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Pursh, 2. p. 510. 
A small species described by Pursh, from specimens collected in Georgia 
by Bartram, and now in the herbarium of the late Sir Joseph Banks. 
17. Paniculata. Walt. 
L. caule simplici, pi- 
loso-viscoso; foliis lan- 
ceolatis, nervosis, gla- 
briusculis; panicula 
coarctata; involucris 
sub 5-floris, squamis 
lanceolatis. 
Stem simple, hairy, 
viscid; leaves lanceo- 
late, nerved, nearly 
glabrous; panicle con- 
tracted; involucrum ge- 
nerally 5-flowered, 
scales lanceolate. 
Willd. Sp. pi. 3. p. 1637. Mich. 2. p. 93. Pursh, 2. p. 510. Nutt. 2. 
p. 132. 
Anon. Paniculat. Walt. p. 198. 
Root perennial, somewhat tuberous. Stem erect, one to two feet high, 
coloured and branching towards the summit, with the branches and invo- 
lucrum viscid and very hairy. Leaves of the root spathulate, lanceolate, 
very finely denticulate, glabrous ; leaves of the stem small, sessile, some-, 
times ovate-lanceolate, hairy. Flowers in a long terminal panicle, in clus- 
ters from four to six, on the small branches. Involucrum six to eight leaved, 
four to five flowered ; scales appressed, imbricate. Corolla much longer 
than the involucrum, viscid, purple. Seeds furrowed, hairy, crowned with a 
pale purple feathered pappus. Receptacle , naked, flat, dotted. The invo~ 
lucrum is sometimes found with eight, to ten leaves, containing eight to ten 
flowers, as if formed by the union, or soldering of two distinct heads of flow- 
ers. (Cephalanthia — Rich.) 
Grows in flat pine barrens, very common. 
Flowers, September— October. 
18. Odoratissima. Walt. 
L. glaberrima; caule 
simplici; foliis ovatis 
lanceolatisque, nervo- 
sis, denticulatis, sub 
glaucis; panicula co- 
rymbosa; involucris 7 
Very glabrous; 
stem simple; leaves o- 
vate and lanceolate, 
nerved, toothed, slight- 
ly glaucous; panicle 
corymbose; involu- 
