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SYNGENESIA, iEQUALIS. 
macvosta- 
chya. 
naked ; scales appressed, lanceolate, acuminate, 
spiny . — JSriitU 
C. odoratus, Muhl. 
C. piimilus, INutt. 
From one to three feet high. Flowers reddish-purple, very 
large. On the borders of open woods, and on road-sides, Jer- 
sey; frequent. Perennial. July. 
307. LIATRIS. [Schreber.] Gen.pl. 1263. {Corymbifera,) 
Calix oblong, imbricate. Receptacle naked. 
Pappus plumose, persistent, (often colour- 
ed.) Anthers entire at the base. Seed 
pubescent, striate, and inversely conic. — 
J\^utt. 
1. L. stem simple, tall; leaves linear, glabrous, 
ciliate at the base, nerved and punctate; spike 
very long ; flowers sessile ; calicine scales li- 
near-oblong, obtuse, appressed. — Mich, and 
Pursfi. 
L. macrostachya, Mich. 
L. spicata, Willd. 
Anonymos graminifolius, Walt. 
Serratula spicata, Sp. PI. 1147. 
Suprago spicata, Gsert. 
Icon. Bot. Repos. 401. Pluk. aim. t. 424. f. 6. 
Blue Blazing-star. 
From two to five feet high, a very elegant plant. Flowers 
purple, in long crowded spikes. Near Frankford, and on the 
Woodlands; rare. Possesses medicinal virtues. Perennial. 
August. 
308. VERNONIA. Gen. pi. 1262. {Corymbiferce.) 
Calix ovate imbricate. Stigma bifid. Recep- 
tacle naked. Pappus double ; exterior 
short and paleaceous, interior capillary. — 
JSTutt. 
