i50 SYNGENESIA 5UPERFLUA. Astcr. 



On the banks of rivers and borders of meadows : Ca- 

 nada to Virginia. 2/ . Sept. — Nov. v. v. ; v. s, in 

 Herb. Banks, et* Lambert. A highly ornamental 

 species ; in rich moist £oil it will grow to the height 

 of ten feet : flowers large, rays blue or purple, and 

 almost every shade between red and blue. 

 cyaneus. 32. A. foliis lineari-lanceolatis amplexicaiilibus laevigatis, 



caule virgato-paniculato glaberrimo, ramis racemiflo- 

 ris, calycinis squamis laxis lanceolatis discum aequanti- 

 bus, interioribus apice coloratis. — Hoffm. phijtogr, 1. 

 p.71./. B./l. 



A. rubricaulis. Lam. encycl. 1. p. 305. 



A. spurius. IFUld. sp. pi 3. p. 2032, 



A. Novae angliae. /3. Jit. keiv. 3. p. 201. 



In old meadows and dry swamps : New England to Ca- 

 rolina. 1/. Sept.— Nov, V.V.; V. s. in Herb Lam-* 

 lert. From three to four feet high ; flowers large, 

 in great abundance, of various tints of blue and pur- 

 ple ; the handsomest of the genus. 

 earolinianus. 33, A. foliis oblongis utrinque attenuatis sessilibus, caule 

 subscandente ramosissimo.. ramulis pubescentibus sum- 

 mitate paucifloris, calycinis squamis lanceolatis squar- 

 rosis. — IVilld. sp.pl. 3. p. 2017 . Walt Ji. car. 208. 



In shady moist hedges and swamps : Carolina and Geor- 

 gia. U- h ■ ■^'-'g' Sept. V. V. From six to fifteen 

 feet high; flowers large; rays purple or flesh-co- 

 loured, disk yellowish-purple. 

 grandiflorus. 34. A. foliis linearibus rigidis acutiusculis subamplexicauli- 

 bus, rameis reflexis, margine ciliato-hispidis, caule 

 ramoso hirto, rami^ unifloris, calycinis squamis squar- 

 rosis lineari-lanceolatis. IVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 2033. 



Icon. Mill. ic. 282. Dill, elth /. 36./. 41. Mart. cent. 

 \g. Hoffm. phyt. l.p.65. t. A. /. 1 , 



In dry sandy woods : Virginia to Carolina. If. . Sept. 

 — Nov. V. V. / V. s. in Herb. Ba?iks. About two feet 

 high ; leaves small; flowers large, rays purple and 

 blue, disk yellow. 

 pklogifolius. 35. A. foliis lanceolatis cordatis amplexicaulibus subtus pu- 

 bescentibus, margine scabris, caule simplicissimo pu- 

 bescente, panicuja terminali laxa rariflora, calycinis 

 squamis laxis imbricatis lanceolatis. — IVilld. sp. pi. 3, 

 p. 2034, 



A. amplexicaulis. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 114. 



In shady moist places: New Jersey to Virginia, 11, 



