514) STNGBNESIA iEAUALIS. Liatris. 



a decoction of it in milk, whicli is taken inwardly, in 

 the same manner as I have mentioned under Prenari' 

 thes serpentaria. 



** Paniculaice seu corymlosce ; non lulbosce. 



paucifl(yra. 13. L. caule simplici glabro ; foliis linearibus, panicula vir- 

 gata foliosa, ramis brevibus paucifloris, calycibus sub- 

 sessilibus secundis 3 — 5-flovis : squamis erectis lan- 

 ceolatis acutis glabris. 



In Georgia. Bartram. %. v. s. in Herb. Banks. 

 Flowers small, the size of No. 4. 

 paniculata. 14. L. caule simplici panicula calycibusque piloso-viscosis, 

 foliis inferioribus lanceolatisattenuatisnervosis glabris: 

 canlinis minoribus sessilibus, panicula coarctata fasci- 

 culata, calycibus sub-5-floris : squamis lanceolatis acu- 

 tiuscuWs.— -JF Hid. sp pi. 3. p 1637. 



Anonymos paniculatus. JValt.Jl. car. I98. 



In pine-barrens : Virginia to Florida. 1/ , Aug. — Oct. 

 V. s. in Herb. Ens /en. Flowers the smallest of all the 

 species here enumerated. 

 odoratissima. ]5. L. glaberrima ; caule simplici; foliis radicalibus oblon- 

 gis, caulinis amplexicauUbus, panicula corymbosa laxo- 

 divaricata, calycibus sub-8-floris : squamis lanceolatis 

 obtusiusculis. — Willd.sp.pl. 3. p. 1637. 



Anonymos odoratissimus. JValt.Jl. car. 108. 



Icon. Bot. rep. 633. 



In open swamps : Carolina to Florida. 1/ . Sept. Oct. 

 V. V. Flowers a little larger than the preceding. It 

 is generally called Carolina Vanilla-plant. The leaves, 

 when dry, give a very agreeable scent, resembling 

 somewhat that of Vanilla, which they maintain for 

 years if kept dry and inclosed. 



tomentosa. 16. L. caule simplicissimo foliisque cuneato-lanceolatis hir- 

 sutis, corymbo paucifloro depresso divaricate, ramis 

 1-2-floris, calycibus tomentosis : squamis ovatis acu- 

 tis.— McA, 7?. amer. 2. p. 03. 

 In open swamps : Virginia and North Carolina, 2; . 

 Aug. — Oct. V. V. About eighteen inches high j 

 flowers the size of No. 1. 



lellidifolia, 17. L. pumila, glabella; foliis cuneato-oblanceolatis, co- 

 rymbo inaequali, floribus omnibus longiuscule pedi- 

 cellatis, calycinis squamis oblongo-obovalibus obtusis. 

 Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. Q3. 



