366 COMPOSITAE. Vor. III. 
3. Lacinaria élegans (Walt.) Kuntze. 
Handsome Blazing Star. , Fig. 4179. 
Stoepelina elegans Walt. Fl. Car. 202. 1788. 
Liatris elegans Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1635. 1804. 
Lacinaria elegans Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 349. 1891. 
Densely and finely pubescent, rarely glabrate, 
2°-3° high. Leaves linear, very punctate, 1’-5’ 
long, 1-3” wide, the upper much smaller than 
the lower and soon reflexed; heads 4-5-flowered, 
6”-7” high, narrowly campanulate, very numerous 
in a dense spike or raceme sometimes a foot long; 
bracts of the involucre in 2 or 3 series, the inner 
ones linear, dilated above into oblong or lanceo- 
late acuminate rose-colored petaloid tips, or some- 
times white; pappus very plumose; flowers purple. 
In dry soil, Virginia to Florida, Alabama, Arkan- 
sas and Texas. Aug.—Oct. 
4. Lacinaria punctata (Hook.) Kuntze. 
Dotted Button-Snakeroot. Fig. 4180. 
Liatris punctata Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 306. pl. 55. 1833. 
Lacinaria punctata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 349. 1891. 
Glabrous, or sparingly pubescent, 6-30’ high; root- 
stock stout, branching, or globose. Leaves linear, 
rigid, very punctate, 2’-6’ long, about 1” wide, or 
the lower 2”, the upper gradually shorter, all erect 
or ascending; heads 3-6-flowered, 6”-8” long, sessile, 
crowded into a dense spike; spike commonly leafy 
below; involucre narrowly campanulate, acute or 
acutish at the base, its bracts oblong, cuspidate or 
acuminate, often ciliate on the margins, sometimes 
woolly, imbricated in 4 or 5 series; flowers purple; 
pappus very plumose. 
In dry soil, Minnesota to Manitoba, Saskatchewan, 
Montana, Missouri, Texas, New Mexico and Sonora. 
Recorded from Ohio. Aug.—Oct. 
5. Lacinaria acidéta (Engelm. & Gray) Kuntze. 
Slender Button-Snakeroot. Fig. 4181. 
0 Liatris acidota Engelm. & Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5: 
j : 218, 1847. 
WY Lacinaria acidota Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 349. 1891. 
Similar to the preceding species, but usually glabrous 
throughout, the rootstock globose, or elongating. Stem 
2° high, or less, slender. Leaves narrowly linear, ?’-3” 
wide, or the lower wider, slightly punctate, 1’-4’ long, 
the upper gradually shorter; spike slender, naked, or 
sparingly leafy at the base, 4-10’ long; heads 3-5-flow- 
ered, 6-9” long; involucre narrowly oblong-campanulate, 
its bracts oblong to ovate-lanceolate, more or less punc- 
tate, abruptly or gradually acuminate; glabrous or 
sparingly ciliate; flowers purple; pappus plumose. 
Prairies, Kansas to Arkansas and Texas. Aug.—Oct. 
