414 Qbdbe 70.— COMPCeiT^ 



rarely solitary, sometimea 10 or 12, mostly about 5. Fls. bright-purple. JL — 

 Sept. 



6 Ij. Boykmii Torr. and Gr. Slender, erect; Ivs. linear, punctate, elongated, the 

 upper short and setaceous; hda. 3 to 5-flowered, sessile, or with short appressed 

 ped. in a close virgate spike ; scales few, the outer subulate, short, the inner 

 lance-Jinear, Tiiargins scarious, tips, acuminate, spreading, as long as the plumoua 

 pappus. — W". Ga. Plant nearly smooth, 1 to 2f high, with pale purple fioreta. 

 Aug., Sept. 



7 Ii. tenuifolia Nutt. Smooth, slender, simple; Ivs. narrowly linear or filiform, ^ 

 the lower crowded, very long, diminishing upwards to setaceous bracts ; hds. 5- 

 flowered, crowded, on scaly, filiform ped. forming a long raceme ; scales ohlong, 

 obtuse, mucronulate, outer very short ; pappus plumous, scarcely longer than tha 

 villous fruit, — Pine barrens, N. Car. to Fla. Very elegant, 2 to 4f high. Et. Ivs. 

 resembling those of the long-leaved pine, in a crowded tuft. Eac. of purple fls. 



1 to 2{, ped. 1'. Aug.— Oct. 



8 L. seciinda Ell. Slender, ascending and recurved ; Ivs. linear, short, the radi- 

 cal linear-lanceolato ; rae. recurved, long, slender, with the heads all turned lo the 

 upper side (seouud) ; invol. about lO-scaled and 5-flowered ; pappus plumoua 

 (under a lens). — Dry sand hills. Mid. Ca*. and Ga. Sta. 1 to 3f high. Beautifully 

 distinguished by its long (6 to 12) secund racemes. Aug., Sept. 



9 L. pauoiiora Ph. St. simple, glabrous ; Ivs. hnear ; pan., (composed of simple 

 racemes ?) virgate, leafy, branches short, with few hds. ; hds. subsessile, secund, 

 3 to 5-flowGred; scales erect, lanceolate, acute, glabrous. — Ga. (Bartram, Pursh.) 

 A species at present unknown. Probably a var. of the last. 



10 L. grdcilis Ph. Pubescent, slender, simple; Iva. linear, 1-veined, short, the 

 lower lanceolate, obtuse, all glabrous, ciliate at.base; hds. 3 to 5 to 7-flowered, 

 on divaricate, slender, hairy pedicels, in a long virgate raceme, rartlj' paniculate ; 

 scales few, appressed, oblong, obtuse, shorter than the purple barbellate pappus. 

 Dry pine barrens, Ga., Pla,, Ala. Plant grayish, 2 to 3f high. Hds. small. Fr. 

 villous. Sept., Oct. 



11 L. pyonoatachya Mx. Simple, more or less hirsute, very leafy ; Ivs. rigid, 

 ascending, straight, lower ones long, lanceolate, veined, obtuse, upper short, nar- 

 row-linear ; spike dense and thick, long and bracted below ; hds. numtrous, cylin- 

 dirical, sessile, 5-flowered; scales appressed, with acute, scarious and colored 

 squarrous tips. — Prairies, 111. to Tex. A stout species, distinguished fi'om L. 

 spicata, chiefly by its acute, squarrous scales, and few-flowered heads. St. 3 to 5f 

 high. Spikes cylindrical, 10 to 20' long. Aug. Varies with stem and invol. 

 nearly glabrous (L. brachystaohya Nutt.) 



12 L. scaridsa L. Gat Feathee. Scabrous-pubescent ; Ivs. lanceolate, lower 

 on long petioles, upper linear and much smaller ; hds. remotely racemed, 20 to 40- 

 flmoered, gloious hemispherical ; scales obovate, very obtuse, purplish ; fls. numer- 

 ous ; pappus scabrous. — -A beautiful plant, 4 to 5f high, in woods and sandy fields. 

 Can., Mass. (Fiicard) to Ga. and La. St. rather stout, -v hitish above. Lts. 

 numerous, entire, lower 3 to D' long, upper 1 to 3' by 1 to 3 ", rough-edged. 

 Hds. 5 to 20, 1' diam., in a long raceme, each 20 to 40-flowered. Cor. purple. 

 Aug. t 



13 Ii. spioata Willd. Lvs. lance-linear, smoothish, punctate, ciliate, lower ones 

 narrowed at base ; hds. in a long, terminal spike, sessile ; scales of the invol. oblong, 

 obtuse ; fis. about 8 ; pappus scabrous-plumous. — Native from N. J. and Mich, to 

 Fla. and La. Abundant in prairies. A beautiful species, ofl;en cultivated. St. 



2 to 5f high. Hds. numerous, with bright purple fls. Aug. -j — Varieq, with . 

 smaller, 5 to 7-flowered heads. (L. resinosa Nutt.) 



14 L. graminifolia Willd. Glabrous or with scattered hairs ; st. slender and 

 sun pie; lvs. linear, 1-veined; lids. 7 to 12-flowered, mostly pedicellate, spikes or 

 racemes sometimes paniculate below; invol acute at base; scales many (12 to 

 18), ohovate-spatidaie, very oitvse, appressed, outer row shorter ; ach. hairy. — N. 

 J. to Ga. and Ala. St. 2 to 3f bigh.(§The lower lvs. are lance-linear, 3 to 4" 

 wide, upper subulate. Hdg. generally pedicellate, pedicels 4 to 12" long. Fr, 

 hairy, shorter than the scabrous pappus. Sept., Oct. 



/3. BUBiA. Inflorescence sometimes compound below, or partly paniculate ; 



