SYNGENESIA ^aUALIS. CnicUS. 



In the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. If. . July- 

 Sept. V V. Flowers purple. 



C. elatius; foliis sessilibus pinnatifidis acute incisis spi- 

 nosissimis, involucro terminal! unifloro polyphyllo : 

 foliolis geminatim spinosissimis, calycibus inermibus. 



Serratula discolor. Lain, encycl. Q. p. 565. 



Cirsium horriduinm. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. QO. 



Carduus spinosissirans. Walt. fi,. car. \Q4. 



On the banks of rivers and borders of woods : Pensyl- 



vania to Carolina. 1/ . Jnly- 

 flowers large, pale yellow. 



-Sept. v.v. Very tall: 



608. CARDUUS. Gen.pl. 1254. 



I.e. inermis; foliis decurrentibus lanceolatis pinnatifido- 

 pectinatis, peduncnlis terrninalibus lonc;issimis uuiflo. 

 ris subaphyllis, tioribus defloratis cernuis calycinis 

 squamis linearibus patulis. — IVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. lQ55. 

 In Pensylvania. ^' . -f. Flowers purple, the size of 

 jirctium Lappa. It probably is a species qf Cnicus. 



307 



horriduhis 



pectinatus. 



609. LIATRIS. Gen.pl.\2Q3. 

 * Spicatce seu racemosce ; lulbosce. 



L. caule simplici, elato ; foliis linearibus glabris basi ci- macrosta- 



liatis nervosis et punctatis, spica longissima, floribus cliya. 



sessilibus, squamis calycinis lineari-oblongis obtusis 



appressis. — Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p.gi. 

 L. spicata. IFilld. sp. pi 3. p. 1636. 

 Anonyraos graminifolius. Walt. Jl. car. I97. 

 Serratula spicata. Sp. pi. Ii47. 

 Icon. Bot. rep. 401, Pluk. aim. t. 424./. 6. 

 In natural meadows: Pensylvania to Carolina. 1/ . Aug. 



— Oct. V. V. From three to six feet high ; flowers, as 



all the following species, purple, in very long and close 



spikes. 

 . L, caule simplici hirsute, foliis strictis angusto-linearibus pycnosta- 



pubescentibus, spica longa, floribus oonfertim sessili- chya. 



bus, calycibus appressis superne squarrasis. — Mich. Ji. 



amer. 2. p. Q\. 

 Anonymos pilosa. Walt. Ji. car. \Q7 - 

 Icon. Dill.elth.t. 72. J. 83. 

 In mountain meadows : Virginia, Illinois, and Carolina. 



11 . Aug. — Oct. V. V. From two to four feet high ; 



flowers smaller than No. l . 



