SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. Aster. . 559 
stem forms a loose panicle with pendulous branches; 
the disk turns brown. 3 
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637. DONIA. Ait. kew. ed. 2. t. 4. p. 82. 
1. D. herbacea; foliis oblongis amplexicaulibus serratis, squarrosa, 
calycinis squamis apice. agi and revolato-squar- 
rosis. 
In te prairies, on the banks BE e Misicun M Leo. 
X. Aug. Sept. v. s. in Herb. Lewis.; v. v. 
cult Flowers yellow, resembling those of Inula. 
The whole plant is viscous, and has a strong resinife- 
rous or balsamic scent. - 
Caulis erectus, teres, albidus, corymboso-ramosus, Rami 
alterni, angulati, apice uni- aut triflori, Folià alterna, 
basi dilatata, amplexicaulia, oblonga, acuta aut obtu- 
. $a, serrata, ‘glabra, utrinque squamulis punctiformi- 
bus resiniferis obsita. Flores 1—3. in summitate ra- 
muloram, corymbosi, flavi, ante explicationem co- 
piose resiniferi. Calyx hemisphericus, arcte imbrica- 
tus: Sguamis apice filiformibus, revolutis et quasi 
caput Medusz referentibus. Flosculi radii lineari- 
lanceolate, acutae. Semina oblongo-obovata. Pappus: 
aristis 2—4. deciduis. Receptaculum planum, nudum, 
favulosum. 
It approaches near to Aster glutinosus Cav. ic. 2. p. 53. 
t. 168. which is the Donia glutinosa Ait. D ed. 2. 
t. 4. pe 82. which I distinguish by the following dia- 
gnosis: Donia glutinosa: frutescens ; foliis oblongo- 
obcuneatis sessilibus serratis, calycinis squamis linca- - 
ribus erectis, 
638. BOE BERA, Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 2125. 
E B. caule paniculato, "folk s oppositis subbipinnatis glabris | chrysanthe- 
- acutis.— Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 2125. moides. 
Tav papposa. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 132. 
"lagetes pumila. Hort. pisan. : : 
_ Dyssodia glandulosa. Cav. demonstr. Lot. a 202. i 
. On the overflowed banks of the Missouri and Missis- 
sippi. ©. Aug, Sey v.s. Flowers small, golden- 
yellow., - "a cos 
