282 SYNGENESIA.— jEQUALIS. 



HAB. Woods. June. U. Stem 3—5 ft. high , 

 slend. ; cal. glutin. ; fl. purp. 

 3. C. pumilus : stem hairy ; leaves amplexicaul, green 

 on both sides, oblong-lanceolate, pinnatifid ; seg- 

 ments irregularly lobed, ciliate and spinous; calyx 

 subglobose, naked; scales appressed, spinous. 

 HAB. Sandy fields. Aug. $. Stem thick, 1 ft. 

 high; fl. few, large, purp. 

 9. C. glutinosus: leaves pinnatifid, with divaricate seg- 

 ments ; calyx ovate, with unarmed glutinous scales. 

 HAB. Damp soils. Aug. — Sept. £. Stem 4 — 6 

 ft. high ;fl. small, purp. ; cal. webbed. 



472. LIATRIS. Composite. 



i. L. squarrosa : stem simple, pubescent; leaves linear ; 

 very long ; raceme few-dowered, leafy ; calyx 

 large, about 20-flowered ; scales leafy, lanceolate., 

 mucronate, rigid and spreading ; segments of the 

 florets linear, villous internally. 

 HAB. Dry woods. Sept. U . Root tub. ; stem 

 2 — 3 ft. high ; fl. few, very large. 



2. L. scariosa : stem erect, hairy; leaves lanceolate. 



pubescent, scabrous along the margin ; raceme 

 long; calyx 14-flowered ; scales obovate, nearly 

 smooth, with the margin scarious ; the lower ones 

 spreading. 

 HAB. Sandy hills and woods. Sept. ty. Stem 

 3 — 4 ft. high ; fl. num., large, 



3. L. spicata : leaves linear, entire, smooth, ciliate ai 



the base, nerved and punctate ; raceme spiked . 

 scales of the calyx linear, obtuse. 

 HAB. Moist meadows. Aug. U . Stem 3—5 /L 

 high, smooth; cal. S-fl. 



4. L. pilosa : stem simple, pubescent ; leaves linear. 



hairy, ciliate ; flowers racemose, loose ; scales of 

 the calyx oblong, obtuse ; pedicels bracteate. 

 HAB. Pine barrens. Sept.— Oct. U. Root bulb, 

 stem. sle7uh; fl. small. 



473. VERNONIA. Composite. 

 1. V. noveboracensis : leaves numerous, lanceolate, 

 scabrous, serrulate ; corymb fastigiate ; scales of 

 the calyx AJiform at the extremity. 



