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lanceolate leaves, pappus scabrous. — White. If. Aug. — Sept. Rich 

 6oils. Mid. and upper Car. and Geo. 2 — 3 feet. 



*7. E. sessiko'licm, (L.) Stein somewhat angled. Leaves sessile, am- 

 plexicaul, rounded at the base, dotted beneath, opposite, serrate. Flow- 

 en in terminal corymbs; peduncles pubescent. — White. If. Aug. — 

 Sept Mountains. 2 — 3 feet. 



8. E. truxca'tum, (Muhl.) Stem erect, pubescent, particularly to- 

 ward the summit. Leaves sessile, amplexicaul, lanceolate- serrate, gla- 

 brous on the upper surface, pubescent along the veins, beneath dotted, 

 truncate at the base ; involucre pubescent. — White. 2f. Aug. — Sept. 

 Mountains. 2 — 3 feet. 



9. E. ai/bum, (L.) Stem erect, striate, villous ; lower leaves opposite, 

 the upper alternate, all pubescent, coarsely toothed, sessile, lanceolate. 

 Flowers in fastigiate corymbs ; involucre 10-leaved, the 5 interior long, 

 white, with glandular dots. Seed furrowed, pappus scabrous. — White. 

 2f . Aug. — Sept. Poor soils. Common. 2 — 3 feet. 



10. E. parviflo'rum, (Ell.) Stem erect, pubescent. Leaves sessile, 

 lower ones opposite, upper ones alternate, lanceolate, serrate toward the 

 apex, entire and alternate at the base. Flowers in terminal corymbs ; 

 involucre with the interior leaves ligulate, the exterior small, all pubes- 

 cent, dotted. Seeds angled. — White. If. Sept. — Oct. Southern 

 Georgia. 1 — 2 feet. 



11. E. scab'ridvm, (Ell.) Stem pubescent, with the lower branches 

 brachiate, the upper ones alternate. Leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 

 opposite, serrate toward the summit, acute, and entire at the base. 

 Flowers in corymbs ; involucre with acute lanceolate leaves, dotted. 

 Seed angled. — White. 2f. Aug. — Oct. Dry soils. Common. 2— ft. 



12. E. eotundifo'lium, (L.) Stem pubescent. Leaves sessile, decus- 

 sate, deltoid, obtusely senate, slightly scabrous, glaucous. Flowers in 

 fastigiate corymbs ; involucre with pubescent, acute scales. Seed an- 

 gled ; pappus scabrous. — White. If. July — Sept. Dry pine-barrens. 

 2 — 3 feet. Wild-Jiorehound. 



13. E. verben-efo'lioi, (Mich.) Stem erect, pubescent. Leaves ses- 

 sile, decussate, coarsely toothed, dotted, hairy on the under surface, 

 somewhat deltoid. Flowers in corymbs ; involucre with hairy, lanceo- 

 late leaves. Seed angled ; pappus scabrous. — White. If. Aug. — Sept. 

 Damp soils. 2 — 3 feet. E. tenuifo'iur/t, Willd. 



11. E. PUEEb'cExs, (Muhl.) Stem erect, pubescent, lower branches op- 

 posite, upper alternate. Leans sessile, ovace, alternate at the summit, 

 obtuse at the base, slightly scabrous; the lower doubly serrate and op- 

 , the upper slightly senate and alternate. Flowers in fastigiate 

 corymbs ; involucre with hairy, linear-lanceolate leaves. Seed angled ; 

 pappus scabrous. — White. If. Aug. — Oct. Sandy woods. 2— 3 ft. 



15. E. cuneifo'lium, (Willd.) Stem erect, pubescent. Leaves obo- 

 vate, lanceolate, petiolate ; lower ones obtusely senate, the upper with 



lerratures toward the apex. Flowers in corymbs. Involucre 8 — 

 10-leaved. — White. 2f. Aug.— Sept. 10— 12 inches. 



b. Involucre many-fowered. 



16. E. pf.efolia'tum, (L.) Stem, erect, striate, villous, covered with 

 glandular dots; lower leaves perfoliate, tapering from the base to the 

 summit, serrate, pubescent on the upper surface, tomentosc beneath; 



