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whe, SYNGENESIA, NECESSARIA. 
- _ Spreres: Ay G. stolonifera 2 “pgp stolonifera, P 
5 _ 9. p. 497. Has. Commonly diffused over the Garitint. - 
‘ _.* parts of South Carolina. S. ELtiort, Esqr. Ons. Smooth; — 
“stem repent; leaves setaceously ——— flowers sessile 
to the root. — 
_A small genus of 3 species, 1 ifdigens tothe Cape of 
Good Hope and another to India; the above is also com- 
"mon to ein. i 
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602. IVA. L. 
Calix about 5-leaved, or 5-Wartédag 4 Feminine 
florets of the ray 5, naked. Receptacle aehosely 
Ry meer Seed obovate, naked. 
_ Herbaceous or shrubby; leaves 3-nerved, mostly carne- 
- OUSs eppodiceiad Steuer: flowers spiked or een 
_ axillar_and terminal. : ee 
Speci Es. 1. [cibiata. Sd Xanthifolia. Asi leaves 
apposite, petiolate, cordate-ovate, acuminated, doubly ser- 
rate, softly, villous, beneath canescent; spikes paniculated, 
naked; calix 5-cleft. Has. In arid soils, near Fort Man- 
dan, &c. on the banks of the Missouri. Oss. Plant very 
large, 5 or 6 feet high, with leaves nearly of the size and 
form of Xanthium Strumarium, but covered with a soft 
and almost velvet-like. villus; ended tas satih flowers 
extremely numerous, ina diffuse panicle. Calix 5-cleft, 
divisions ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Style of the discal _ 
- fiorets simple; stigma subcapitate. Fertile florets 5, na~_ 
: ked. Receptacle subsetaceous.—Flowering i in August. 
a ee 3. imbricata. Calix imbricated; scales coriaceous, white- 
5. *.» ish, 5 or 6. .Feminine florets, apetalous, style long, ~ 
minutely sheathed at the base. Radical’ and younger 
leaves opposite and serrated; floral and aPeS stem leaves " 
alternate and entire. — i 
- azxillarse: _ Ons. el and herbaceous; 56 to 
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