SYNGENESIA JEttUALIS, CnicUS. 
so; 
In the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 1/. . July— 
Sept. v. v. Flowers purple. 
6 . C. elatius ; foliis sessilibus pinnatifidis acute incisis spi- 
nosissimis, involucro terminaii unifloro polyphyllo : 
foliolis geminatim spinosissimis, calycibus inermibus. 
Serratula discolor. Lam . encycl. 6. p . 565. 
Cirsium horridulum. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p . 90. 
Carduus spinosissimus. Walt.fL. car. 194. 
On the banks of rivers and borders of woods : Pensyl- 
vania to Carolina. 1/ . July — Sept, v. v. Very tall ; 
flowers large, pale yellow. 
608. CARDUUS. Gen.pl. 1254. 
1, C. inermis ; foliis decurrentibus lanceolatis pinnatifido- 
pectinatis, pedunculis terminalibus longissimis uniflo- 
ris subaphyllis, floribus defloratis cernuis calycinis 
squamis linearibus patulis.— -Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1055. 
In Pensylvania. $ . + . Flowers purple, the size of 
Arctium Lappa. It probably is a species of Cnicus . 
609. LIATRIS. Gen. pl. 1203. 
* Spicatce seu racemosce ; lullosce. 
1. L, caule simplici, elato ; foliis linearibus glabris basi ci- 
liatis nervosis et punctatis, spica longissima, floribus 
sessilibus, squamis calycinis lineari-oblongis obtusis 
appressis. — Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 91. 
L. spicata. Willd . sp. pl. 3. p. 1636. 
Anonymos graminifolius. Walt. fi. car. 197. 
Serratula spicata. Sp.pl. 11 47. 
Icon. Bot. rep. 401. Pluk. aim. t. 424 ,f. 6. 
In natural meadows: Pensylvania to Carolina. I/. Aug. 
— Oct. v. v. From three to six feet high 5 flowers, as 
all the following species, purple, in very long and close 
spikes. 
2. L. caule simplici hirsuto, foliis strictis angusto-linearibus 
pubescentibus, spica longa, floribus confertim sessili- 
bus, calycibus appressis superne squarrosis. — Mich. fi. 
amer. 2. p. Qi. 
Anonymos pilosa. Walt.fi. car. 197. 
Icon. DHL elth. t. 72. f. 83. 
In mountain meadows : Virginia, Illinois, and Carolina. 
1/ . Aug. — Oct. v. v. From two to four feet high 5 
flowers smaller than No. l , 
horridulus . 
pectinatus . 
macros ta- 
cky a. 
pycnosta ° 
chya . 
