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STENACTIS SPECIOSA. SHowy STENACTIS. 
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Class and Order. 
PoLtyGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composir«. ) 
Generic Character. 
~ Capitulum radiatum, radio femineo sepe bi- vel pluri- 
seriali, ligulis angustis linearibus soa ne hermaphrodito 
fertilibus ; involucri subhemispherici foliolis 2—3-seriali- 
bus, imbricatis, subequalibus, angustis, subfoliaceis, rigi- 
dulis. Receptaculum planum, v. convexum verruculoso- 
punctatum, Pappus duplex: exterior brevis paleaceus, 
paleolis angustis ; int. uniserialis, radiis distantibus, sube- 
qualibus, filiformibus, serrulato-scabris, deciduis. Nees. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Srenactis* speciosa; caule erecto apice corymbo multifloro 
glabro, foliis ciliatis acutis integerrimis, radicalibus 
spathulatis caulinis ovato-lanceolatis subamplexicau- 
libus, radio involucro duplo longiori. 
Srenactis speciosa. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1577. 
Srenactis is a Genus of plants allied in general habit to 
Aster, and in the numerous narrow florets of the ray to 
Ericrron ; differing from both in the peculiar nature of 
the pappus. Most of the species have been referred to one 
or other of these genera. The only ones described by 
Ness are S. annua (Aster, L., ER1GERON of various authors) 
and S. verna, (Aster, L., Er1gERON nudicaule, Micn.,) both 
natives of North America : S. bellidioides, (ASTER, Don,) an 
inhabitant 
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* IT presume from crnns, narrow, and ag, axros, a ray; consequence of 
the narrow florets of the ray. 
