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LIATRIS elegans. 

 Hairy-cupped Liatris. 



SYNGF.NESIA POLYGAMJA MQVAf.JS. 



KaLord. CoRYMBrPER^. Jussieu gen. 177, Div, L Recept. nudum. 

 Sem, papposum. Flores flosculosi, 



LI A Tills. Recept. nudum. CaL oblongus, imbricatus. Papput 

 plumosus, Hort. Kexv. ed, 2. 4. 503. 



Div. Spicalce seu racemose; drd/jos^e. 

 'L. eleganSf caule sirapilci villuso, foliis linearibus 8ut>fa]catis scabro-punc- 

 tatU, spica subfoliosa^ pedicellis brevibiis, calycinis squamis intimis 

 ligulatis coloratis, Pursn amen sept. 2. 509- 

 Liatris elegans. JVilld. sp. ^. 3- 1635. Michaux bor^ amer. 2, 91. Uort^ 



Ketv. ed. 2, 4- 504-- 

 Eupatorium speciosum- Ventenat eels. 79- 

 Staehelina elegans. Walt^ carol. 202- 

 Serratula speciosa. Hort. Kew, 3. 138. 



Herba perennis^ radice bnlbosa. Caulis simplex^ tereSy stnatus, erectus^ 

 pilosusy JoHosus., Fol. sessilia, crebra^ undique laxius sparsa, decrescentia, 



-patentia^ subfalcatoMneariay sesquHineam circitir latay utroqne Jtne ali^uari' 

 tuliim attenuata Jiervo medio &implicissimo utrinque canaliculato-depres&o per* 

 cursa^ glandidis immersis densius utrinque punctata^ acnmive brevissimo^ 

 su&glabra pilis panels vagis^ longiora trinncialia^ Spica ci/lindraceo-elongata, 

 erecta, sparsa^ simplex^ numerosa^ plus minus conferta, sub/bliosa, de su/jerni 

 infeme versus Jlor ens. Flores subsessiles pedicella brevissimo crasso piloso^ 

 uncialeSf solitarily singuli Jbliolo Uneari'Qttenuato mucronato extus pilostusculo 

 iongiore cal^ce axillares. Cal. oblongus^ angustus, squairosus^ viridi-roseus^ 

 pilosus; fotiola lineari-lanceolatay subaristatO'Cuspidata^ angusta^ exteriora 

 plurimay brevioruy omnino kerbacea^ interiora (6?) ungne virtdi oblongo extut 

 pubescente {squanteflosculos., lamina membranosa^subscariosa^ lanceolaid^ rosed, 

 cuspidatd^ pafuld, utrinque glabra^ i^quante stigmata. Flosculi 5, tubulosiv^ 

 discoidei, infundibuliformes^ extus pruind alba micantes^ transverse rugulost, 



. elasticit fauce inflattusculdt limbi laciniis palentibus, oUongo-lanceolatis, 

 dilute cameisf intHs glabrisy concavisy S-plo Jere breviaribus fauce cum tubo. 

 simul. Anth. atropurpurece, polline albo. Stylus non eiasficus : stig. 2> 



' longa^ rosea^ clavntO'tineariaj patentia^ extiis convexa^ intus canalicnlata et 

 roscidum humorem secernentia, dorso glaberrima nee pube pro auferendo pol- 

 line antherarum munita. Germ, oblongum, aJtgustum, villosum: pappus 



, plurimus^ albus, plumosus* 



A Species distinguishable amongst its congeners by a 

 ' coloured ray formed by the interior leaflets of the calyx, 

 by which the flower resembles that of an Elichrvsum and 

 Xeranthemum. Indigenous of Carolina and Virginia, where 

 it grows in sandy places, and flowers from September to 

 November, It is a very ornamental plant, but has as yet 



