73. A. multiceps (Lindl.): glandular-pubescent throughout; stem racemose
; the branches erect, bearing single heads ; leaves oblong-linear, acute,
pubescent, slightly scabrous; scales of the involucre linear, subulate, whitish
at the base, squarrose. Lindl. in DC. prodr. 5. p. 237.
Louisiana.—A very distinct species, not closely allied to any one known;
perhaps of the Amelli section, if the inner scales of the involucre were membranaceous
and colored. Lindl.—We know not from whom this species
was derived. It is placed at the end of the section which includes A. puni-
ceus, prsealtus, &c.
74. A. subspicatus (Nees): stem hairy in lines; the branches virgate; the
branchlets hirsute, bearing the heads somewhat in spikes; leaves oblong-
lanceolate, acute, appressed-serrate, glabrous, with scabrous margins, clasping;
scales of the involucre somewhat equal, lax; the exterior spatulate-
lanceolate, broader. Nees, Ast. p. 75; DC. prodr. 5. p. 237.
Mulgrave Promontory, on the NorthWest Coast of America. (Nees.)—
Heads of the size and form of those of A. obliquus, 3-7 upon each branchlet,
nearly sessile (on hirsute pedicels scarcely half a line long) in the axils of
the upper leaves, approximate, solitary, or 2 to 3 on the highest branchlets.
Involucre as long as the disk, erect, loose ; the scales in several series; the
inner linear-lanceolate, mucronate-acute, ciliate; the base membranaeeo-
chartaceous, pale, with a green nerve which is lanceolate-dilated upwards.
Rays numerous, lanceolate, purplish; the disk-flowers turning rose-color:
‘ stigmas short, dimidiate-conic, scabrous.’ Achenia small, obconic, densely
canescent-strigulose. Pappus brownish. Nees.—It is placed in the same
section with A. Novi-Belgii, &c.
75. A. blandus (Pursh): stem pyramidate-branched; the branches axillary,
scarcely longer than the leaves, bearing the heads in racemes; peduncles
tomentose, naked ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, partly clasping, acuminate,
serrate, glabrous; scales of the involucre lax, somewhat equal, shorter than
the disk. Pursh, jl. 2. p . 555 ; DC. prodr. 5. p. 237.
Canada, Herb. Banks. 11 Oct.-Nov. Flowers above the middle size:
rays pale purple. Pursh.—Nothing farther is known respecting this species.
The A. blandus, Lodd. bot. cab. t. 959 (perhaps A. puniceus?) is doubtless
different from Pursh’s plant.
76. A. hebecladus (DC.): stem slightly shrubby, slender, hirsute with a
close spreading pubescence; branches loose, leafy, with few branchlets
bearing single heads; leaves sessile, linear, entire, mucronate-acute, both
sides villose-scabrous ; the uppermost ciliate; scales of the involucre loosely
imbricated, linear, puberulent, acute. DC. prodr. 5. p. 242.
Texas, in the eastern districts, Berlandier.—Allied to A. scoparius, but
with looser hirsute branches, bearing few heads about one-third the size. DC.
77. A. scoparius (DC.): stem slightly shrubby, erect, much branched,
glabrous, scarcely puberulent at the summit; branches erect, racemose; leaves
sessile, linear, minutely scabrous, the upper ones ciliate ; branchlets leafy ;
scales of the involucre loosely imbricated, linear, acute, ciliate. DC. proar.
5. p. 242.
Texas, in the eastern districts, Berlandier.—Plant with nearly the habit of
Erica scoparia. Leaves 4-5 lines long, half a line wide. Pappus reddish-
brown. Achenia puberulent. DC.—This and the preceding are placed in
the same section with A. ericoides, A. dumosus, &c.
78. A. bifrons (Lindl.): stem scabrous, lax, racemose; branches racemose
at the summit; leaves oval-lanceolate, scabrous above, nearly all serrate
; heads secund; scales of the involucre subulate. “ Nees in lilt, ad
Lindl." ; DC. prodr. 5. p . 243.
North America.—Allied to A. pendulus; distinguished by the branches
bearing fewer and larger heads. Lindl.—Apparently described from indigenous
specimens ; most probably one of the larger forms of A. miser.
79. A . reticulatus (Pursh): canescently tomentose throughout; stem
branching above, the branches corymbose-racemose at the summit; peduncles
nearly leafless; leaves lanceolate-oblong, sessile, acute at each end,
with revolute margins, beneath reticulate-veined, tripli-nerved; involucre
rather loosely imbricated ; the scales very acute. Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 548.
In dry swamps of Carolina and Georgia. 11 Aug.-Oct.—About 3 feet
high: flowers middle-sized: rays and florets white. Pursh.—This plant has
not been identified by any succeeding botanist; and notwithstanding the
accustomed v. v. of Pursh, we believe that he never travelled in Carolina
and Georgia. It probably belongs to some other genus.
80. A. ciliatus (Walt.): leaves lanceolate, entire, ciliate; stem 3 feet
high; heads large (purple), somewhat solitary; peduncles leafy. Walt. Car.
p. 209.
South Carolina, Walter.—The subsequent A. ciliatus of Willdenow is
only a form of A. multiflorus; but this is apparently altogether a different
species.
A. leucanthemus of Rafinesque (“ Leaves semi-cuneiform, incised-serrated; flowers
terminal; crown semi-10-flosculous.” Raf. in med. repos, (hex. 2) 5. p. 359. Virginia.)
is doubtless not the A. leucanthemos, Desf. Nees, djc.
t i Species described from garden specimens (some of them of doubtful origin),
which we have not identified with native plants.
81. A . auritus (Lindl.): stem racemose-compound ; the branches rigid,
densely racemose at the summit; leaves oblong, acuminate, cordate and
clasping at the base, smooth above, pubescent beneath; scales of the slightly
imbricated involucre linear, acuminate, glandular, as also the branchlets.
Lindl. ! in DC. prodr. 5. p. 232.
“ North America ? Cultivated, but rarely, in the English gardens. Near
A. patentissimus.” DC.—Apparently a cultivated state of A. patens var.
phlogifolius.
82. A. preecox (Willd.): stem racemose; the branches bearing few heads,
naked at the base; leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrate with spreading teeth,
acuminate, tapering into an adnate [winged] petiole, glabrous, the margins
scabrous, ciliate towards the base; the radical ones ovate and petioled; scales
of the involucre lanceolate, acute, loose, nearly equal, erect; achenia pubescent.
Nees. (char. & descr.)—“ Willd. enum. hort. Ber. suppl. p . 58” ;
Link, enum. 2. p. 328; Nees, Ast. p. 63 ; DC, prodr. 5. p. 235.
North America (?): described from a plant cultivated in the Berlin garden.
July-Aug.—We have gathered specimens of this apparently well-marked
species in the Berlin botanic garden ; but we suspect it is not of American
origin. The A. prsecox of Lindley (in Hook. fi. Bor.-Am.) bears considerable
resemblance to it, but belongs, in our opinion, to a different species.—
The A. preecox and the two follo-yving species belong to the section Petiolati
of Nees : ‘ Leaves rather broad, serrate ; the radical and lower cauline tapering
into a petiole ; the upper cauline also narrowed at the base, but sessile.’
The cauline leaves of this species are 3 to 4 inches long, an inch or
less in width, acuminate or attenuate at each end, serrate with unequal and
remarkably spreading subulate-pointed teeth, and ciliate with very short and
scattered rough hairs along the contracted base. The heads are about as
large as in A. acuminatus; the scales of the involucre barely in a double