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LP.TRIS intermedia. 
Ihvarf-brancfied iMtris. 
SYNGENESI^i ^QUALIS. 
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Nat. ord. C o .m I'o s i r i: . Vernoniese 
LIATRIS.—Suprd,fol. 590. 
Div. I. Spicatcev. racemosce r bulbosce. 
L. intermedia; caule b«mili paniculato pilosiusculo, foliis longis linearibus 
scabriusculis marginatis, involiicris turbinatis multifloris : foliolis exteri- 
oribus rigidis acutis subfoliaceis appressis, pedunculis foliosis. 
Radix tuberosus. Caulis 1| pedalis, paniculatus, angulatus, pilosius- 
culus, subcorymbosus. Folia inferiora graminea, glabra, marginatay tactu 
scabrvucula, obsolete trinervia; superiora breviora. Involucra terminalia 
in apices ramulorum, turbinata, multifiora, foliolis imbricatis, acutis^ inte- 
riorums membranaceis, exterioribus majoribus, sub-foliaceis, pmgentibus, 
ciliatis, non squarrosis, I^osculi sub lente forti sericosi. Ovarhim obova- 
ium, striatum, pilosum. Pappldb<iitj^tarrt»w^ plumosus. 
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We know of no ocmis of garden plants which stands in 
need of .such thorough reformation as Liatris, or which 
would so well repay an, acute obsener for his-* attention. 
The species are all of great beauty; they are easily culti- 
vated, and preserved without difficulty, if taken out of the 
ground in the autumn , and kept in pots in frames during the 
winter ; and they are in a state of extraordinary confusion 
as to characters and synonyms. The specific definitions 
of American botanists appeal* to have been formed with 
reference to the species in a state of nature only : to culti- 
vafed plants they are, almost without exception, inappli- 
cable. 
It is impossible but the plant before us must be known 
to native writers upon the American Flora, as it is far from 
uncommon in Canada, whence we have dried specimens, 
colleci»d by Mr. Goldie, and whej*wrt!i« roots which pro- 
