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rous, in a terminal panicle, rather small. Racemes secund and recurved. 
Scales of the involucrum linear, nearly glabrous. Florets of the ray seven 
to ten, small; of the disk about five. Seed hairy. 
This species, which appears to agree with the Villosa of Pursh, excepting 
that the leaves do not merit the epithet of soft, grows very abundantly in 
damp rich soils, and is very nearly allied to the S. Altissima. 
Flowers September — October. 
9. Nemoralis. Ait. 
S. caule erecto, to- 
mentoso; foliis cauiinis 
Janceolatis, hispidis, in- 
tegerrimis, radicalibus 
subcuneiformibus ser- 
ratis; racemis panicu- 
latis, secundis. 
Stem erect, tomen- 
tose; leaves of the stem 
lanceolate, hispid, very 
entire, of the root 
somewhat cuneate, 
serrate; racemes pani- 
culate, secund. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2059- Pursh, 2. p. 537- Nutt. 2. p. 156. 
Stem two to three feet high, sparingly branched, covered with a fine 
tomentum. Leaves lanceolate, tapering to the base, the larger serrate, not 
Strongly veined, slightly hispid, sessile, with small axillary clusters at their 
base. Flowers in a terminal somewhat corymbose panicle. Scales of the 
involucrum linear-lanceolate, only pubescent along the margins. Seed 
pubescent. 
The whole plant, as remarked by Pursh, has a cinereous hue. 
Grows in dry soils, not uncommon in old fields. 
Flowers September — October. 
10. Ulmifolia. Muhl. 
S. caule erecto, vil- 
loso, striato; foliis ob- 
longo-lanceolatis, ser- 
ratis, acutis, subtus 
pilosis; supra subsca- 
bris; racemis panicu- 
latis, secundis; pedun- 
ctdis villosis; ligulis 
abbreviatis. E. 
Stem erect, villous, 
striate; leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, serrate, 
acute, hairy under- 
neath; slightly scabrous 
above; racemes pani- 
culate, secund; pedun- 
cles villous; florets of 
the ray short. 
