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SYNGENESIA iEdUAUS. 
9. Gracilis? 
L. caule gracili, pilo- 
so ; foliis linearibus, 
glabris, basi ciliatis ; 
capitulis racemosis, 
sub 7-floris; involucri 
squamis obovatis, cili- 
atis, appressis. E. 
Stem slender, hairy ; 
leaves linear, glabrous, 
fringed at base ; heads 
in racemes, about 7- 
flowered ; scales of the 
involucrum obovate, 
fringed, appressed. 
Pursh, 2. p. 508. 
I know not whether the plant 1 am describing is the real L. Gracilis of 
Pursh. It agrees with his description in many respects, and it certainly is 
very different from the preceding species. 
Root tuberous, perennial. Stem two to three feet high, very slender, 
streaked, pubescent. Leaves linear, narrower than those of any other spe- 
cies excepting L. Tenuifolia, glabrous, slightly fringed at base, expanding, 
the lower about six inches long, the upper scarcely an inch. Raceme ter- 
minal. Peduncles nearly an inch long, hairy, furnished with a few small 
scales. Involucrum containing about seven flowers ; scales obovate, obtuse, 
dotted, -coloured at the summit, scarious and fringed along the margin. 
Corolla bright purple, much longer than the involucrum. Seeds furrowed, 
hairy, crowned with a coloured, feathered pappus. 
Grows in dry pine barrens. 
Flowers September. 
10. Secunda. E. 
L. caule reclinato, 
pubescente; foliis line- 
aribus, glabris, basi 
parce ciliatis; racemis 
secundis ; involucri 
squamis lanceolatis, a- 
cutis, appressis. 
Root tuberous, perennial. Stems 1 
dining, generally curved. Leaves lii 
with a long attenuated base, dotted as 
Flowers in a long terminal raceme, 
stems, is always turned to one side, 
inch long, furnished with one or tw 
Stem reclining, pu- 
bescent; leaves linear, 
glabrous, sparingly 
fringed at base; ra- 
cemes secund; scales of 
the involucrum lanceo- 
late, acute, appressed. 
wo to three feet high, pubescent, de- 
tear; the lower ones linear lanceolate, 
in all of the species of this division, 
tvhich, from the peculiar habit of the 
Peduncles from half an inch to an 
0 subulate leaves. Involucrum about 
