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SYNGENESIA ^GUALIS. SoilchUS, | 
On road sides, in shady woods : Virginia and Carolina^ ’ 
c^. 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~ 
pentariaj and is known by the name of Gall of the ' 
Earth. 
acuminatus» 
7 . S. pedunculis subsquamosis, floribus paniculatis, foliis 
radicalibus subruncinatis, caulinis ovatis acuminatis 
petiolatis medio denticulatis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3* 
p. 1521. 
Lactuca villosa. Jacq. hort. schcenh. 3. t. 307 • 
In low shady places : Pensylvania to Virginia. ^ . Aug. 
Sept. V, V, Flowers small, blue. 
pallidus. 
8. S. racemo composito terminali, foliiis lanceolato-ensi« 
formibus amplexicaulibus dentatis. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 
p. 1521. 
Lactuca canadensis. Sp-pl.lllQ‘ 
Icon. Rob. ic. 148 tff 151. 
On road sides and in woods : Canada to New England. 
11 . July — Sept. V. V. Flowers small, yellow. 
pulchellus. 
g. S. pedunculis squamosis, floribus corymboso-racemosis, 
foliis caulinis cordato- amplexicaulibus ovato-oblongis 
acutis integerrimis glabris. 
On the banks of the Missouri. 1/. . Sept. v. s. Flowers 
large, beautiful blue. 
; 
pusillum i 
601 . HIERACIUM. Gen. pi. 1238. || 
1 . H. pusillum, villosissimum 5 caule simplici erecto uni- || 
floro remote subbifoliato, foliis lanceolatis attenuatis Jj; 
•benosum. 
acutis integerrimis, caulinis linearibus, calyce villosis- 
simo. — Willd. sp. pl. 3. 1501, 
In Labrador. Colmaster. I/. July, v.s.in Herb, 
Dickson. A very small plant 3 flowers, as in ail the 
following species, yeJovv^, 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 glabfo, pedicellis 
filiformibus, foliis obovato-lanceolatis supra rariter pi- 
losis, subtus nudis margine ciliatis glanduloso-denticu- 
latis, venis coloratis, calycibus ^^bx\s.—-Willd. sp. 
pl. 3. p. 15/0. 
In shady fertile woods : Canada to Carolina. I/ . June 
^Ang. V. V. Flowers middle size, of a beautiful 
