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lucre mnnv leaved; leullets narrow, ylandulnr; florets of the ray narrow, 

 long Sted oliloiiir, almost hispid ; pappus colored. 



Yellow. .'! 'August— Sept. Dry soils. 12-18 in. 



6. C. Ciossvn.vA. 6Vrm covered with a white woolly tonientuni, hoary. 

 Leuvt* oblong, spatulate, sessile, obtuse, entire. Flovocrs in sini|)le corymbs ; 

 involucre manv leaved, woolly, ray florets numerous. Anthers white at the 

 suumiit. Seal viscid, the exterior pappus while, the inferior brownish. 



Yellow. '21- August — Oct. Vine lands nuddle Cia. 



7. C. r Sum woolly. L<iivcs tomentose, cuncaip, obovate, ob- 

 tuse, dcei'.. il, the lower ones with a Ion*' tapering base, (jbtusely tooth- 

 ed towards the apex, upper leaves entire, sessile, aniplexicaule. Flowers in 

 snnple corymb? ; involucre with subulate woolly leaves, ray florets numerous, 

 nerved. Seed hispid, exterior pappus white, interior brown. 



Yellow. % August— Oct. Middle Ga. 1-2 feet. 



8. C. DivARiCATA. Stem erect, slender, hispid, scabrous, branching to- 

 wards the sununit. Leaves linear-lanceolate acute, ciliate, serrate, hispid, 

 the lower ones attenuate at the base. Flourrs in long divaricate panicles: 

 involucre many leaved, scales pubescent on the back, linear-lanceolate Seed 

 hispid ; nappus reddish brown, the exterior w anting. 



Yellow. % August — Oct. Southern Georgia. 1- 2-fi. 



9. C. ScABRA. iS/r/M branching from the base, scabrous, divaricate, gland- 

 ular, hairy. Radicle leaves oval, on petioles, dijated at the base, coarsely 

 loothed, cauline ones cordate-ovate, acute, aniplexicaule, all scabrous Flow- 

 ers in compound terminal panicles; involucre cylindrical ; leaflets numerous, 

 acute, linear, viscid ; ray florets lanceolate nerved; exterior pappus a mar- 

 ginal rinij, the interior wanting. 



Yellow. % October. On the sea coast. 2-3 ft. 



The follo\N ics are taken from the genus Aster. 



10. C. LiNA s. Stem erect, pubescent when young. Leaves nu- 

 merous, Unear, mucronate, scabrous, rigid. Floivers'm umbellate corymbs 

 with one at the extremity of each branch; involucre imbricate, scales nu- 

 merous, limar-lanitolate, fringed, ray florets linear-lanceolate 3-cleft. Seed 

 oblong, villous; pa;)pus double consisting of long and short hairs. 



Pale purple, and yellow. % Sept. — Oct. Dry soils. Common. 



11. C. Di' ^ Stem pubescent, dichotoinously divided towards the 

 summit. L'':i- ..e, oblong oval, obtuse. pubescent. Flowers m corymbs 

 on long, nak'^d peduncles; inv,ilucre with linear-lanceolaie scales, pubescent, 

 short. Seeds hairy ; pappus double. 



White, tinged with purple- % October. On the sea coast. 2 feet. 



12. C. IIuMiLs. iJ^^em erect, pubescent. Zeareslanceolate, or somewhat 

 rhomboidnl, acuminate, glabrous, hispid alon» the margin and veins. Flow* 

 ers in dichotomous corymbs ; involucre with lanceolate hairy scales, ray flo- 

 rets generallv B. Seeds ylabrous. 



white. ' IV Sept.— Oct. Mountains. 1-2 feet. 



13. C. '^ ALi.NDs. Stem striate, simple, branching, and finely pubes- 

 cent tiiu -summit. Ideates lanceolate, acuminate, slightly pubescent, 

 and - - vix the upper surface Flowers in terminal corymbs ; involu- 

 cre •»■..... :, lanceolate, pubescent scales ; ray florets generally 12, narrow. 

 Seeils pubescent 



White. % August— Sept. On the borders of swamps. IVIid. Car. Ga. 2 ft. 



14. C. Obovatcs. Mf**m erect, pubescent, somewhat viscid when young, 

 branchi;: -ummit. ijeave^ sessile oval, mucronate, tomentose 

 beneath. --e. /Vetoer.'* in paniculate corymbs; involucre with 

 shor. n| <'s; ray flor«'ts 10-13, 3-ioothcd. iSeed hispid. 



Wl I ly — June. Damp soils. 2-3 ft. 



Genus XXII. ECLIPTA. 

 Ir.r-il>"r> many leaved, the Icavch, nearly equal, florets of 



