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SYNGENESIA SDPERFLPA. 
17. Squarrosus. Walt. 
A. foliis creberrimis, 
arete sessilibus, ovatjs, 
acutis, reflexis, rigidis, 
margine hispidis; caule 
ramoso hirto; ramulis 
unifloris; involucri 
squamis lanceolatis, 
hirtis, laxe appressis. 
Leaves very nume- 
rous, closely sessile, 
ovate, acute, reflexed, 
rigid, hispid along the 
margin; stem branch- 
ing, hairy; branches 
one-flowered; scales of 
the involucrum lanceo- 
late, hairy, loosely ap- 
pressed. 
Sp. pi. 8. p. 2028. Walt. p. 209. Mich. 2. p. 112. Pursh, 2. p. 547V 
Nutt. 2. p. 155. 
«Sfm,about two feet high, procumbent, branching, hispid, very rough. 
Leaves small, crowded, sessile, the young sometimes obovate, the old del- 
toid, acute, very scabrous, sprinkled with rigid hair. Flowers terminal, 
forming a loose panicle. Scales of the involucrum imbricate, (twenty-four 
to thirty,) mucronate, after flowering reflexed. Florets of the ray sixteen 
to twenty, linear-lanceolate, three-toothed at the summit, bright blue, hand- 
some; of the disk yellow. Seed hairy. Pappus scabrous. 
Grows in dry soils— -common. 
Flowers September — November. 
18. Concolor. Lin. 
A. foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis, integerri- 
mis, utrinque cano-pu- 
bescentibus; caule sim- 
plicissimo, erecto, pu- 
bescente; racemo ter- 
minali; involucri squa- 
mis lanceolatis, seri- 
ceis, appressis. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2029. Walt. p. 209. 
Leaves oblong, lan- 
ceolate, entire, hoary 
and pubescent on both 
surfaces, stem simple, 
erect, pubescent; ra- 
ceme terminal; scales 
of the involucrum lan- 
ceolate, silken, appres- 
sed. 
Mich. 2. p. 111. Pursh, 2. p. 548. 
Nutt. 2. p. 155. 
Root perennial, sometimes tuberous, like the Liatris when in sandy soils. 
Stem erect, two to three feet high, virgate, pubescent, sparingly branched. 
