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SYNGENtSIA SUPEEFLUA. 



Aster. 



clbus imbricatis, squamis lineari-cuneatisacutis squar- 

 rosis. IFiUd. sp. pi. 3. p. 2028. IValt.Ji. car. 209. 

 • .In pine-bai-rens pf Lower Carolina. 1/. Aug. — Nov. 

 V. V. ; V. s. in Herb. Lainhert. Has a striking resem- 

 blance to A. reflexus from' the Cape of Good Hope, 

 ^ and is a very ornamental plant ; flowers blue and large. 



coficolnr. 23. A. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque cano-pubescenti- 



bus, caule simplicissimo erecto pubescente, racemo 

 terminali, calycibus imbricatis, squamis lauceolatis 

 sericeis adpressis. IFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 202g. 



In sandy pine and oak woods near the sea-coast : New- 

 Jersey to Florida. 7/. Aug. — Nov. v.v.j v.s.in 

 Herb. Banks, et Lambert. About a foot high ; flowers, 

 both ray and disk, of an agreeable reddish-purple. 

 This is one of the handsomest ol the American Asters, 

 and highly deserves to be introduced as an ornamental 

 plant. 

 saiceus. 24. A. foliis oblongo-bnceolatis sessilibus sericeo-tomento- 



sis, caule gracili decurabente laxe ramose, ramis ra- 

 mulisve subunifloris, calycibus foliaceis subsquarrosis. 

 — IFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 2016. 



A. argenteus. Mich. fl. anier. 2. p. 111. 



Icon. Fe7}t. hort. eels, t, 33. 



On the banks of rivers, among rocks, in the Illinois 

 country, and on the Mississippi and Missouri. 1/ . 

 Sept. Oct. V. s. in Herb. Lambert. A beautiful spe- 

 ciesj leaves resemble those of Protea argentea; flowers 

 large, rays a fine purple, disk pale-yellow. 

 reticuktus. 25. A. undique cano-tom.entosus j foliis lanceolato-oblongis 

 utrinque acutis sessilibus margine revolutis, subtus re- 

 ticulato-venosis triplinervibus, caule superne ramoso, 

 ramis apice corymboso-racemifloris, pedunculis suba- 

 phyllis, calycibus imbricatis laxiusculis, squamis acu- 

 tissimis. 



In dry swamps of Carolina and Georgia. 1/ . Aug. — ■ 

 Oct. V. V. About three feet high ; flowers middle- 

 sized, rays and florets white. 

 coniifolius. 26. A. glaber ; foliis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis brevi-pe- 

 tiolatis margine scabris, caule glabro, panicula pauci- 

 fiora, ramis bifloris, calycibus subimbricatis. — IFilld. 

 sp. pi. 3. p. 2039. 



In Pensylvania. Muhlenberg. %.-)-. 

 kutnilis. 2?. A. foliis subrhomboideis ovali-lanceolatis utrinque acu- 



