SYNGENESIA iEQUALIS. 



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10-leaved, containing four to five flowers. Leaves oblong lanceolate, acute 



someti 

 rolla 



to 



lines slightly acuminate, glabrous, pubescent along the margin. 



pale purple. Seeds furrowed, hairy. Fa/j/>«s slightly featliered. 

 In the scales of the involucrum this plant bears a striking resemblance 

 tlie L. Heterophylla; in other respects it appears sufficiently to differ. 



Grows on the summits of the dry sand hills in the middl 

 nion near Columbia. 



Flowers, August — September. 



country J com- 



11. Resinosa. 



Nutt. 



Glabrous; leaves li- 

 near, crowded f heads 



oblong. 



4 



5 



L. glabra;, foliis li- 

 ne ari bus, confertis; ca- 

 pitulis spicatis, oblon- 

 gis, 4— 5 floris; invo- 

 lucri squamis obtusis, 

 appressis, resinosis, 

 demum canescentibus. 



Nutt. 2. p. 131. 



Stem about two feet high, very smooth. Radical leaves long, stem leaves 

 numerous. Spike 6 to 12 inches long. Fhivers bracteate, closely sessile. 

 n!!riT • I "Y^olucrum^ resiniferous, at length appearing whitish. Corolla 



.„* ii_. .1 ^g^,^/ large, villous. Nutt. 



spiked, 



flowered,- scales of the 



involucrum obtuse, ap 



pressed, resinous, final- 

 ly hoary. 



purple, internally smooth. ^..c.„^., ..„v,»o. x,uit. 



Grows in the pine forests of xNnrth and South-Carolina. 

 Flowers. 



12. Elegans, 



L. caule simpl 



olati 



foliis 1 



culis 



IS, subtus scabrius 



? 



fertiflo! 



c> 



? 



squamis intimis 

 is, coloratis. 



Sp. pi 3. 1635. Mich. 2. p. ir 

 istiEhehna Elegans. Walter, 202. 



Stem simple, villous; 

 leaves linear-lanceo- 



sli^htly 



late, 



underneath 

 invo- I cylindrical, 



? 



scabrous 

 raceme 

 flowers 



I 



crowded; interior scales 

 of the involucrum ligu 

 late, coloured. 



Pnrsh, 2. p. 509. Nutt. 2. p. 132. 



