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CHRYSOCOMA 
Involucrum imbrica- 
tum. Stylus vix flos- 
culis longior. Recep- 
taculum nudum. Semi- 
na pubescentia. Pap- 
pus pilosus, scaber. 
. Gfctr. Pi.. 1019. 
Involucrum imbri- 
cate. Style scarcely 
longer than the florets. 
Receptacle naked. 
Seeds pubescent. Pap- 
pus hairy, scabrous. 
1. Nudata. 
C. foliis radicalibus 
spathulato-lanceolatis, 
caulinis linearibus, ra- 
riter sparsis; corymbo 
composito, fastigiato; 
calycibus oblongis, 3 
— 4 floris. 
Leaves of the root 
spathulate, lanceolate, 
of the stem linear, scat- 
tered; corymb com- 
pound, fastigiate; ca- 
lyx oblong, 3 — 4 flow- 
ered. 
Mich, 2. p. 101. Pursh, 2. p. 517. Nutt. 2. 137- 
Root perennial. Stem erect, about two feet high, glabrous, branching 
near the summit. Root leaves obovate, lanceolate, narrow, acute, glabrous, 
entire, three-nerved, with a long attenuated base. Stem leaves scattered, 
the lower ones similar to the root leaves, but small, the upper ones linear, 
minute. Flowers in a terminal corymb. Involucrum oblong, eight to ten- 
leaved, containing three to four flowers, leaflets linear, rugose, appressed, 
glabrous, yellowish. Corolla tubular, glabrous, yellow, segments acute, 
reflected. Style scarcely as long as the stamens, two-cleft. Stigmas some- 
what lanceolate, glandular, erect. Seed obovate, striate, hairy. Pappus 
hairy, scabrous, unequal. Receptacle flat, with a small membrane between 
the germs. 
Grows in flat pine barrens. Very common. 
Flowers October — November. 
CACALIA. 
Involucrum cylindri- 
cum, basi squamosum. 
Receptaculum nudum. 
Pappus pilosus. 
Gen. Pe. 1275. 
Involucrum cylindri- 
cal, scaly at base. Re- 
ceptacle naked. Pap- 
pus hairy. 
