. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. 2. Baccharis halimifolia L. Groundsel-tree or -bush. Pencil-tree. Fig. halimifolia L. Sp. PI. 860. 1753. A branching glabrous shrub, 3°-io° high, the branch-lets angled, sometimes minutely scurfy. Leaves thick,those of the stem and larger branches obovate or del-toid-obovate. obtuse, petioled, coarsely angular-dentate,i-3 long, V-2 wide, those of the branchlets
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. 2. Baccharis halimifolia L. Groundsel-tree or -bush. Pencil-tree. Fig. halimifolia L. Sp. PI. 860. 1753. A branching glabrous shrub, 3°-io° high, the branch-lets angled, sometimes minutely scurfy. Leaves thick,those of the stem and larger branches obovate or del-toid-obovate. obtuse, petioled, coarsely angular-dentate,i-3 long, V-2 wide, those of the branchlets oblanceo-late, short-petioled or sessile, entire, or few-toothedtoward the apex; heads in peduncled clusters of 1-5,those of the sterile plant nearly globose when young,the bracts of the involucre oblong-ovate, obtuse, gluti-nous, appressed, the inner ones of the pistillate headslanceolate, acute or acutish; fertile pappus bright white,3-4 long, of 1-2 series of capillary bristles, much ex-ceeding the involucre. Along salt marshes and tidal rivers, extending beyondsaline influence, Massachusetts to Florida and Texas. Ba-hamas ; Cuba. The white pappus is very conspicuous inautumn. Cotton-seed tree. Ploughmans-sp
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