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CARDUACEAE. 
Tips of the bracts not spreading; leaf-blades 2-4 cm. long. 
3. C. albicaulis. 
Tips of the bracts spreading, squarrose ; leaf-blades less than 1 cm. long 
4. C. scaber. 
Leaves subsessile or very short-petioled, spinulose-toothed; bracts firm, 3-6 
mm. wide. 6. C. atractyloides. 
Leaves linear or oblong, sessile. 5. C. linifolius. 
1. Coleosanthus grandiflorus (Hook.) Kuntze. ( Brickellia grandidora 
Nutt.) In canons, “bad-lands” and draws from Mont, and Wash, to Colo, 
and Ore.—Alt. 4000-8000 ft.—Columbine; Trappers’ Lake; canon north of 
Palmer Lake; bank of Poudre, La Porte. 
2. Coleosanthus umbellatus Greene. ( Brickellia grandidora minor A. Gray; 
Coleosanthus congestus A. Nels.) On hillsides and in canons from Wyo. to 
N. M. and Ariz.—Alt. 5000-10,000 ft.—Colorado Springs; near Empire; 
Boulder Canon, Boulder Co.; Pike’s Peak; foot-hills, Larimer Co.; George¬ 
town; Trout Creek; Jefferson Co.; Golden; Canon City; near Pagosa Peak; 
southeast of Ouray; Black Canon; Idaho Springs; La Poudre; Redstone; 
mountains between Sunshine and Ward; Steamboat Springs; Elk Canon; 
Powder River; Table Rock; Hayden; Roaring Fork, Larimer Co. 
3. Coleosanthus albicaulis Rydb. ( Brickellia Wrightii Gray, in part.) In 
canons and on foot-hills from Colo, and Utah to N. M.—Alt. 5000-8000 ft.— 
Lower Boulder Canon; Trail Glen; Manitou; Golden; Mt. Harvard; foot¬ 
hills, Larimer Co.; near Boulder; Spring Canon; Glenwood Springs. 
4. Coleosanthus scaber Greene. On dry soil in Colo.—Alt. about 4700 ft.— 
Deer River; Mesa Verde. 
5. Coleosanthus linifolius (D. C. Eaton) Kuntze. ( Brickellia linifolia D. C. 
Eaton; C. humilis Greene.) In arid soil from Colo, and Nev. to Calif.—Alt. 
4000-7000 ft.—Arboles; Grand Junction; canon of Smith’s Fork; between 
Porter and Durango. 
6. Coleosanthus atractyloides (A. Gray) Kuntze. ( Brickellia atractyloides 
A. Gray.) In desert regions from Colo, and Nev. to Ariz. and Calif.— 
Southwestern Colo. 
5. LACINIARIA Hill. Blazing Star. 
Pappus plumose ; leaves strongly punctate. 1. L. punctata. 
Pappus merely barbellate. 
Heads in a short raceme-like inflorescence; bracts obovate with dark rose- 
purple, laciniate apices. 2. L. ligulistylis. 
Heads in a long raceme-like inflorescence; bracts spatulate or obovate-oblan- 
ceolate with pale, merely erose apices. 3. L. scariosa. 
1. Laciniaria punctata (Hook.) Kuntze. ( Liatris punctata Hook.) On 
dry plains and hills from Iowa, Sask. and Mont, to Tex. and Ariz.—Alt. 
4000-9000 ft.—Miller’s ranch; north slope of Cheyenne Mountain; Ft. Collins; 
Boulder; Denver; Pike’s Peak; dry plains northwest of Denver; Westcliffe; 
Manitou; Livermore, Larimer Co.; Cucharas Valley, near La Veta; New 
Windsor; Gunnison; mountains between Sunshine and Ward; Table Rock; 
Poudre Canon; Ft. Collins; Golden; Colorado Springs; Salida. 
2. Laciniaria ligulistylis A. Nels. On hills from Sask. to Colo.—Alt. 4000- 
8000 ft.—Head of Redstone; Table Rock; La Veta; Alamosa; Twin Lakes; 
Pagosa Springs; Larimer Co.; Parlin, Gunnison Co.; Westcliffe; Jack’s 
Cabin; Trout Creek; Sugar Loaf Mountain. 
