502 



acuminatus. 



paUidus. 



pulchellus. 



pusillum. 



SYNGENESIA ^ftUALIS. SonChuS. 



On road sides, in shady woods : Virginia and Carolina* 

 (J. July — Sept. V. V. Flowers very small, blue. 



This plant has been used for curing the bite of the 



rattlesnake, in (he same manner as Prenantlies Ser- 



pentnria, and is known by the name of Gall of the 



Earth. 

 /. S. pedunctilis subsquamosis, floribus paniculatis, foliis 



radicalibus subruncinatis, caulinis ovatis acuminatis 



petiolatis medio denticulatis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. 



p. 1521. 

 Lactuca villosa. Jacq. hort. schcenb. 3. t. 367 ? 

 In low shady places : Peusylvania to Virginia. <? . Aug. 



Sept. V. V. Flowers small, blue. 

 8. S. racemo composito terminal!, foliiis lanceolato-ensi- 



formibus amplexicaulibus dentatis. IFilld. sp. pi. 3. 



p. 1521. 

 Lactuca canadensis. Sp. pi. 1 119- 

 Icon, Rob. ic. 148 tSf 151. 

 On road sides and in woods : Canada to New England. 



1/. July — Sept. v.v. Flowers small, yellow. 

 g. S. pedunculis squamosis, floribus corymboso-racemosis, 



foliis caulinis cordato-amplexicaulibus ovato-oblongis 



acutis integerrimis glabris. 

 On the banks of the Missouri. 1/ . Sept. v. s. Flowers 



large, beautiful blue. 



601. HIERACIUM. Gen. pi. 1233. 



1. H. pusillum, villosissimum ; caule simplici erecto uni- 



fioro remote subbifoliato, foliis lanceolatis attenuatis 

 acutis integerrimi?, caulinis linearibus, calyce villosis- 

 simo.- li aid. sp. pi. 3. 15(5 1. 

 In Labrador. Colmaster. 1/ . July. v. s. in Herb. 

 Dickson. A veiv small plant; flowers, as in ail the 

 following species, yelow, the size of a common daisy. 

 It strongly resembles H. alpinum, and is probably only 

 a diminutive variety thereof. 



2. H. scapo nudo cor. nibcso-paniculato glabro, pedicellis 



fihfornii'iAis, foliis obovato-ianccolatis supra rarirer pi- 

 losis, sublusnuois njargine r-iliatis glanduloso denticu- 

 latis, venis coloratis, cal)clbias glabris. — IVilld. sp. 

 pi 3. p. 15/0. 

 In shady fertile woods : Canada to Carolina. 7/ . June 

 ^-Aug. V. V, Flowers middle size, of a beautiful 



