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concolor, 
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SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA: Aster. 
cibus imbricatis, squamis lineari-cuneatis acutis squat- 
rosis. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p.2028. Walt. fl. car. 209. 
In pine-barrens of Lower. Carolina. XY. Aug.—Nov. 
v. v. ; $. s. in Herb. Lamlert. Has a striking resem- 
blance to A. reflexus from the Cape of Good Hope,- 
and is a very ornamental plant ; flowers blue and large. 
23. A. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque cano-pubescenti- 
bus; caule simplicissimo erecto pubescente, racemo - 
terminali, calycibus imbricatis, squamis lanceolatis 
sericeis adpressis. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 2029. — 
In sandy pine and oak woods near the sea-coast: New 
Jersey to Florida. 2. Aug.— Nov. vw.v.; v.s. in 
Herb. Banks. et Lambert, About a foot high ; flowers, 
both ray and disk, of an agreeable reddish-purple. 
"This is one of the handsomest of the American Asters, 
um higbly deserves to be introduced as an ornamental 
piant. 
24. A. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sessilibus seticeo-iottiente 
sis, caule gracili decumbente laxe ramoso, ramis ra- 
mulisve subunifloris, calycibus foliaceis subsquarrosis. 
—Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 2016. 
A. argenteus, Mich, fl. amer, 2. p. 111. 
. Icon. Vent. hort. cels. t. 33. ! 
On the banks of rivers, Sinong rocks, in ‘the Illinois 
country, and on the Mississippi and Missouri, y. 
Sept. Oct. v. s. in Herb. Lambert. A beautiful spe- 
cies; leaves resemble those of Protea argentea; flowers 
large, rays a fine purple, disk pale-yellow. 
25, A. undique cano-tomentosus ; foliis lanceolato-oblongis 
utrinque acutis sessilibus margine revolutis, subtus re- 
ticulato-venosis triplinervibus, caule superne ramoso, 
ramis apice corymboso-racemifloris, pedunculis suba- 
phyllis, calycibus imbricatis laxiusculis, squamis acu- 
tissimis. 
In dry swamps of Carolina and Georgia. Y. Aug.— 
Oct. v.v. About three feet high ; flowers middle- 
sized, rays and florets white. : 
26. A. glaber; foliis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis brevi-pe- 
tiolatis margine scabris, caule glabro, panicula pos 
flora, ramis bifloris, calycibus subimbricatis.— 
sp. pl. 3. p. 2039. 
In Pensylvania. : Muhlenberg. M. +. 
27, A. foliis subrhomboideis ovali-lanceolatis utrinque acu- 
