. 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. ORY FAMILY. 307 I. Krigia virginica (L.) Willd. Carolinia Dwarf Dandelion. Krigia. Fig- 4045- Hyoseris virginica L. Sp. PI. 809. 1753. Hyoseris caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 194. 1788. Krigia virginica Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 1618. 1804. Krigia caroliniana Nutt. Gen. 2: 126. 1818. Adopogon caroliniamim Britton, Mein. Torr. Club 5 :346. 1894. Annual, acaulescent; scapes usually several


. 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. ORY FAMILY. 307 I. Krigia virginica (L.) Willd. Carolinia Dwarf Dandelion. Krigia. Fig- 4045- Hyoseris virginica L. Sp. PI. 809. 1753. Hyoseris caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 194. 1788. Krigia virginica Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 1618. 1804. Krigia caroliniana Nutt. Gen. 2: 126. 1818. Adopogon caroliniamim Britton, Mein. Torr. Club 5 :346. 1894. Annual, acaulescent; scapes usually severalfrom the same root, very slender, glabrous orhispidulous, monocephalous, i-i5 high, simple, orsometimes branched at or near the base. Leavescommonly all basal, tufted, spatulate, lanceolateor linear, pinnatifid, sinuate, lobed, dentate orrarely entire, i-6 long, narrowed at the base intousually margined petioles; head 3-7 broad;involucre of 9-18 linear-lanceolate bracts, reflexedafter the fall of the narrowly turbinate somewhat5-angled achenes; pappus of 5 round short scalesand 10 or more long capillary bristles. In dry, sandy soil, Maine to Ontario and Minne-sota, Florida and Texas; also in Washington. 5. CYNTHIA D. Don, Edinb. Phil. Joiirn. 12 : 305. 1829. Perennial herbs, with tufted basal leaves, the large many-flowered heads at the ends ofsimple or branched scapes. Flowers orange or yellow. Bracts of the involucre 9-18, reflexedin fruit, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, not keeled. Pappus of 10-15 small scales and asmany long bristles or more. [Mythological name.] Four species, natives of North America. Type species: Cynthia virginica (.L.) D. Don. Caulescent, branched , monocephalous. 1. C. virginica. 2. C. Dandelion. I. Cynthia virginica (L.) D. Don. Cynthia. Fig. 4046. Virg-inia Goatsbeard. Colorado. Tragopogon virginiciiiti L. Sp. PI. 7S9. 1753. Krigia Xutt. Gen. 2: 127. 1818. Cynthia virginica D. Don, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 12


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