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per. campanulate adpressed pauciflore, fl. co- 
rymbose, root not bulbose 
928. Liatris (Osmiiis) amplexicaulis R. 
stem grooved, leaves 5nerved obtuse, radical 
sessile ovate elliptic, on stem ovate amplexi- 
caule ; flowers corymbose, segments of perian- 
the cuneate obtuse— a fine odorous sp. blended 
with L. odoratissima , same exquisite smell 
like Tonga beans, but weaker bipedal, with 
broader shorter leaves 2 or 3 inches long, many 
smaller flowers. The true I, odoratissimum 
has radical leaves lanceolate adute uninerve 6 
to 10 inches long, on stem sessile short cuneate 
or oblong, few branches uniflore, perianthe fo- 
liose segments obovate. In Florida & Georgia. 
929. Liatris (Scariola) botrys R. stem an- 
gular rough, leaves smooth scattered linear lan- 
ceolate acute, lower longer petiolate, upper sub- 
ulate ; flowers racemose, peduncles longer than 
flowers somewhat scaly, bracts subulate, perian- 
the hemispherical, segments obovate obtuse 
margin red— a very pretty sp. of Florida and 
Georgia, more distinctly racemose than in any 
other, pedal lower leaves 4 to 6 inches, upper 
uncial, raceme as long as stem multiflore, flow- 
ers lax rather small but elegant, styles very long, 
930. Liatris (Scariola?) unitlora Raf. 
smooth, stem angular grooved uniflore, leaves 
rigid linear lanceolate acute sessile, the lower 
elongate, trinerve middle nerve very thick; pe- 
rianthe ovate base foliose segments ovate acu- 
minate squarrose— from Kentucky to Alabama 
pedal, leaves nearly imbricate the lower 5 or 6 
inches long. Deviating from S cariola by sin- 
gle flower, perhaps a subg. Rigidilis ; but 
very akin to my L. rigida differing only by 2 
or 8 flowers, leaves scabrous stem pilose. 
