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SVNGENESIA iEQUALIS. 
15. SdUARROSA. 
L. caule simplici pu- 
besceute; foliis longis- 
sime linearibus, nervo- 
sis, margine scabrius- 
culis; racemis pauciflo- 
ris, foliosis; involucri 
squamis superne folia- 
ceis, lanceolatis, rigi- 
dis, patentibus. 
Stem simple, pubes- 
cent; leaves very long, 
linear, nerved, with 
the margins scabrous; 
racemes few flowered, 
leafy; upper scales of 
the involucrum leafy, 
rigid, ex- 
lanceolate 
panding. 
Sp.pl. 3. p. 1634. Mich. 2. p. 92. Pursh, 2. p. 509- Nutt. 2. p. 132. 
Root tuberous, perennial. Stem two to three feet high, pubescent, a lit- 
tle scabrous, leafy. Leaves linear, long ; the lower ones sometimes exceed- 
ing a foot in length, glabrous, scarious along the margin ; the upper ones 
sometimes ciliate. The nerves somewhat pellucid. Flowers generally four 
to five, in a terminal raceme. Involucrum cylindrical ; scales ovate, lan- 
ceolate, ciliate, acuminate, with the points all expanding. Florets bright 
purple, deeply cleft, the segments hairy on the inner surface. Seeds oblong. 
Striate, hairy, crowned with a coloured pappus, conspicuously feathered. 
Grows in dry pine barrens. 
Flowers, September— -October. 
** Floribus corym- Flowers in co- 
hosts, radicibus fibro- ryrnbs; roots fibrous, 
sis. 
16. Pauciflora. Pursh. 
L. caule simplici 
glabro; foliis lineari- 
bus, panichla virgata, 
foliosa, ramis brevibus 
paucifloris; involucris 
subsessilibus secundis 
3 — 5 floris; squamis 
erectis, lanceolalis, a- 
cutis, glabris. 
Stem simple, gla- 
brous; leaves linear, 
panicle virgate, leafy, 
with the branches 
short, few flowered, 
involucrum sessile, se- 
cund, 3 — 5 flowered; 
the scales erect, lance- 
olate, acute, glabrous. 
