1654 



LIATRIS* scariosa. 

 Large-flowered Liatris. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA jEQUALIS. 



Nat. ord. Composite Juss. § Vernoniaceee ^wpa^oriecE, Lessing. Gen. 

 Compos, p. 157. (^Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 197.) 



LIATRIS Schreb. — Pappus pluriserialis, plumosus. Corolla limbo k 

 tubo non distincto. Involucrum multiseriale. Rachis ebracteolata. — — 

 Herbse Boreali-AmericancB, perennes, radicejibrosd v. tuherosd ; foliis alternis, 

 integerrimis, saepc angustis, glaiiduloso-ptinctatis ; capitulis multifloris, spi- 

 catis V. corymb osis ; involucris imbricatis. Lessing 1. c. 



L. scariosa; caule simplici subpubescente, foliis lanceolatis utrinque at- 



tenuatis margine scabris, floribus (capitulis) racemosis distantibus, squamis 



anthodii (involucri) spatulatis margine coloratis. Spreng. syst. veg. 3. 



432. 



L. scariosa. Willd. sp.pl. 3. 1635. Hort. Kew. 4. 503. Pursh Ji. amer. 



sept. 2. 509. Beck bot. of north. St. p. 175. 

 Serratula scariosa. Linn. sp. pi. 1147, 



Radix tuberosa, crassa, carnosa. Folia radicalia, spatulata, in petiolum 

 angustissimum attenuata, glabra ; caulina a lata basi oblong o-linearia, pa- 

 tentissima, undulata, margiiie scabra : superiora sensitn minora. Caiilis 

 2-2^-pcdalis, angulatiis, pilis scaber, apice [in hortis) subramosus, scepiusque 

 in corymbum contrahens. Pedunculi in corymbosis basi fere nudi, in race- 

 mosis foliis parvis scabris recurvis sparsis vestiti, in squamis involucri sensim 

 abeuntibus. Capitula omnium maxima, hemisphcerica; involucri multiseriati 

 foliolis ciliato- scabris exterioribus foliaceis squarrosis acutis, interioribus 

 oblongis obtusis appressis margine coloratis. 



Professor Beck calls this, most correctly, a very variable 

 species. It is a native of North America, from Pennsyl- 

 vania to Carolina, inhabiting sandy w^oods, and growing 

 3 or 4 feet high ; but in this country we have never 

 remarked it more than 2^ feet, or 3 feet high at the most. 



The meaning of this word is unknown. 



