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SYNGENESIA iEQUALIS. 



15. SaUARROSA. 



L. caule simplici pu- 

 bescente; foliis longis- 

 sime linearibus, nervo- 



sis 



5 raargine scabrius- 

 culis: racemis pauciflo- 



ris 



foliosis: mvolucri 



Stem simple, pubes- 

 cent; leaves very long, 

 linear, nerved, with 



the margins scabrous 



? 



racemes few flowered, 



leafy; upper scales of 



squamis superne folia- j the involucrum leafy, 



lanceolate, riy;id, ex- 



cels 



lance olatis 

 dis, patentibus. 



rigi 



pan ding. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1634. Mich. 2. p. 92. Pursli, 2. p. 509- Nutt. 2, p. 132. 



Root tuberous, perennial. Stem two to three feet high, pubescent, a lit- 

 tle scabrous, leafy. Leaves linear, long ; the lower ones sometimes exceed- 

 ing a foot in length, glabrous, scarious along the margin ; the upper ones 

 sometimes ciHate. The nerves somewhat pellucid. Flowers generally four 

 to five, in a terminal raceme. Involucrum cylindrical ; scales ovate, lan- 

 ceolate, ciliate, acuminate, with the points all expanding. Florets bright 

 purple, deeply cleft, the segments hairy on the inner surface. Seeds oblong, 

 striate, hairy, crowned with a coloured pappus, conspicuously feathered. 



Grows in dry pine barrens. 

 - Flowers, September — October. 



** Florihus corymr\ ^^ Flowers in co* 

 hosisy radicihus jihro' rymhs; roots fibrous* 



SIS, 



16. Pauciflora. Pursh. 



L. 



caule 



simplici 



Stem 



simple 



linear 



9 

 9 



glabro; fohis lineari- brous; leaves 



bus, paniciila virgata, | panicle virgate, leafy 



branches 



flowered, 



foliosa, ramis brevibus with 

 paucifloris; involucris short, 



the 

 few 



subsessilibus secundis I involucrum sessile, se 



3 



5 



floris; squamis cund, 3 



flowered; 



erectis, lanceolatis, a- the scales erect, lance 



cutis, glabris. 



olate, acute, glabrous. 



