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(Adiae, colored, sometimes fimbriate, dotted. Seeds hairy, pappu?, slightly 

 plumose. 



Purple. % August— OcL Middle and upper districts of Car. & Ga. 



14. I,. .'^QrAKROSA. Stem erect pubescent. lAvvex long-linear with scab- 

 ro' Tous, the upper ones frequently ciliatc. Flouers few, \n n 

 te: involucre cvlindricnl, will) ovate ciliate scaieis, wiih expand* 

 iny jK>ini:j. Coroila deeply cleft, segments hairy. Seeds hairy ; pappus 



colored. 



Turple. % Sept. — Oct. Dry pine barrens. 



{b) Flowers in Corymbs ; roots fibrous. 



15. L. Pacciflora. Stem simple, glabrous. Ledves linear. Flowers in 

 leafy virgatc panicles; with I he branches tew flowered ; involucre sessilo, 

 aecund, J-5-tlowered ; scales erect, lanceolate acute, glabrous. Elliott. 



16. L. Panictlata. Stem erect, hairy, viscid, colored and branching to- 

 wards the summit, radicle leaves spatuKite lanceolate, dentate, glabrous ; 

 cauline leaves sessile, nerved, ovatc-lanceolaie, hairy. Flowers U\ terminal 

 panicles ; branches 4-G-tlowered, involucre 4-5 tlorets, 6-8 leaved. Corolla 

 viscid. Seeds hairy ; pappus purple. 



Purple. % Sept.— Oct. Pine barrens. 1-2 ft. 



17. L Odoratissima. 5'/<7/i erect, simpie, glabrous, striate, purple. Leaves 

 ovate or lanceolate, radical ones spatulate, somewhat dentate ; cauline ones 

 clamping. Flowers in corymbose panicles; involucre usually with 7 tiorets, 

 10-12 leaved. Leaves appressed, glabrous. Seids hairy ; pappus colored. 



Purple. % Sept.-Oct. 3-411 



18. L. T0ME.VTOSA. Stem erect, branching near the summit, branches 

 hirsute, toraentose ; radicle leaves cuneate lanceolate, tomentosc ; cauhno 

 leaves oblong, sessile. Flowers in terminal corymbs, involucre wi'h about 20 

 florets ; scales hairy at the base, with a membranaceous margin ; pappus 

 colored. 



Purple.. % Sept.— OcL Wet places. 2-3 ft. 

 .19. L. Walteri. Stem simple, glabrous at the base, hairy near the sum- 

 mit. Radicle leaves lanceolate, attenuate at the base, glabrous ; cauline ones 

 smaller, diininishing in size tovvards the summit, sessile, hairy. Flowers in 

 corymbs; involucr^c with many florets; scales colored, tomentosc. Seedt 

 hairy ; pappus colojed. 



Purple. % Sept.— Oct. Southern Georgia. 



7? ' -. The root of the Liatris Spicata is said to possess powerful diuritic prop- 



w 3 used in \hv form of a decoction, aa a garble f >r sore ihro;il. 



i 11'- l,. .^-ariosa and St^uarrosa^ are said to be an antidote to the poisoa of the Raw 

 llesoake, and is used to cure the bite of this animal, and the former is known by our 

 planlaiiou negrL>es as the Rattlesnake's master. 



Gents XIV. VERNONIA. 



Invohirrc ovate, imbricate. Florets all perfect and tubular. 

 Receptacle naketl. Stiirma bifid; pappus double, the e.v- 

 terior chafly, the interior capillary. 



1. V. Oligofhtlla. Stemercc\ simple, branching towards the snmmil; 

 striate pubescent, scabrous. Radicle leaves oval, coarselv dentate, acute ; 

 cauline ones crowded towards the base, scattered towards tfie summit ; tooth- 

 ed, or serrate, scabrous above, pubescent beneath. Flowers in paniculate 

 corymbs ; scales of the involucre ciliate, pubescent beneath. Flouers in pa- 

 niculate corymbs ; scales of the involucre ciliate, pubescent, ovate-lanceolate. 

 Seeds oMong, hairy. Black root. 



Purple. % June — July. Damp pine barrens. 2-3 ft. 



t. V. ScABSKim A. 51fc77i simple, slender, pubescent towards the base, 

 nearly glabrous towards the summit. leaves crowded on the lower part of 

 the stem, sessile, Unear-lanceolaie, scabrous and hairy on both surfaces, mai- 



