SYNGENESIA ^ttUALIS. CtlicUS. 



In the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 1/ . July — 

 Sept. V. V. Flowers purple. 



6. C, elatius ; foliis sessilibus pinnatifidis acute incisis spi. 



nosissimis, involucro terminali unifloro polyphyllo : 



foliolis geminatim spinosissimis, calycibus inermibus. 

 Serratula discolor. Lam. encycl. 6. p. 5Q5. 

 Cirsium horridulum. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 90. 

 Carduus spinosissimus. Walt. fl. car. 194. 

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



vania to Carolina. 1/. July — Sept. v. v. Very tall; 



flowers large, pale yellow. 



608. CARDUUS. Gen.pl. 1254. 



I.e. inermis; foliis decurrentibus lanceolatis pinnatifido- 

 pectinatis, pedunculis terminalibus longissimis uniflo- 

 ris subaphyllis, floribus defloratis cernuis calycinis 

 squamis linearibus patulis. — IV Hid. sp. pi. 3. p. l655. 

 In Pensylvania. (^ . +. Flowers purple, the size of 

 Arctium Lappa. It probably is a species of Cnicus, 



609. LIATRIS. Gen.pl. 1263. 

 * Spicatce sen racemosce ; hulbosce. 



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



liatis nervosis et punctatis, spica longissima, floribus 

 sessilibus, squamis calycinis lineari-oblongis obtusis 

 appressis. — Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 9I. 



L. spicata. IFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. l636. 



Anonymos graminifolius. IFalt. Jl. car. I97. 



Serratula spicata. Sp. pi. II47. 



Icon. Bot. rep. 401. Pluk. aim. t. 424. f. 6. 



In natural meadows : Pensylvania to Carolina. 11 . Aug. 

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

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

 spikes. 



2. L. caule simplici hirsuto, foliis strictis angusto-Iinearibus 



pubescentibus, spica longa, floribus confertim sessili- 

 bus, calycibus appressis superne squarrosis. — Mich. Jl. 

 amer. 2. p. Q], 



Anonymos pilosa. Walt, Jl. car. 197. 



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 . 



.507 



horridulus. 



pectinatus. 



macrosta- 

 chya. 



pycnosta- 

 ehya. 



