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4. A. rhomboidea Raf. nearly smooth, stem 
virgate nearly simple ; leaves on long petiols 
ovate rhomboidal, acute, serrate ; Involucre pe- 
dicellate, laciniate, shorter than petioles, flow- 
ers monoical caps, hispid. — Pennsylvania to 
Ohio, Alleghanies &,c. annual, estival, pedal. 
A . caroliniana of Michaux and all our Bo- 
tanists except Walter and Elliot. Eaton says 
Darlington was the first to find it North ; but 
Muhlenberg and I found it in 1802, deemed 
then the same as the next. 
Figures. AutikonRaf. 24. Lamark tab 780. 
5. A. caroliniana Walter, Elliot. Stem 
strait hairy, leaves on long petiols, oval lance- 
olate 3 or 5 nerved, pilose, acuminate, serrate, 
base subcordate, spikes axillary and extra, mo- 
noical, involucres sessile laciniate, capsules 
echinate. — Carolina and Florida. Annual, Es- 
tival. Leaves large 2 or 3 inches, involucre 
small, spikes elongate 2-4 inches : totally dif- 
ferent from last, this might be called A . echina - 
ta. Elliot was doubtful of the Genus. 
6. A. urticifolia Raf. Stem erect angular 
grooved smooth ; leaves ample ovate acute on 
long pubescent petiols, base acute, serrate, tri- 
nerve with a few hairs : flowers axillary mono- 
ical, 2-3 involucres laciniate or palmate, ciliolate, 
capsules scrobiculate or dotted, smooth. In 
West Kentucky and Tennessee, discovered in 
1818. Sesquipedal, estival, annual. Near the 
last, but smooth, leaves with only a few ad- 
pressed hairs above, flowers not in spikes, few, 
and capsules with sunken dots. Seen alive. 
Figure Autkon Raf. 25. 
7. A. digyneia Raf. fl. Louis. 369. Stem 
herbaceous ramose tomentose, leaves petiolate, 
oblong lanceolate, dentate, villose: involucres 
