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SYNOENESIA ^QUALIS. 27| 



Root perennial. Stem erect, 4—6 feet high, furrowed, unarmed some- 

 what glabrous but sprinkled with a few lanulinous hairs/ bran SZre 

 than m any other species with which I am acquainted. Leaves efsiTe 1 



^^^l^^^^^'^^l^^'^'^^y 'l-g ^he veins and^^ll^ib' 



Flowers 



somewhat paniculate. Feduncles on small branches, nearly naked Sen! 

 der and a l.ttle hairy. Involucrum campanulate, vemricose; S laT 

 ceolate closely appressed, a little hairy, viscid and armed with a short 

 somewhat recurved spine. Corolla much longer than the involucrun of 



Me'reTS ""^""'' '^'"^' P^""^' g'^brous,1:rowned with a beaSly 

 leathered caducous pappus. Receptacle flat, bristly. 



This species of Cnicus, by far the most common in the low country of 

 Carolina and Georgia, ap])ears to have been overlooked by both Walter and 

 Michaux, at least the C Glaber of Mr. Nuttall is the only species whose 

 de.cnp^on accords with the character of our plant. I once considered it as 

 the L. Repandum, of Michaux, but the plant I have described under that 

 name agrees more accurately with his observations. 



Grows in cultivated lands, very common about buildings. 

 t lowers May — August. 



6. Discolor. Miibl. 



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foliis sessilibiis, [ Leaves sessile, pin- 

 pimiatiiidis, supra par- natifid, a Jittle hairy 

 ce pilosis, subtiis cane- on tlie upper surface, 

 scenti-tomentosis, la- hoary and tomentose 

 pniis bilobis spinosis ; underneath; segments 

 mvolucris globosis, two lobed, spinous; 

 sguamis ovatis, spino- involucrum globose, 

 sis ; caule ramoso. [ scales ovate, spinous ; 



stem branching. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1670. Nutt. 2. p. 130. 



specimens very hairy, nnd covered 



...w. wuweD-iiKe tomentum. Leaves long, deeply pinnatifid, the segments 



"7 generally 2-lobed, the lobes ovate and spiny, woolly underneath, the 



thlh ^T^ ''•'■egularly armed with spines. Flowers solitary, terminat ing 



sf ^Ipf T . "' ^^'*'.'* ^'^ generally leafy, up to the base of the involucrum; 



rnfJn\ • 1 '"^'olucrum ovate, acute, crowned with a long spine. Co- 



oiia bright purple. Seeds smooth, crowned, with a feathered pappus. 



Jfrows in the upper districts qf Carolina. 



''lowers J. me— July. 



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