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appressis, superne I rose at the summit, 
squarrosis. 
Mich. 2. p. 91. Pursh, 2. p. 507» 
Pluck, alra. t. 423. f. 6. ? 
Plant two to four feet high. Flowers small. Th i s*pl anr. ^v hicJ^ I have 
not seen in the low country, is said by Pursh to grow in our mountain mea- 
dows. 
Flowers in September* 
3. Graminifolia. Walt. 
L. caule simplici, 
glabro; foliis lineari- 
bus, longissimis, gla- 
bris, nervosis, margine 
scabriusculis, costa 
media interne subpilo- 
sis; capitulis spicatis, 
remotiusculis, subsessi- 
libus; involucri squa 
mis oblongis, obtusis, 
mucronatis, ciliatis, ap- 
pressis, interioribusco- 
loratis. 
Stem simple, gla- 
brous ; leaves linear, 
very long, glabrous, 
nerved, with the mar- 
gins somewhat sca- 
brous, the midrib hai- 
ry on the upper sur- 
face ; flowers in spikes, 
rather distant, nearly 
sessile; scales of the 
involucrum oblong, ob- 
tuse, mucronate, eili- 
ate, appressed, the in- 
terior coloured. 
Pursh, 2. p. 508. Nutt, 2. p. 131. 
Anon. Graminifolia. Walt. p. 197* 
Pluk. aim. t. 424. f. 6. ? 
Stem two to four feet high, simple, a little hairy. Leaves very narrow^ 
sometimes linear, sprinkled with hair all over their inner surface. Floivers 
in a terminal spike, not crowded. Bracteal leaves as long as the involu- 
crum, sometimes longer. Involucrum cylindrical, containing about six 
flowers, scales oblong, obtuse, mucronate, pubescent along the margin. 
Corolla purple, sprinkled, together with the style, with glandular dots 
Seeds furrowed, very hairy. Pappus feathered, not coloured. 
Grows in wet pine barrens. 
Flowers in September. 
