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cent branches. Leaves ovate, cordate, the upper spatulate, lauceolate, 

 glabrous, acutely serrate. Flowers in fastigiate corymbs; involucre 

 with pubescent, ovate-lanceolate scales; ray florets narrow, about 12. 

 Seeds glabrous. — White, tinged with purple, y. Sept. — Oct. Upper 

 dist. Car. and Geo. 2—3 feet. 



39. A. azvre'us, (Lind.) Stem erect, scabrous, branches rigid, slen- 

 der, racemose. Leaves scabrous, lowest cordate, slightly serrate, higher 

 ones ovate-lanceolate, all on long petioles, the upper ones lanceolate- 

 linear, sessile, usually entire, those of the branches subulate, numerous, 

 appressed ; involucre obconie, scales closely imbricated. Achcnia near- 

 ly glabrous. — Western and Southwestern States. Aug. — Oct. 1 — 3 ft. 



40. A. Short'ii, (Hook.) Stem slender, nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 more or less cordate, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous 

 above, minutely pubescent beneath, mostly entire ; involucre campanu- 

 late, scales closely imbricate. Achenia glabrous. Heads racemose, nu- 

 merous, crowded, showy. — Violet-blue. Mountains. Sept. — Oct. 2 — 4 ft. 



41. A. asperu'lus, (T. & G.) Stem simple, racemose, paniculate at 

 the summit, scabrous, pubescent. Radical leaves subcordate, oblong- 

 ovate, slightly serrate, on slender petioles; cauline ones oblong or spat- 

 ulate, sessile, rameal ones minute, scattered. Heads small, paniculate ; 

 involucre nearly hemispherical, scales oblong, closely imbricate.! ; ache- 

 nia minutely pubescent. — Blue or purple. Geo. 1 — 2 feet. 



42. A. Baldwin'ii, (T. & G.) Plant minutely hispid, pubescent. 

 Stem paniculately branched. Leaves sessile, rigid, entire, scalrous 

 ab >ve, oblong-linear ; those of the branches short, erect, acuminate, mu- 

 cronate. Scales of the involucre linear, acute, minutely pube ; cent, 

 loosely imbricated. Achenia slightly pubescent. — Blue or purp'e. 

 Georgia. Dry soils. 1 — 3 feet. 



43. A. mirab'ilis, (T. <fc G.) Stem simple, corymbose, paniculate at 

 the summit, scabrous, pubescent. Leaves ovate, serrate, the lower ones 

 petiolate, the upper sessile, those of the branches small, roundish; invo- 

 lucre hemispherical, scales imbricate, oblong-linear ; rays numerous, 

 large. Achenia slender, striate. — Blue or violet. Columbia, S. C. 

 1—2 feet. 



Genus XVII.— ERIG'EROX. L. 



(From er, spring, and ger, old, from their early fading.) 



Heads many-flowered ; ray florets numerous, pistillate; those 

 of the disk tubular, perfect; scales of the involucre narrow, 

 mostly in a single series. Receptacle flat, naked. Achenia 

 compressed. Pappus usually in a single series of scabrous 

 bristles. Heads solitary. 



1. E. nudicau'le, (Mich.) Stem erect, pubescent and scabrous near 

 the summit. Radical leaves spatulate-lanceolate, acute, irregularly 

 toothed, glabrous ; cauline ones smaller, ciliate near the base. Flowers 

 in small terminal corymbs ; involucre with acute subulate leaves, pu- 

 be.-cent near the base ; ray florets numerous, somewhat 3-toothed at 

 the summit; disk florets numerous, greenish-yellow, 5-toothed. Seed 

 hispid ; receptacle flat, dotted. — White. 2f . Through the summer. 

 Common. 1 — 2 feet. E. vernum, T. <fc G. 



2. E. belliduo'lium, (L.) Stem hirsute, very hairy. Radical leaves 



