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ulate to linear; heads numerous with white or pale-pink rays, about 63. Dry 

 soil. Spring to Fall. 



E. quercifolius. Hoary-pubescent; stems branching above; lower leaves ob. 

 lanceolate or pinnatifid narrowed into margined petioles; upper leaves few 

 lanceolate; rays about 150, purplish to flesh-colored. Open woods. Spring 



E. Philadelphicus. Hirsute; stems more or less branched above; lower leaves 



spatulate or oblong, coarsely toothed; upper leaves oblanceolate, sessile; 



rays about 125, bright pink. Pine-land. Summer. (The last two species 



found on Hontoon-island.) 



18. Ray-flowers yellow, .......... 19 



18. Ray-flowers not yellow, ....... --21 



19. Pappus single, or in 2 nearly equal series of capillary bristles, - - - 20 



19. Pappus double, the inner series of rough, hair-like bristles, the outer 



of small scales or bristles; — pubescent herbs with alternate 



leaves and showy heads in corymbs; bracts of involucre in 



several rows, ------- Chrysopsis, Golden Aster 



C. graminifolia. Foliage silvery-silky; leaves linear, not clasping, the lower 

 conspicuously longer than the upper. Sandy pine-land. Summer and 

 Fall. 



C. oligantha. Foliage silvery-silky below, glandular above; leaves linear, those 

 on the stem few and clasping; heads long-peduncled. Low pine-land. Spring. 



C. Mariana. Foliage villous; leaves spatulate to oblong; the lower ones narrowed 

 into petioles, sandy soil. Summer and Fall. 



C. scabrella. Foliage rough glandular; leaves numerous, linear, sessile; bracts 

 of involucre rigid, firm-pointed. Dry pine-land. Fall and often through 

 Winter. 



C. trichophylla. Foliage villous; leaves numerous, the lower spatulate, those 

 of the stem oblong to linear; heads often numerous. Pine-land. Sum- 

 mer and Fall. 



C. hyssopifolia. Foliage glabrous; basal leaves in a dense rosette, those of the 

 stem crowded, from spatulate to linear. Pine-land. Summer. 



20. Perennial herbs, sometimes shrubby near the base; ray-flowers few- 



er than disk-flowers; — leaves alternate, simple, often toothed; 

 heads small in panicles, racemes or thyrses; involucre of sev- 

 eral rows; rays in one series. Late Summer and Fall. 



Soli dago, Goldenrod 



S. odora. Stems usually simple; leaves anise-scented, the lower linear-spatu- 

 late to linear-oblong, the upper leaves lanceolate to linear; heads 5-7 flowered 

 in a broad one-sided panicle. Dry soil. 



S. Chapmanii. Compared with the preceding: stouter, more pubescent; less 

 scented. Pine-land. 



S. rugosa (altissima). Stems branching above; leaves numerous, the lower 

 spatulate to oblong, the upper elliptic to lanceolate, sharply toothed; heads 

 10-15 flowered in a one-sided panicle. Dry soil. 



S. tortifolia. Stems slender; leaves more or less twisted, linear; heads small, 

 numerous, 6-9 flowered in a wide one-sided panicle. Sandy soil near the 

 coast. 



S. Bootii. Stems purplish, branching above; leaves not OttmattMU or few, the 

 lower spatulate to oblong-spatulate. the upper narrow-elliptic; heads about 

 12 flowered in a widely spreading elongated panicle. Saniy soil. 

 20. Shrubby plants; — leaves alternate, narrow, with rounded or angu- 



