SYNGENESIA iEttUALIS. CnicUS. 
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In the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 1/ . July— 
Sept. V, V. Flowers purple. 
6. C. elatius ; foliis sessilibus pinnatifidis acute incisis spi- horridulus, 
nosissimis, involucro terminali unifioro polyphyllo : 
foliolis geminatim spinosissimis, calycibus inermibiis. 
Serratula discolor. • Lam. encycl. 6. p. 565. 
Cirsium horridulum. Mich.Ji, amer. 2. p. 9O. 
Carduus spinosissiraus. Walt. fl. car, \g4. 
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. inerrnis j foliis decurrentlbas lanceolatis pinnatifido. pectinatus, 
pectinatisj pedunculis terminalibus longissimis uniflo- 
ris subaphyllis, floribus defioratis cernuis calycinis 
squamis linearibus patulis.™ sp. pi. 3. p. 1 655. 
In Pensydvania, J'. -f. Flowers purple, the size of 
Arctium Lappa, It probably is a species of Cnicus, 
609. LIATRIS. Gen.pl.\2Q3. 
* Spicat(B seu racemosce ; lulhosce. 
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.fi. amer. 2. p.gi. 
L. spicata. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1636. 
Anonymos graminifolius. Walt. fi. car. I97. 
Serratula spicata. Sp.pLWAJ. 
Icon. Bot, rep. 401. Pluk. aim. t. 424./. 6. 
In natural meadows : Pensylvania to Carolina. I/. Aug. 
— Oct. V. V. From three to six feet high ; flowers, as 
all the following species, purple, in very long and close 
spikes. 
2. L. caule simplici hirsuto, foliis strictis angusto-linearibns 
pubescentibus, spica longa, floribus Gonfertim sessili- 
bus, calycibus appressis superne squarrosis. — Midi. fi. 
amer. 2. 9I . 
Anonymos pilosa. Walt.fi. car. 197. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 72 . f. 83. 
In mountain meadows ; Virginia, Illinois, and Carolina. 
% , Aug. — Oct. V, V. From two to four feet high ; 
flowers smaller than No. l. 
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