2-4 feet high, smooth and glaucous, oorymbose-panicula 

 Leaves triangular-halberd-shaped, or 3-5-lobed, the upj 

 most oblong and undivided. — Rich woods. 



2. P. altiSS'ima, L. (Nabalus altissimus.) (Tall "Wh 

 Lettuce.) Heads 5-6-flowered. Pappus pale straw-colour 

 Stem taller but more slender than in No. 1, with a long, lei 

 panicle at the summit. — Sic^ woods. 



3. P. raeemo'sa, Michx. f^Nahalus raeemosus, Hoc 

 Heads about 12-flowered. Involucre and peduncles hai 

 Stem wand-like, smooth. Leaves oval or oblong-lanoeols 

 slightly toothed. Heads crowded in a long and nan 

 interruptedly spiked panicle. Pappus straw-colour ; flow 

 flesh-colour. — Shore of Lake Huron and south-westward. 



4. P. Mainen'Sis, Gray. Leaves as in the last, but 

 radical ones ovate and more abruptly narrowed to the sh 

 petiole. Heads 8-12-flowered, persistently drooping 

 slender pedicels. — Atl. Prov. 



53. LYGODES'JIIA. Don. 

 L. jun'eea, Don. Much branched from the base, 

 branches closely erect and rigid, rush-like, terminating 

 erect heads of pinkish flowers. Leaves small, the loi 

 lance-linear, the upper scale-like. — N.W. plains. 



54. TBOX'MIOSr, Nutt. 

 1. T. CUSpida'tum, Pursh. Scape a foot high. Lea 

 lanceolate, tapering to a sharp point, entire, woolly on 

 margins. Achenes beakless. — N.W. prairies. 



