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a. Lanceolata, the var. described above. Anon. Ramos. Walt. L. Squar- 

 jri(losa. Mich. ^ 



b. Intermedia. Stem leaves longer than in the preceding var. pubescent. 

 Involucrum contammg twenty-four to thirty flowers. Seals obovate, con! 

 spjcuously fringed. Grows on Long Island. Dr. Torrey. An intermediate 

 speces between this and L Spheroidea-perhaps belonging to the Tatter 



c. Divers.foha. Lower leaves large, glabrous. Stem leaves much smaller 

 U^an m the two precedmg varieties, slightly pubescent. .S7e»j almost to- 

 mentose. Involucrum contaming about twenty flowers. Scales obovate, 

 pubescent along the margins. " ' 



d. Foliosa. Leases ofthe stem long, linear lanceolate, nearly elabrous. 

 nr.Th I ' ', ^'^^^ '^' ^'r"'"' P"" ^^ "« ^'''Sth the leaves at^the base 



about ro.?r.fl ^'^ i"*"^? ''f " ?" peduncles and flowers. Involucrum 

 about fourteen flowered. Scales obovate, glabrous. 



e. Confertiflora. Leaves lanceolate, the lower glabrous, very acute, the 

 upper small, a httle hairy; all somewhat crowded. Flowers \n\ compact 

 spike. Involucrum containing fourteen to twenty flowers. Scales obovate, 

 nearly glabrous. Grows along the western frontier of Georgia. 



ijrows m dry soils. . 



Flowers, August — October. 



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14. Spheroidea. Mich. 



L. foliis laevibiis; in- 

 ferioribus lato lanceo- 

 latis; SLiperioribus Ian 



Leaves smooth, the 



lower broad, lanceo- 

 late, the upper narrow; 



ceolato linearibus; ra- flower of the raceme 

 cemo floribus majiiscu- large, solitary, alter- 

 |is, solitariis, alternis; nate; involucrum near 



mvohicris subglobosis; \y globular, the scales 



squamis ovalibus, erec- i oval, erect. 



tis. 



Mich. 2. p. 92. Pursh, 2. p. 509. 



Root tuberous, perennial. Stem two to four feet high, a little pubescent. 

 J^caves lanceolate, acute, dotted, glabrous, somewhat coriaceous. The low- 

 er ones large, attenuated into a petiole at base, four to five inches long. 

 r towers large, in a simple terminal raceme. Involucrum spheroidal, con- 

 lannng many florets; scales oval or obovate, very obtuse, coloured, slightly 

 Jfinged, sometimes fimbriate, and sprinkled with glandular dots. Florets bright 

 purple, longer than the involucrum. Seed^ very hairy, crov^ned with a pap- 

 pus not conspicuously feathered. 



Grows in the upper districts of Carolina. Edgefield, Mr. Oemler. 

 1 lowers, August — October. 



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