438. Obdbb 70.— composite 



h.WbrtK.ts; hds. corymbons ; ach.sillcy-pubes.qe/nil. — Del to i"la., common in, the 

 pine woods. Sts. 1 to 2f high. Branches usually l-flowered. Hd^. 5 lo 6" long 

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



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

 linear, erect, entire, tapering. to both ends; ttl. above, nearly , naked; hda. few, 

 large; pappus white; acTi. silky-villous. — S. "VV. Ga. and Fla., in damp pine 

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

 ing 14 to 17", appearing in Apr. and May. 



3 C. pinifdlia Ell. Glabrous, rigid; fes. narrowly linear, rigid, erect, crowded, 

 the upper setaceous; hds. solitaiyi terminal, corymbous; acli. villous; pappvs 

 reddish-brown, the outer scale-like, whitish.— Sandy hills, middle Ga. .St. 1 to,2f 

 iiigh. Hds. nearly as large as in No. 2. Lower Ivs. 3 to 5' loug. Sept., Oct. 



4 C. faloata BU. Woolly and villous ; Ivs. sessile, linear, very acute, svhfakate, 

 spreading, veins pilous on both sides ; hds. small, in axillary corymbs ; invol. 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, bright yellow, in crowded, paniculate 

 corymbs. Rays 3-toothed at the apex. Sept., Oct. (Inula falcata Ph.) 



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

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

 corymb simple; scales acute, viscidly-pubescent ; rays 15 to 20. — Sandy barrens, 

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

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

 beled; hds. few, large, 16 to 20-rayed, yellow, on'viscid-glanddlaf peduriclea 

 Aug. — Oct. (Inula Mariana L.) 



6 C. villosa Nntt.' Erect, leafy, villous-pubescont, and strigous ; lvs. entire, ses- 

 sile, cUiate towards the base, lower ones oblong-spatulate, upper oblong-linear or 

 lanceolate; hds. large, solitary, and terminal, somewhat fastigiately corymbous; 

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

 high. Lv's^ 1 to 2' by 3 to 5", whitisli and rough. Bays oblong-linear; entire, 

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



7 C. goss^pina Nutt. Olothed throughout with a cottony iomentum ; lvs. oblong, 

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

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

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

 about 25 rays. Aug. — Oct. 



8 C. trichoph^Ua Nutt. Chtlied with long, weak' hairs below, nearly glabrms 

 above ; lvs. na/rrowly oblong, obtuse. Otherwise as in No. 1. — ^N. Car. to Pla. and 

 La., in dry soUs. Aug. — Oct. 



32. COKY ZA, L. Gnat-bane. (Gr. Kojvuip, a gnat; the plaiit was 

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

 those of tlie margiii ^ ; of the centre $ or ^ ; scales in several rows ; je- 

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

 lai-y bristles. — Herbs chiefly tropical. Fls. yellow. 



C sinu^ta Ell. Hairy and oinerous-pubescent ; lower lvs. sinuate-lobed, acute, 

 middle repand-dentate, upper linear, entire ; hdsi paniculate; fls. white, all fer- 

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

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

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

 Pappus pale cinnamon color. Apr.-^Jl ' 



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

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

 flow;ers tj ; reeeptacle naked ; pappus simple, scabrous ; anthers with 2 

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

 yellow flowers. 



HelSnium L. Lvs. amplexicaul, ovate, rugous, downy beneath; invol. saU^ 

 ovate. — Herb coarse-looking, in pastures and roadsides, N. En^. to IIL ' Stem i — 



