150 SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. 
f *Curysopsts.t Calizr imbricated. Rays of 
the corolla mostly yellow. 4nthers naked at the 
base. Recefitucle naked. Papfifiue double, exterior 
paleaceous, minute, interior scabrous, many-rayed. 
Seeds obovate, villous. 
Herbaceous; flowers fastigiate, subcorymbose. stem 
simple or paniculately branched; radial florets rarely ever 
~ more numereus than in ster, to which this subgenus is 
yery Closely related.—-Scales of the calix unequal, rigid, 
subcarinate, and pointed; anthers naked, or not bisetose 
at the base. Minute exterior, paleaceous pappus, white, 
the interior eee ape scabrous, (through a common 
lens) often fuscous or ru , consisting of more than 
40 rigid rays. ¢ 
Srecigs. 2. cossypina. From Virginia to Florida. 
Abundant throughout the Pine-barrens of North Carolina, 
eh near Wilmington.--Perennial; leaves all en- 
tire, radical ones spathulate-lanceolate, cauline cuneate- 
—S use, with a point, lan us, in common with 
ct plant, except the Pe peduncles fastigiate, 
“01 , 1-flowered; flower bright golden-yellow, larg- 
er than that of €. mariana; radial florets about 25. Pap- 
pus rufescent, rigid and conspicuously scabrous; external 
scnoge? leaceous, simple and white; seed obovate, vil- 
lous. e aspect of this species is more like that of the 
Sapien Fuula than any other in this Curslogue, but the 
a are net he Ouyas the base. oH ae 
S bie at b simple; ves entire, oblong, 
obtuse, ihe; leneepnadiby lanuginously pilose, and sca- 
rOUs | ne Margin, | diminishing upwards; jate pe- 
uncles a ee ee ‘Haz. In North 
South Carolina and a pea i 
b - 
7 Ons. Perennial; “upper leaves ves obloeg nec green, 
and sparingly lanuginous; stem 12 to 18 inches high, 
simple, nearly smooth, attenuated upwards, 3 to 6, or % 
ao allusion to the prevailing yellow colour of the flowers. 
ees Paley is pees Saw 
yo the piece pappan in ers are bisetose at the base, 
posto be simply va ee ee britaanica, 
oculus Christi, I. odora, I. Vailtantii, I. crithm 
Japonica, £ squarvesa, and £. hirta; ‘in most 
ee ee Digetone. 
