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LIATRIS elegans. 
Hairy-cupped Liatris. 
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SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA ZQUALIS. 
Nat.ord. Corymairenm. Jussieu gen. 177. Div. I. Recept. nudum. 
Sem. papposum. Flores flosculosi. : 
LIATRIS.  Recept. nudum. 
Cal. oblongus, imbricatus. Pappus 
plumosus. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 503. 
Div. Spicate seu racemose; bulbose. 
L. elegans, caule simplici villoso, foliis linearibus subfalcatis scabro-punc- 
tatis, spica subfoliosa, pedicellis brevibus, calycinis squamis intimis 
ligulatis coloratis.. Pursh amer. sept. 2. 509. 
Liatris elegans. Willd. sp. pl. 3.1635. Michaux bor. amer. 2.91. Hort. 
Kew. ed. 2. 4, 504. ‘ 
Eupatorium speciosum. Ventenat cels. 79. 
Stahelina elegans. Walt. carol. 202. 
Serratula speciosa, Hort. Kew. 3. 138. 
Herba perennis, radice bulbosd. Caulis simplex, teres, striatus, erectus, 
pilosus, foliosus. Fol. sessilia, crebra, undique laxitis sparsa, decrescentia, 
patentia, subfulcato-linearia, sesquilineam circitéer detat uireque Jine aliquan- 
tulim attenuata nervo medio simplicissimo utrinque canaliculato-depresso per- 
cursa, glandulis immersis densiis utrinque punctata, acumine brevissimo, 
subglabra pilis paucis vagis, longiora triuncialia. Spica cylindraceo-elongata, 
erecta, sparsa, simplex, numerosa, plis mints conferta, subfoliosa, de superné 
anferné versiis florens. Flores subsessiles pedicello brevissimo crasso piloso, 
unciales, solitarii, singuli foliolo lineari-attenuato mucronato extis pilostuscula 
longiore calyce axillares, Cal. oblongus, angustus, squarrosus, viridi-roseus, 
pilosus; foliola lineari-lanceolata, subaristato-cuspidata, angusta, exteriora 
plurima, breviora, omnind herbacea, interiora (6?) ungue viridi oblongo extis . 
pubescente equante flosculos, lamind membranosd, subscariosd, lanceolata, rosea, 
cuspidatd, natula, utrinque glabra, equante stigmata. Flosculi 5, tubulosi Ue 
discordet, infundibuliformes, extiis pruind alba micantes, transverse rugulost, 
elastict, fauce inflatiusculd, limbi laciniis patentibus, oblongo-lanceolatis, 
diluté carneis, intis glabris, concavis, 3-plo feré brevioribus fuuce cum tubo 
simul. Anth. atropurpuree, polline albo. Stylus non elasticus « stig. 2, 
longa, rosea, clavato-linearia, patentia, extits convexa, infits canaliculata et 
roscidum humorem secernentia, dorso glaberrima nec pube pro auferendo pol= 
line antherarum munita. Germ. oblongum, angustum, villosum: pappus 
plurimus, albus, plumosus. 
A species distinguishable amongst its congeners by a 
coloured ray formed by the interior leaflets of the calyx, 
by which the flower resembles that of an Exicurysum and 
XerantuemuM. Indigenous of Carolina and Virginia, where 
it grows in sandy places, and flowers from September to 
November. It is a very ornamental plant, but has as yet 
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