broad stalk : those of the stem more acuminated, broader
at the base, sessile and amplexicaul : the uppermost ones
gradually pass into small bracteas on the peduncles. Flowers
subcorymbose. Scales of the involucre imbricated,
subulate. Florets pale yellow. Corollas 5-toothed, fringed
at the top of the tube, and slightly hairy at the back near
the extremity. Hairs of the pappus rough.
It flowers in the month of August.—W. J. H.
