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Purshj 2. p. 510. 



A small species described by Pursh, from specimens col/ected in Georgia 

 by Bartram, and now in the herbarium of the late Sir Joseph Banks. 



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17. Paniculata. Walt. 



L. caule simplici, pi- I Stem simple, hairy, 



loso-viscoso; foliis Ian- viscid; leaves lanceo- 



ceolatis, nervosis, gla- late, nerved, nearly 



briusculis; panicula glabrous; panicle con- 



coarctata; involucris tracted; involucrum ge 



sub 5-floris, squamis nerally 5-flowered, 



lanceolatis. scales lanceolate. 



Willd. Sp. pi. 3. p. 1637. Mich. 2. p. 93. Pursh, 2. p. 510. Nutt. 2. 



p. 132. 



Anon. Panlculat. Walt. p. 198. 



Root perennial, somewhat tuberous. Stem erect, one to two feet high 

 coloured and branching towards the summit, with the branches and invo- 

 lucrum viscid and very hairy. Leaves of the root spathulate, lanceolate, 

 very finely denticulate, glabrous ; leaves of the stem small, sessile, some- 

 times ovate-lanceolate, hairy. Flowers in a long terminal panicle, in clus- 

 ters from four to six, on the small branches. Involucrum six to eight leaved, 



four to five flowered ; scales appressed, imbricate. Corolla much longer 

 than the involucrum, viscid, purple. Seeds furrowed, hairy, crowned with a 

 pale purple feathered pappus. Receptacle, naked, flat, dotted. The invo- 

 lucrum is sometimes found with eight to ten leaves, containing eight to ten 

 flowers, as if formed by the union, or soldering of two distinct heads of flow- 

 ers. (Cephalanthia— Rich.) 



Grows in flat pine barrens, very common. 



Flowers, September— October. 



18. Odoratissima. Walt. 



. L. glaberrima; caule I Very glabrous; 



simplici; foliis ovatis stem simple; leaves o- 

 lanceolatisque, nervo- vate and lanceolate, 

 SIS, denticulatis, sub nerved, toothed, slight- 

 glaucis; (jauicula co- ly glaucous; panicle 



O mbosa; involucris 7 | corymbose; mvolu 



