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The flower is half the size of C. pubescens, the sepals brown, 

 twisted. Stem, 2 feet high, and leaves oval-shaped, acute. 



Often found growing with the other, and with much the same 

 range. 



43. Crisped Bunch-flower 



Melanihium latifolium. — Family, Bunch -flower. Color, 

 greenish white. Leaves, long and narrow, acute at apex, nar- 

 rowing to the base, the lower clasping. Time, July and 

 August. 



Six spreading, clawed sepals and petals compose the perianth, 

 ■which is free from the ovary. Stamens, 6, and styles, 3. A 

 tall and slender plant, 2 to 4 feet in height. Flowers, on pedi- 

 cels in large terminal panicles. 



Range from Connecticut to South Carolina, in dry woods and 

 along hills, ascending southward to the height of 2000 feet. 



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 Cynthia, Virginia Goatsbeard 



Krigia amplexicciulis. Flowers, i to \\ inches broad, orange- 

 colored. Basal leaves, clustered, on long, winged petioles. 

 Stem-leaf usually single, oval, pointed, clasping, terminating 

 the main stem. Heads of flowers, 2 to 6, raised on long 

 stems. Parts of the single-rowed involucre closely united, 

 tube-like, i to 2 feet high. 



A bright, conspicuous blossom, becoming common in New Jer- 

 sey and Pennsylvania, extending northward to Massachusetts, 

 westward to Kansas. May to October. 



