. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. i. Leucelene ericoides (Torr.) Greene. Heath Aster. Fig. 4357. Rose Inula (?) ericoides Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2: 212. 1828. Aster ericaefolius Rothrock, Bot. Gaz. 2: 70. 1877. Leucelene ericoides Greene, Pittonia 3: 148. 1896. Stems tufted from deep woody roots, corymbosely much branched, 3'-i2r high, hispid or scabrous, the branches erect or diffuse. Leaves hi
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. i. Leucelene ericoides (Torr.) Greene. Heath Aster. Fig. 4357. Rose Inula (?) ericoides Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2: 212. 1828. Aster ericaefolius Rothrock, Bot. Gaz. 2: 70. 1877. Leucelene ericoides Greene, Pittonia 3: 148. 1896. Stems tufted from deep woody roots, corymbosely much branched, 3'-i2r high, hispid or scabrous, the branches erect or diffuse. Leaves hispid-ciliate, erect, or slightly spreading, obtusish or mucronulate, the lower and basal ones spatulate, 3"-6" long, tapering into short petioles, the upper sessile, linear or linear- spatulate; heads terminating the branches, S"-8" broad; involucre broadly turbinate, its bracts lanceo- late, appressed, scarious-margined, imbricated in 3 or 4 series; rays 12-15, white to rose, 2"-4" long. In dry soil, western Nebraska to Kansas, Texas and New Mexico. May-Aug. 33. BRACHYACTIS Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 495. 1846. Annual, nearly glabrous, somewhat fleshy herbs, with narrow chiefly entire leaves, and small racemose or racemose-paniculate heads of tubular, or also radiate purplish flowers. Involucre campanulate. Central flowers of the head few, perfect, their narrow corollas 4-5-toothed; outer flowers pistillate, usually in 2 series or more, and more numerous than the perfect ones; style-appendages lanceolate; rays very short, or none. Achenes 2-3-nerved, slender, appressed-pubescent. Pappus a single series of nearly white bristles. [Greek, short rays.] About 5 species, natives of western North America and northern Asia. Type species: Brachy- actis ciliata Ledeb. i. Brachyactis angusta (Lindl.) Britton. Tripolium angustum Lindl.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 15. 1834. Aster angustus T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 162. 1841. Brachyactis angusta Britton, in Britt. & Bro
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