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S¥YNGENESIA. ZQUALIS. 
and the 2? following producing single chaffy scale from 
the centre. 2. reniformis. Common on the sof the 
Susquehannah and Potomac rivers. 
3. * tuberosa. Root tuberous, stem herbaceous; leaves 
petiolate, ovate, obtuse, 5-nerved, entire; flowers corym- 
bose, subfastigiate; calix 5-flowered, naked, 5-leaved, leaf- 
icts carinate. Has. Gn shady hills near Natchez, on the 
banks of the Missisippi, and also around St. Louis, where 
it was discovered by Mr. J. Bradbury, F. L. S, Oxs. Root 
a round tuber, nearly similar to a small turnip. Stem 4 to 
6 feet high. Lower leaves thickish, all entire on the mar- 
gin. Flowers nearly white. The plant not glaucous. 
‘This species flowered in the garden of Messrs. Frasers — 
in London, in the summer of 1813. from roots which I 
had collected at Natchez. 
4, * lanceolata- Herbaceous; stem and leaves on the un- 
der side glaucous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, nearly 
entire, and 3-nerved, lower ones petiolate, the upper ses- 
sile; corymb few-flowered; calix 5-leaved, naked, leaflets 
flat; flosculi 5. Haz. In Georgia and Florida.—Dr. Bald- 
_wyn.. Ops. Stem simple and slender, about 3 feet high. 
_ Leaves gradually diminishing in size upwards, the larger 
ones now and then ing 1 or 2 dentures on either 
side about the middle. Corymb simple. Probably this is 
the species mentioned in Michaux’s note under C. afripli- 
cifolia. Fl. Am. 2. p. 96, as growing in the Hlinois territo- 
_ ty. Itapproaches very near to the preceding; but is a 
much smaller plant and glaucous, besides the specific dif- 
ference. 5, suaveolens. A Senecio. Flowers ochroleucous. 
Tube of the florets globose at the base. Seed small. 
_ AHL the species in this » except the last, ap- 
_ pear properly referrible to the Kleinia, having @ 
si = ual, S-leaved calix. At the same time the as- 
- porophyllum appears to be very different. 
546. SPARGANOPHORUS. Gartner. 
at the point. Receptacle naked. Seed crowned 
small subc Cpe 
ula of the 
juatic, produces setaceously linear leayes ver- 
Stcateniel 
