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LIATRIS SPICATA. «SPIKED LIATRISi. 
Clafs and Order. 
Suncenzsta EguALIs.. 
Sig. Charaffer. 
Cal. Sitongis, imbricatus. we qudum. _Pappus plas 
mofus, coloratus. 
Specific Charaéter and ae 
LIATRIS /picata ; foliis ligeatitrus integerrimis is (bafi: 
ciliatis) nervofis et punétatis, floribus {picatis, fqua- 
mis calycinis linearibus obtufis.. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3.. 
p- 16. 36. . 
LIATRIS cimoprtbvs. Mi. ‘has. Fl. Bor. Am, 2. p. gt. 
SERRATULA. /picata; foliis linearibus bafi ciliatis, floribus. 
{picatis feffilibus lateralibus, caule fimplici. Spe. 
Pl. 1147. Reich 3. p.672. Hort. Kew. 3. 
p. 138. Mart, Mill, Did. #. 14. Gron. Virg. 
at (Oh. &, DP. 416. 
CIRSIUM —— la@tucee capitulis = Dill. Eltham. » 
Pr 85, 1. 72. fi 83. : 
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The /eaves of this fpecies vary Fwaitsch in length and breadth, 
and when cultivated are more or lefs ciliated at the bafe, or 
frequently naked: the broader ones have feveral longitudinal 
nerves, and when held to the light, are perceived, by the aid. 
of a lens, to be full of tranfparent dots, The /pikes of flowers 
vary much in length, and begin flowering at the top of the 
ftalk ; on which account, the appearance is much better when. 
it firft bloffoms than afterwards, when the dead flowers at the . 
fummit of the ftem render the plant unfightly. The remark- 
able length of the fligmas is perhaps common to the genus, 
though this charatter would exclude fome fpecies that are at 
prefent arranged under it. Though not comparable with the 
fragrance of Liatris odorata, the leaves of this plant are by no 
means deflitute of an agreeable fmell when dried. 
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