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SYNGENESIA AQUALIS. SonchllS. 
acuminatus. 
pallidus. 
pulchellus. 
pusillum. 
venosum. 
On road sides, in shady woods : Virginia and Carolina, 
<?. July — Sept. v. v. Flowers very small, blue. 
This plant has been used for curing the bite of the 
rattlesnake, in the same manner as Prenanthes Ser - 
pentaria , and is known by the name of Gall of the 
Earth. 
y. S. pedunculis subsquamosis, floribus paniculatis, foliis 
radicalibus subruncinatis, caulinis ovatis acuminatis 
petiolatis medio denticulatis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. 
p. 1521. 
Lactuca villosa. Jacq. hort. schoenb. 3. t. 367 • 
In low shady places : Pensylvania to Virginia. £ . Aug. 
Sept. v. v. Flowers small, blue. 
8. S. racemo composito terminali, foliiis lanceolato-ensi- 
formibus amplexicaulibus dentatis. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 
p. 1521. 
Lactuca canadensis. Sp. pi. 1 1 lp. 
Icon. Rob. ic. 148 & 151. 
On road sides and in woods : Canada to New England. 
If. July — Sept. v. v. Flowers small, yellow. 
g. S. pedunculis squamosis, floribus corymboso-racemosis, 
foliis caulinis cordato-amplexicaulibus ovato-oblongis 
acutis integerrimis glabris. 
On the banks of the Missouri. I/ . Sept, v . s. Flowers 
large, beautiful blue. 
601. HIERACIUM. Gen.pl. 1238. 
1. H. pusillum, villosissimum 5 caule simplici erecto uni- 
floro remote subbifoliato, foliis lanceolatis attenuatis 
acutis integerrimi?, caulinis linearibus, calyce villosis- 
simo. — Willd. sp. pl. 3. 1501. 
In Labrador. Colmaster. 1/ . July. v. s. in Herb. 
Dickson. A very small plant ; flowers, as in all the 
following species, yellow, the size of a common daisy. 
It strongly resembles H. alpinum , and is probably only 
a diminutive variety thereof. 
2. H. scapo nudo corymboso-paniculato glabro, pedicellis 
filiformibus, foliis obovato-lanceolatis supra rariter pi- 
losis, subtus nudis margine ciliatis glanduloso-denticu- 
latis, venis coloratis, calycibus glabris. — Willd. sp. 
pl. 3. p. 1570. 
Iu shady fertile woods : Canada to Carolina. 7/ . June 
—Aug. v, v . Flowers middle size, of a beautiful 
