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2. Marianum. Pluk. 
H. caule erecto, vil 
loso ; foliis obova- 
tis, strigosis, Cari- 
na villosis, inferiori- 
bus subdentatis ; pe- 
dunculis calycibusque 
tomentosis. 
Stem erect, villous; 
leaves obovate, stri- 
gose, with the keel 
villous, the lower ones 
slightly toothed ; pe- 
duncles and calyx to- 
mentose. 
Sp.pl. 3. p. 1572. Nutt. 2. p. 125. 
H. scabrum. Mich. 2. p. 86. Pursh 2. p. 504. 
Root perennial. Stem 2 — 4 feet high, very hairy and scabrous. Lemts 
sessile, attenuate, oval-lanceolate, the lower ones denticulate, very hispid, 
particularly towards the base, upper leaves small. Flowers in a compact 
terminal panicle. Interior leaves of the involucrum somewhat lanceolate, 
hairy, but less tomentose than the peduncle ; florets numerous, yellow, 
scarcely longer than the involucrum. 
Grows in the upper and mountainous districts of Carolina. 
Flowers August — September. Pursh. 
3. Gronovii. 
H. caule folioso, 
paniculato; involucris 
hispidis ; foliolis obo- 
vatis lanceolatisque, 
ciliatis, pubentissimis. 
Stem leafy, panicu- 
late ; involucrum his- 
pid ; leaves obovate 
and lanceolate, fring- 
ed, very pubescent. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1570. Walt. p. 193- Mich. 2. p. 87. Pursh 2. p. 503. 
Root perennial, somewhat preemorse. Stem simple, erect, 2 — 3 feet 
high, nearly naked towards the summit, hairy and roughened with a gland 
ular pubescence. Leaves few near the base of the stem, attenuate, sessile, 
sprinkled with long hairs, and at the same time covered with a short down, 
almost tomentose, the margins scarious and sometimes toothed. Flower® 
in a long, naked, terminal panicle. Involucrum cylindric, and with the pe- 
duncles covered with hairy and almost hispid glands, interior leaves about 
12, linear, equal, exterior about the same number, imbricate; florets yel- 
low. Seeds oblong, furrowed, crowned wtth a hairy pappus. 
Grows in dry soils. Very common. 
Flowers through the whole summer. 
