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22. ViRGATUS. 



E. 



A. foliis lineari-Ian- 

 ceolatis, amplexicauli 

 bus, glaberrimis; 

 sub ramoso, ramis vir- 

 gatis^ erectis; capitulis 

 racemosis: involucri 



eaves 



caule 



5 



? 



I 



squamis acutissimis 



sub squarrosis. 



E. 



? 



linear-Ian 

 ceolate, amplexicaule 

 very glabrous; stem 

 sparingly brancht d, 

 branches virgate, erect 

 heads racemose; scales 

 of the involucrum very 

 acute, slightly squar- 

 rose. 



5 



vir^ r , ll'/^''l'" '^'"^ ^'f ^^Sh, glabrous, branches few, erect, strictly 

 virgate slightly pubescent at the summit. Leaves of the stem three to S 

 nches long, three to four lines wide, sessile, amplexicauirglabrou ,^4 

 the margms a httle scabrous; those of the branches simUar but sn aUer 

 P W. m simple terminal racemes, on peduncles half an inch o tworelSs- 

 long. Scales of the mvolucrum linear-lanceolate verv acute p Wt ^ 

 nate slightly squarrose. Florets of the ray, teJ^^t:Te'r^'^C7m2' 

 bluish purple. Seeds nearly glabrous. ' ^ ' ^"^ 



From the A. ' Cyaneus this species differs by its larger leaves and lon^r 

 erect, virgate branches; from A. Phlogifolius w^uch it most resemWes^in SS 



ZX "cim:? '' ''^''' '' ''' ''^"'^' r-^™' .mallerfltJrrs'"and^ 



simple racemes. 

 Grows in the western district of Georgia. 

 * lowers September— October. 



? 



23. Caroliniaixi 



caule frut 



Walt 



f 



ramosissimo 



flexuoso 



pubescente; foliis 

 Iibus 



Stem shrubby, 



? 



3 



oblong 

 utrinq 



uous, m 



pubescent 



branched 



f 



sile 



ses 



> 



blong lanceolat 



Jis; involucri squamis 



tapering at 



> 



end 



? 



bent 



lanceolat 



pu 



ofthe involucrum 



lanceolat 



fosis. 



issimis, sulj-squar- pubescent, som'ewh 



squai 



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