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SYNGENESIA AQUALIS. SoilchtlS. 
acuminatus. 
pallidus. 
puJchelluSi 
pusillum. 
venosum. 
On road sides, in shady woods : Virginia and Carolina# 
S. July — Sept, V. V. Pdowers very small, blue. 
This plant has been used for curing the bite of the 
rattli-snake, in the same manner as Prenanthes Ser- 
pentaria, and is known by the name of Gall of the 
Earth. 
7. S. peduncLilis snbsquamosis, floribus paniculatis, foliis 
radicalibus subruncinatis, caulinis ovatis acuminatis 
petiolatis medio denticulatis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. 
p. 1521. 
Lactuca villosa. Jacq. hort. schcenl. 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. j] 
p. 1521. 
Lactuca canadensis. Sp. pi. 11 10. , 
Icon. Rob. ic. 148 151. H 
On road sides and in woods : Canada to New England. S' 
"}/ . July — Sept. V. V. Flowers small, yellow. J 
9. S. pedunculis squaraosis, floribus corymboso-racemosis,^y 
foliis caulinis cordato-amplexicaulibus ovato-oblongis 'lii 
acutis integerrimis glabris. 
On the banks of the Missouri. 7/ . Sept. v. s. Flowers 
large, beautiful blue. | 
OOl. HIERACIUM. Gen.pl.l2^S. j 
1. H. pusillum, villosissimum 5 caule simplici erecto uni- I 
floro remote subbifoliato, foliis lanceolatis attenuatis | 
acutis integerrimis, caulinis linearibus, calyce villosis- l 
simo. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. \ 561 . ■ 
In Labrador. Colmaster. If.. 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 tesembles H. alpinum, and is probably only 
a diminutive variety thereof. 
2. H. scapo nude cor^ mboso-paniculato glabfo, pedicellis 
fihformibus, foliis obovato-Janceolatis supra rariter pi- 
losis, subtusnmiis margine ciliatis gJanduloso-denticu- 
la-is, venis coloratis, calycibus glabris. — Willd. sp. 
pl.3.p.\5K. 
In sliady fertile woods : Canada to Carolina. 7/ . June 
—Aug. V. V. Flowers middle size, of a beautiful 
