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SYNGENESIA jEQUALIS. 
— 8 floris, scjuamis ob- crum 7—8 flowered, 
ovatis, obtusis. the scales obovate, 
obtuse. 
Sp. pi. 3, p. 1637. Mich. 2. p. 93. Pursh, 2. p. 510. Nutt. 2. p. 
132. 
Anon. Odoratiss. Walt. p. 198. 
Root perennial, thick or tuberous. Stem erect, three to four feet high, 
striate, purple. Leaves of the root spathulate, lanceolate or ovate, obtuse- 
ly toothed, nerved ; of the stem amplexicaule, generally five nerved, all a lit- 
tie glaucous, and when bruised, highly aromatic. Flowers in a large expand- 
ing corymbose panicle. Involucrum ten to twelve leaved, generally seven 
flowered, appressed, glabrous, coloured. Corolla a little longer than the in- 
volucrum, bright purple. Seeds furrowed, a little hairy, crowned with 
the coloured slightly feathered pappus. 
Grows in flat pine barrens, in some situations very abundant ; when 
trampled under the hoofs of horses, it perfumes the air with its peculiar 
fragrance. 
Flowers, September— October, 
19. Tomentosa? Mich. 
L. caule simplici, fo- 
liisque cuneato-lanceo- 
latis hirsutis; corymbo 
paucifloro, depresso, 
divaricato, ramis mul- 
tifloris (4 — 8); involu- 
cris glabris, squamis 
ovalibus, obtusis. 
Stem simple, and 
with the cuneate lance- 
olate leaves hairy; co- 
rymb few flowered, 
depressed, divaricate, 
the branches many 
flowered (4 — 8); invo- 
lucrum glabrous, the 
scales oval, obtuse. 
Mich. 2. p. 93. Pursh, 2. p. 510. 
L. Corymbosa. Nuttall, 2. p. 132. 
Root perennial. Stem about two feet high, branching near the summit, 
with the branches and base of the leaves hirsute, and' somewhat tomentose. 
Root leaves cuneate, lanceolate; stem leaves oblong, sessile; the lower 
ones narrowed at base. Flowers in terminal corymbs. Branches many 
flowered. Involucrum containing about twenty florets ; scales oval, mem- 
branaceous along the margin, a little hairy at base. Corolla pale purple* 
Seeds inversely conic, crowned with the feathered slightly coloured pappus. 
This plant differs in some respects, particularly in its many flowered 
branches, and in the smooth and obtuse scales of its involucrum, from the 
