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Sp. pi. 3. 2062. Pursh, 5. p. 540. Nutt. 2. p. l6l. 



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Stemtx\ro to three feet* high, smooth, tinged with pi 



xpand 



_ _ , . . , , ^g branches, Ltftves 



sessile, lanceolatej acuminatej finely and acutely serrate, pale underneath, 

 slightly scabrous along the margins. Racemes generally erect^ sometimes 

 slightly recurved, not very compact. Scales of the involucruni linear, rather 

 obtuse, slightly pubescent along the margins. Florets of the ray about five^ 

 rather small. Seed nearly glabrous. 



Grows in the upper districts of Cafolina and Georgia. 



Flowers September. 



32, LiTHOSPERMIFOLIA. Willd. 



S. caufe ramoso^ pu 



Stem brandling, pu 



bescente; foliis lanceo- I bescent; leaves lauceo 



lalis, utrinque scabris, 

 altenualis, 3-nervibus, 



late, scabrous on both 

 surfaces, tapering 



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3- 



integerrimis; raceinis | nerved, entire; racemes 



erect; florets of the 



erectis, ligulis elon 



tis. 



ray long. 



Willd 



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Pursh, 2. p. 541. Nutt. 2. p. l6l. 



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This species I have never seen. Dr. Schvveinitz, in some valuable MS. 



notes on this geniis which I have received from him, remarks that its leaves 



and their habit determine this species wellj rare about Salem, North-Caro- 

 Una. 



» Grows in sandy barren soils New-Jersey to Carolina. Pursh. 

 Flowers August — October. 



83. Flexicaulis. 



S. 



L. 



caule flexuoso, | Stem flexuous, gla- 

 brous, angled; leaves 



glabro, angulato 



ovatis, acuminatis, ser- | ovate, acuminate, ser 



ratis, glabris; racemis rate 



erectis, axillaribus; 

 gulis mediocribus. 



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glabrous; 



ra 



cemes erect, axillary; 

 florets of the ray mid- 

 dle sized. 



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Sp. pi. 3. p. 2064. Mick 2. p. H8. Pursh, 2. p. 542. Nutt. 2. p 

 16l. * ^ 



