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LiATRIS PROPINQUA. SHARP-SCALE SPIKED 
LiaTris. * 
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Class and Order. 
SyNGENESIA AQUALIS. 
( Nat. Ord.—Compos.—VERNONIACEA, ) 
Generic Character. 
Capitulum multi (5—30) florum. Involucrum pauciseri- 
ale imbricatum. Receptaculum nudum. Corolla tubulosa 
ad faucem ampliata, lobis elongatis. Styli rami longe ex- 
serti cylindracei. Achenium circa 10-costatum subeylin- 
draceum. Pappus 1—3 serialis, setis plumosis barbella- 
tisve-—Herbe raré frutices. Species omnes genuine ex 
Amer. Bor. orte. Caules sepius simplices. Folia alterna 
integerrima aut in paucissimis dentata. Capitula spicata 
racemosa paniculata aut corymbosa. Corolle purpuree 
roseé rarius variantes albe. D C. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Liarris propingua ; radice tuberosa, caule erecto simplici 
glabro, foliis remotis linearibus utrinque impresso- 
punctatis acuminatis basi longe attenuatis ciliatis infe- 
rioribus longissimis superioribus sensim minoribus 
bracteiformibus, capitulis axillaribus sessilibus v. bre- 
vissime pedicellatis laxe spicatis, involucro cylindra- 
ceo subdecemfloro basi attenuato bibracteato, squamis 
20—24 erectis imbricatis herbaceis punctatis sensim 
brevi-acuminatis ciliatis superioribus ongioribus mar- 
gine tenui-membranaceis, ovario pubescente, pappi __ 
sete corolla brevioribus subuniserialibus piloso-scabris. 
Sent from the Horticultural Society’s garden of Edin- Pe 
burgh in the autumn of 1839, under the name of L. panies : 
