{Catalogue of Plants growing in East-Florida. 299 



SYNGENESIA— iEQUALis. 



Prenanthes racemasa. Mich. 2, p. 94. 

 Prenanthes, aphylla, foliis paucissimis subulatis brevi- 

 bus, caule simplici superne nudo; calycibus, multifloris. 

 P. Aphylla, Mit t a iVs Genera. 2. p. 123. 



Observations. — Root perennial. Stem about two feet 

 high striated, in the specimen under examination, produ- 

 cing but two subulate leaves near its base, the lower one 

 about an inch and a half, the upper one less than half an 

 inch ; the rest of the stem perfectly naked, and producing 

 two unequally pedunculated large pale rose red flowers; 

 at the base of the stem there is a single sphacelous abor- 

 tive scale; the calix is subtended by a considerable num- 

 ber of imbricated lanceolate scales. Florets about twelve 

 ligulate, and twelve tubular. 



Liatris graminifolia. Pursh. 2. p. 408. 



L. elegans. Willd. 3. p. 1635. 



L. tenuifolia. NuttaWs Gen. 2. p. 131. 



L. paniculata. Willd. 3. p. 1637. 



L. corymbosa. MittaWs Gen. 2. p. 132. 



Liatris * oppositifolia, foliis lanceolatis, sub oppositis 

 nervosis, caule ramoso, ramulis paniculato-corymbosis, cal- 

 ycibus cylindraceo-ovatis parvulis sub 15 — 20-floris, squa- 

 mis oblongis obtusis intimis, coloratis pappus scabriusculis. 



Hab. discovered also near New-Orleans and communi- 

 acted to me by Dr. Harlan, of Philadelphia. 



Observations. — Root perennial ? The whole plant 

 pubescent. Stem terete, a little below the summit, oppo- 

 sitely branched, the branches corymbiferous. Leaves 

 small, ovate-lanceolate, about three-nerved, on the branch- 

 es sometimes alternate. Flowers small, resembling those 

 of L. paniculata, but more numerous. Scales of the calix 

 striate, unequal, the interior ones coloured and elongated. 

 Pappus merely scabrous, not plumose. 



Liatris ^fruticosa, glabra ; caule fruticoso, ramis corym- 

 bosis, foliis cuneato-obovatis punctatis, calycibus subquin- 

 quefloris, laciniis acuminatis. 



