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LIATRIS intermedia. 
Dwarf-branched Liatris. 
SYNGENESIA QUALLS. 
Nat. ord. Gomrosnes Bvrernoniess Cassini. 
LIATRIS.—Supra, fol. 590. 
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Div. I. Spicate v. racemose ; bulbose. ; whas 
L. intermedia; caule humili paniculato pilosiusculo, foliis longis linearibus 
scabriusculis marginatis, involucris turbinatis multifloris : foliolis exterj- 
oribus rigidis acutis subfoliaceis appressis, pedunculis foliosis, 
Radix tuberosus. Caulis 14 pedalis, paniculatus, angulatus, pilosius- 
culus, subcorymbosus. Folia inferiora graminea, glabra, marginata, tactu 
scabriuscula, obsolete trinervia; superiora breviora. \ Involucra terminalia. 
tn apices ramulorum, turbinata, multiflora, foliolis imbricatis, acutis, inte- 
rioribus membranaceis, exterioribus majoribus, sub-foliaceis, pungentibus, 
ciliatis, non squarresis. Flosculi sub lente forti sericosi. Ovarium obova- 
tum, striatum, pilosum. Pappus pulcherrime plumosus. 
We know of no genus of garden plants which stands in 
need. of such thorough reformation as Liatris, or which 
would so well repay an acute observer for his attention. 
The species are all of great beauty ; they are easily culti- 
vated, and preserved without difficulty, if taken out of the 
ground in the autumn, and kept in pots in frames during the 
winter ; and they are in a state of extraordinary confusion 
as to characters and synonyms. The specific definitions. 
of American botanists appear to have been formed with 
reference to the species in a state of nature only: to culti- 
vated plants they are, almost without exception, inappli- 
cable. 
It is impossible but the plant before us must be known 
to native writers upon the American Flora, as it is far from 
uncommon in Canada, whence we have dried specimens, 
collected by Mr. Goldie, and whence the roots which pro- 
