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5YNGE5ESIA ^QUALIS. 



25. Macdlatum. 



E. foliis petiolatis, I Leaves on petioles, 

 qiiaternis quinisve, o- by fours or fives, ovate 

 vato lanceolatis, inae- lanceolate, unequally 



quallter serratis, subtus 

 pubescentibus; caule 

 solido, sulcato. 



serrate, pubescent un- 

 derneath; stem solid, 

 furrowed. « 



£4 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1760. Mich. 2. p. 99. Pursh, 2. p. 1760. 



Stem four to five feet high, furrowed, not hollow, dotted with purple. 

 heaves verticillate, lanceolate and ovate, acute at each end, pubescent and 

 slightly scabrous underneath. Involucrum five to eight flowered. ^ Corolla 

 tinged with purple. Style^ Stigma, and Seed, very similar to those of the 

 preceding species. 



Grows in wet soils. 



Flowers August — September. 



26. Verticillatum. 



E. foliis petiolatis, 



o- 



ternis quaternisve, 



vato lanceolatis, utrin- 



que acuminatis, inae- 



qualiter serratis, gla- j qually serrate, nearly 



briusculis; caule solido, | glabrous; stem solid, 



eaves on petioles, 

 by threes or fours, o- 

 vate lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate at each end, une- 



laevi. 



smooth. 



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Sp. pi. 3. p. 1760. Pursh, 2. p. 515. 

 E. fusco-rubrum ? Walt. p. 199. 



Siem four to six feet Iiigh^ smooth, pubescent near the summit; tinged 

 with purple. Leaves verticillate, large, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at each 

 end, with very large serratures, glabrous, sprinkled with glandular dots on 

 the under surface. Flowers in a terminal corymb, rather smaller than those 

 of the preceding species. Involucrum ten to twelve leaved, five flowered;, 

 leaves oblong and ovate, obtuse, scarious, glabrous. Corolla purple. Seedi^ 

 angled, pappus slightly scabrous. 



Grows in damp soils, in the upper districts of South-Carolina and Geor- 



gia 



flowers September. 



