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inferioribus petiolatis, I underneath, the lower 

 involucris 5-phyIlis, 5- on petioles; involucrum 

 ^^^■*«- I 5-leaved, 5-flowered. 



Walt. p. 196. 



Stem three to four feet high. Leaves large, acute, very irregularly and 



b rSt r.^'**' seven-nerved and slightly glaucous underneath^ FW. 



n a festigiate corymb, pedicel clothed with small subulate scales whi'ch 



-^d oTfivr;"f r^' base of the involucrum. Involucrun. :k:ng7o^t 



aTv whItP T ' *T'[ ^'T'J ^r^^^^hite. ^.e^ smooth. Papp^us 

 airy white. Receptacle risked, with a glandular projection in the cemre 



bv w'l^' ""^J^"' plant I did not observe; it appears to have been not" ed 

 by Walter, and to resemble very closely the C. Tuberosa of Nuttall yet 

 differing from both of their descriptions. My specimens, which a e now 

 before me.arp r^ kt nrMxr tTionr^u «i:„u*i„ «i -r^ ^ . ^ ^^i^i^n die now 



underneath 



the irbama ^^'^"^ ^^""^ °^ ^'"'^^''* ^°™™*^" ^ '^^ ^'S'^'^^^s near 



Flowers September— October. 



3. Laivceolata? 



C. caule herbaceoH Stem herbaceous: 

 ipliis angusto-laneeola- leaves narrow lanceo- 

 tJs, utrinque acutis, re- late, acute at each 

 inote dentatis, nervo- end, remotely toothed, 

 SIS, subtus subglaucis ; nerved, slightly ghxu- 

 involucris 5-phyllis, 5- cous underneath; invo- 

 "^"s- lucrum 5-leaved, 5- 



I flowered. 



Nutt. 2. p. 138. 



hMf?"!-*^T ^"^ ^^ ^^^* ^^S*"- ^^^^'^^ ^°"g> narrow, lanreolate, remotely, 

 "ui distinctly and acutely dentate, obscurely seven-nerved, slightly glaucous 



tCy^rA-' ^^'^"^''^ '" a terminal corymb, pedicels more naked than in 

 le precedmg species. Involucrum composed of five equal, linear-Ianceo- 



4!^ u f ; "^'^^ membranaceous margins. Corolla neaily white. 



a^all T?^ ' glabrous, striate. Pappus hairy, white. Receptacle very 



small, with a glandulary projection in the centre. ^ ' 



feent to me ftom LouisviUe, Georgia, by Mr. Jackson. 



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