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SYNGENE8IA JEQUAL1S. 
Grows in the western districts of Georgia; very common in the prairies 
of the Alabama. 
Flowers September — -October.* 
MIKANIA. Willd. 
. , 
Receptaculum nu- 
dum. Pappus pilosus. 
Involucrum 4 — 6 phyl- 
lum, 4 — 6 florun;. Sty- 
lus semibifidus, longus. 
1. SCANDENS,., 
M. caule scandente, 
glabro; foliis cordatis, 
Receptacle naked. 
Pappus hairy. Invo- 
lucrum 4 — 6 leaved, 
4 — 6 flowered. Style 
long, deeply cleft. 
Stem scandent, gla- 
brous; leaves heart- 
* This genus, closely allied in habit and appearance to the Eupatorium, 
possesses nearly all the artificial characters of the Liatris. One other species I 
wish to add to this genus, though perhaps not strictly within the limits of 
this publication. 
3. Glutinosa. E. 
K. glutinoso-pubescens ; foliis 
lanceolatis, superne attenuatis, in- 
ciso-dentatis, confertis ; floribus co- 
rymboso-paniculatis. 
Pubescent, glutinous; leaves lan- 
ceolate, tapering towards the sum- 
mit, notched and toothed, crowded; 
flowers in paniculate corymbs. 
Stem about two feet high, branching, with the leaves and calyx very pu- 
bescent, sprinkled with glandular dots, and covered with a viscid or gluti- 
nous exudation. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, the lower sometimes ovate-lan- 
ceolate, the upper linear, the large leaves irregularly notched and toothed, 
sometimes laciniate. Floivers in long terminal panicles, composed of small 
corymbs. Involucrum cylindrical, containing eight to ten flowers ; scales 
linear, the exterior very small. Corolla white. Style as in all of this ge- 
nus, scarcely longer than the corolla. Seeds finely striate, pubescent, Pap* 
pus as in the two preceding species, beautifully feathered. 
Grows in the prairies of the Alabama. 
Flowers September — October. 
