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2. Nudicaulis. E. 
E. foliis radicalibus 
ovali-lanceolatis, cre- 
nato-serratis, scabrius- 
culis, subtus villosis; 
caule sub hirto, scabro, 
sub nudo. 
E. Tomentosus? Pursh, 2. p. 582. 
E. Carolinianus, var. Simplex, Nutt. 2. p. 187* 
Stem one to two feet high, scabrous, and somewhat hispid, branching to- 
wards the summit, generally purple. Root leaves large, scabrous on the 
upper surface, very villous on the under. Stem leaves 0, excepting a small 
one at each division of the branches. Bracteas tomentose. Scales of the 
involucrum rigid. 
This species which has always been confounded with the preceding 
though marked as a variety by Mr. Nuttall, is probably distinct. Its leaves 
are larger, more rigid, more villous, and confined to the base of the stem. 
The bracteal leaves are much more tomentose, and the scales of the involu- 
crum more rigid and comparatively longer. It appears also to commence 
flowering later. 
Grows in dry moderately fertile soils. 
Flowers August — September. 
Leaves of the root 
oval lanceolate, cre- 
nately serrate, some- 
what scabrous, hairy 
underneath; stem hai- 
ry, rough, nearly nak- 
ed. 
