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3. B. chrysanthemoid.es, Michx. Smooth ; stem erect or ascending ; 

 leaves undivided, 'oblong-lanceolate, obscurely serrate, connate ; beads radiate, 

 showy; achenia 2 -4-awned. — "Wet places, Florida to Mississippi, and north- 

 ward. Sept. and Oct. (]) — Stem thick, 1° - 2° high. 



* * Achenia 3 - 4-angled, linear : heads radiate : scales of the involucre nearly 



equal. 



4. B. leucantha, Wllld. Stem low, 4-angled; leaves pinnately 3-5- 

 divided ; the divisions ovate or lanceolate, serrate ; tbe lowest ones undivided ; 

 outer scales of tbe involucre obtuse, spreading ; the inner ones acute ; rays 5, 

 white; achenia 2 -4-awned. — South Florida. Oct. -Dee. — Stem 10'- 15' 

 high. 



5. B. bipinnata, L. Stem tall, 4-angled, much branched ; leaves bipin- 

 iiate. the divisions small, ovate or lanceolate, acute ; heads small; rays 2 -3, 

 yellow; achenia 3 - 4-awned. — Cultivated grounds, common. Aug. and Sept. 

 (1) — Stem 2° - 5° high. 



53. SPILANTHES, Jacq. 



Heads many-flowered ; the ray-flowers often wanting. Scales of the involucre 

 in 2 rows, appressed, shorter than the disk. Eeceptacle convex or elongated ; 

 the membranaceous chaff embracing the flowers. Achenia of the disk com- 

 pressed, mostly ciliatc on the margins, naked at the apex, or with 1-3 bristly 

 awn- : those of the rays 3-angled. — Chiefly annual and acrid herbs, with oppo- 

 site undivided leaves, and solitary heads of yellow flowers on long peduncles. 



1. S. repens, Michx. Stem branching, slightly pubescent, decumbent and 

 rooting at the base ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, slightly senate, nar- 

 rowed into a petiole ; heads small, ovoid, becoming oblong-conical ; achenia 

 awnless, not ciliatc ; rays 12. (Acmella repens, Pens.) — Muddy banks, Florida 

 to South Carolina. Sept. and Oct. V,- — Stem 6' -12' long. 



2. S. Nuttallii, Torr. &. Gray. Villous-pubescent or smoothish ; stem 

 diffusely branched, ascending ; leaves ovate or oblong, coarsely serrate, abruptly 

 pctioled;' heads ovoid, at length oblong-conical; achenia awnless or with 1-2 

 minute awns, ciliatc on the margins; rays 10-12. — Inundated places, East 

 Florida. Aug. - Oct. — Stem 1° - 2° long. 



54. VERBESINA, L. 



Heads many-flowered ; the ray-flowers few, sometimes wanting. Scales of the 

 involucre imbricated in 2 or more rows. Receptacle flat, or somewhat convex ; 

 the chaff concave. Achenia laterally compressed, wingless, 2-awned. — Peren- 

 nial herbs. Stems mostly winged by the decurrent serrate or lobed leaves. 

 Heads corymbose. Flowers white or yellow. 



1- V. Siegesbeckia, Michx. Stem 4-winged, branching; leaves oppo- 

 site, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sharply serrate, 3-ribbcd ; corymbs 

 trichotomous ; rays 1-5, yellow; achenia wingless. — Waste places, road-sides, 

 &.c, Mississippi to North Carolina. Sept. — Stem 4° - 6° high. 



