SVNGENHSIA SEGREGATA* 



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2. NUDICAULIS. 



E. 



E 



foliis radicalib 



ovali-lanceolatis. ere- I oval 



Leaves of the root 



culis 



atis, scabri 



lanceolate, ere 



nately serrate, some 



9 



ubtus villosis: what scabrous 



sub nudo 



sub hirto, seabro 



9 



hairy 



underneath; stem hai 

 ry, rough, nearly nak 

 ed. 



E. Tonientosus? Pursh, 2. p. 582. 



E. Carolinianus, var. Simplex, Nutt. 2. p. 187. 



Stem one to two feet high, scabrous, and somewhat hispid, branching to- 

 wards the summif, generally purple. Root leaves large, scabrous on the 

 upper surface, very villous on the under. Stem leaves 0, excepting a small 

 one at eacli diVislon of the branches. Bracteas tomentos?. Scales of the 

 mvolucrura rigid. 



This species which has always been confounded with the preceding 



though marked as a variety by Mr. Nutlall, is probably distinct. Its leaves 



are larger, more rigid, mor^IIlous, and confined to the base of the stem. 



1 he bracteal leaves are much more tomentose, and the scales of the involu- 



crum more rigid and comparatively longer. It appears also to commence 

 flowering later. 



Grows in dry moderately fertile soils, 



Flowers August— September. » 



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