374 COMPOSITAE. Vor. III. 
4. Chrysopsis mariana (L.) 
Ell. Maryland Golden 
Aster. Fig. 4198. 
oe mariana L. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 1240. 
I . 
I. co ee Nutt. Gen. 2: 151. 1818. 
C. mariana Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 335. 
1824. 
Stout, 1°-23° high, loosely villous- 
pubescent with silky hairs when 
young, at length nearly glabrous, 
corymbosely branched at the sum- 
mit. Upper leaves oblong or lanceo- 
late, acutish or obtuse, sessile, 1-2’ 
long, the lower oblanceolate or spatu- 
late and narrowed into a petiole; 
generally obtuse, 2’-4’ long and 
sometimes 1’ wide; heads commonly 
numerous, 9’—12” broad, on glandu- 
lar peduncles; involucre hemispheric, 
its bracts glandular, acute, viscid- 
pubescent; achenes obovate. : 
In dry soil, southern New York and 
Pennsylvania to Tennessee, Florida and 
6 Louisiana. Aug.-Sept. Golden-star. 
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5. Chrysopsis villosa (Pursh) Nutt. 
Hairy Golden Aster. Fig. 4199. 
Amellus villosus Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 564. 1814. 
Inula villosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 151. 1818. 
C. villosa Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 7: 
316. 1841. 
C. foliosa Nutt. loc. cit. 316. 1841. 
Gheseonses camporum Greene, Pittonia 3: 88. 
1697. 
Stem villous or strigose-pubescent, 1°-2° 
high. Leaves oblong, lanceolate, or oblan- 
ceolate, obtuse or acutish, 1’-2’ long, 2’’-5” 
wide, the upper sessile, the lower narrowed 
into a petiole, pale, persistently canescent 
with appressed hairs; heads rather few, 1’ 
broad or more, terminating the short 
branches; rays oblong-linear, golden yellow ; 
involucre hemispheric, its bracts 4”-5” high, 
linear-subulate, pubescent and often ciliate; 
achenes obovate, 3-5-nerved. 
In dry soil, Minnesota and Illinois to Ala- 
bama, Manitoba, British Columbia, Nebraska 
and New Mexico. July-Aug. Rosin-wood. 
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6. Chrysopsis stenophylla (A. Gray) 
Greene. Stiff-leaved Golden 
Aster. Fig. 4200. 
Chrysopsis villosa var. stenophylla A. Gray, 
Syn. Fl. 1: Part 2, 123. 1884. 
C. stenophylla Greene, Erythea 2: 96. 1894. 
Cc. angustifolia Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 37: 128. 
1910. 1 
Low, slender, hirsute or rough-pubescent, 
6-10’ high. Leaves linear or slightly broad- 
ened above, densely canescent and ciliate, 
acutish, 9-15” long, 1-2” wide, the mar- 
gins revolute in drying; involucre hemi- 
spheric or broadly campanulate, its bracts 
“pubescent or the outer densely ciliate; heads 
few, 6-10” broad. 
In dry soil, Missouri and Nebraska to Arkan- 
sas and Texas. Aug.—Sept. 
