SYNGENESIA ^QUALIS* 
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10-leaved, containing four to five flowers. Leaves oblong lanceolate, acute, 
sometimes slightly acuminate, glabrous, pubescent along the margin. Co- 
rolla pale purple. Seeds furrowed, hairy. Pappus slightly feathered. 
In the scales of the involucrum this plant bears a striking resemblance 
to the L. Heterophylla ; in other respects it appears sufficiently to differ. 
Grows on the summits of the dry sand hills in the middle country ; com- 
mon near Columbia. 
Flowers, August — September. 
11. Resinosa. Nutt. 
L. glabra; foliis li- 
nearibus, confertis; ca- 
pitulis spicatis, oblon- 
gis, 4 — 5 floris; invo- 
lucri squamis obtusis, 
appressis, resinosis, 
demura canescentibus. 
Glabrous ; leaves li- 
near, crowded ; heads 
spiked, oblong, 4- — 5 
flowered; scales of the 
involucrum obtuse, ap- 
pressed, resinous, final- 
ly hoary. 
Nutt. 2. p. 131. 
Stem about two feet high, very smooth. Radical leaves long, stem leaves 
numerous. Spike 6 to 12 inches long. Flowers bracteate, closely sessile. 
Scales of the involucrum resiniferous, at length appearing whitish. Corolla 
purple, internally smooth. Seed large, villous. Nutt. 
Grows in the pine forests of North and South-Carolina. 
Flowers. 
12. Elegans. 
L. caule simplici, vil- 
loso; foliis linear! lance 
olatis, subtus scabrius- 
culis; racemo cylindra 
cio, confertiflore; invo- 
lucri squamis intimis li- 
gulatis, coloratis. 
Stem simple, villous; 
leaves linear-lanceo- 
late, slightly scabrous 
underneath ; raceme 
cylindrical, flowers 
crowded; interior scales 
j of the involucrum ligu- 
| late, coloured. 
Sp. pi. 3. 1635. Mich. 2. p. 11. Pursh, 2. p. 509. Nutt. 2. p. 132. 
Stmhelina Elegans. Walter, 202. 
