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5. Aspera. Ait. 
S. caule erecto, te- 
reti, piloso; foliis ova- 
tis, subellipticis, sca- 
berrimis, rugosis, ser- 
ratis, enervibus; race- 
mis paniculatis, secun- 
dis. 
Stem erect, terete, 
hairy; leaves ovate, 
somewhat elliptic, very 
scabrous, rugose, ser- 
rate, without nerves; 
racemes paniculate, 
secund. 
Sp. pi. 3. 2057". Mich. 2. p. 117* Pursh, 2. p. 536. 
Stem erect, three to five feet high, very hairy and somewhat scabrous. 
heaves sessile, oval-lanceolate, very scabrous on the upper surface, some- 
what scabrous and hairy on the under, acutely serrate. Floivers in a long 
terminal panicle. Racemes secund, recurved. Scales of the involucrnm 
not numerous, linear-lanceolate, nearly glabrous. Florets of the ray small, 
yellow, seeds pubescent. 
Grows in Carolina. Pursh. 
I have not seen this species in the low country; it probably extends along 
the range of our mountains. 
Flowers in September. 
6. Altissima. Lin. 
S. caule erecto, hirto; 
l'oliis lanceolatis, infe- 
rioribus profunde ser- 
ratis, scaberrimis, ru- 
gosis; paniculis seCun- 
Stem erect, hispid; 
leaves lanceolate, the 
lower deeply serrate, 
very scabrous, rugose; 
panicles secund. 
Sp.pl. 3. p. 2057. Mich. 2. p. 118. Pursh, 2. p. 536. Nutt. 2. p. 
159. 
7. Rugosa. Willd. 
S. caule erecto, hirto; 
foliis lanceolatis, infe- 
rioribus adpresso-ser- 
ratis, scaberrimis, rugo- 
Stem erect, hispid; 
leaves lanceolate, the 
lower closely serrate, 
very scabrous, rugose; 
