96 
macrosta- 
chya. 
SYNGENESIA, A.QUALIS. 
naked ; scales appressed, lanceolate, acuminate, 
spiny.—WVutt. 
C. odoratus, Muhl. 
C. pumilus, Nutt. 
From one to three feet high. Flowers reddish-purple, very 
large. On the borders of open woods, and on road-sides, Jer- 
sey; frequent. Perennial. July. 
307. LIATRIS. [Schreber.] Gen. pl. 1263. ( Corymbifere.) 
Calix oblong, imbricate. Receptacle naked. 
Pappus plumose, persistent, (often colour-. 
ed.) Anthers entire at the base. Seed 
pubescent, striate, and inversely conic.— 
Nutt. on 
1. L. stem simple, tall; leaves linear, glabrous, 
ciliate at the base, nerved and punctate; spike 
very long; flowers sessile; calicine scales li- 
near-oblong, obtuse, appressed.—Mich. and 
Pursh. 
L. macrostachya, Mich. 
_ L. spicata, Willd. 
Anonymos graminifolius, Walt. 
Serratula spicata, Sp. Pl. 1147. 
Suprago spicata, Gert. 
Icon. Bot. Repos. 401. Pluk. alm. t. 424. f. 6. 
Blue Blaxing-star. 
From two to five feet high, a very elegant plant. Flowers 
purple, in long crowded spikes. Near Frankford, and on the 
Woodlands; rare. Possesses medicinal virtues. Perennial. 
August. 
308. VERNONIA. Gen. pl. 1262. ( Corymbifere.) 
Calix ovate imbricate. Stigma bifid. Recep- 
tacle naked. Pappus double; exterior 
short and paleaceous, interior capillary.— 
Nuit. 

