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1. Critonia. 
K. foliis linearibus, 
subintegerrimis, subtus 
punctatis; panicula 
longa, patente. 
Leaves linear, near- 
ly entire, dotted under- 
neath; panicle long, 
expanding. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1773. Pursh, 2. p. 512. Nutt. 2. p. 135. 
Critonia Kuhnia. Mich. 2. p. 101. 
Root thick, somewhat tuberous, perennial. Stem slender, about three 
feet high, striate, pubescent. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear, entire, with 
the margin revolute when young, pubescent. Flowers in a very long ex- 
panding panicle composed of small, somewhat corymbose clusters. Invo* 
lucrum cylindrical, imbricate, sixteen to twenty leaved, containing eight to 
ten flowers ; the exterior leaves small, acute, reflected at the summit $ the 
interior twice as long, linear, erect, pubescent. Corolla tubular, white, the 
border five-cleft, segments acute, with a glandular fringe. Filaments very 
short, anthers slightly united. Style deeply two-cleft. Seed cylindrical, 
firmly striate, nearly glabrous, crowned with a white beautifully feathered 
pappus. Receptacle flat, naked, deeply dotted. 
Grows in dry soils. 
Flowers September— October. 
2. Eupatorioides? 
K. caule ramoso, 
pubescente; foliis lan- 
ceolatis, serratis, sub- 
tus pubescentibus, 
glanduloso punctatis; 
floribus paniculatis. 
Stem branching, 
pubescent; leaves lan- 
ceolate, serrate, pubes- 
cent underneath, sprin- 
kled with glandular 
dots; flowers in pani- 
cles. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1772. Pursh, 2. p. 512. Nutt. 2. p. 135. 
Stem two to three feet high, branching, the young branches very pubes- 
cent. Leaves three inches long, lanceolate, irregularly serrate, slightly sca- 
brous on the upper surface, pubescent underneath, thickly spotted with 
glandular granules. Involucrum cylindrical, containing about ten flowers ; 
leaves linear, acute, pubescent, the exterior very small. Corolla white. 
Seeds finely striate, more pubescent than those of the preceding species* 
Pappus beautifully feathered. 
