1^2 SYNGENESIA. SUPERFIUA* 



per sessile, and oblong-ovate, all scabrous, on the upper 

 side, as well as the peduncles and callx, somewhat vis- 

 cidly glandular. Hab. Around Savannah, in Georgia; 

 common. — Stem more irregularly branched than in any 

 Glher genuine species; flower branches terminal, in old 

 plants also axillary; radical leaves suboval, conspicuously 

 petiolate; flowers yellow, rather small. Pappus reddish- 

 brown, and scabrous, the exterior paleaceous crown white. 

 Anthers simple at the base, not setose. This species 

 continues flowering into December, in the vicinity of Sa- 

 vannah. 



10. * divancata. Biennial: somewhat hispid and sca- 

 brous; leaves lanceolate-linear, subserrate, acute, attenuat- 

 ed downwards, uppermost sessile, and ciliate towards the 

 base; panicle dichotomously divaricate, corymbose; pe- 

 duncles and calix viscidly pubescent. Hab. In the vici- 

 nity of Savannah in Georgia; common. Discovered by 

 Dr. Baldwvn Flowers smaller than in any other species, 

 bright golden-yellow. Leaves narrow, 2 or 3 inches long, 

 only 2 or 3 lines wide; upper part of the stem often 

 smooth, but the peduncles entirely or towards the extre- 

 mity viscidly pubescent; inflorescence dissimilar to that 

 of any other species in this Catalogue. Exterior pappus 

 obsolete, interior reddish-brown and very scabrous. 



§ II. Flowers ?iot yelloiv. 



11. linariifolia. Aster ImariifoUus. Pappus double, seeds 

 villous; flowers also corymbosely fastigiate, but blueish or 

 violaceous! 12. Unifoiia. Aster linifolius. Stem corym- 

 bosely branched, scabrous; leaves linear; flowers white; 

 exterior pappus obsolete? Nearly allied to Aster pauci- 

 Jlams. 



13. * alba. Leaves oblong-lanceolate,, entire and sca- 

 brous, attenuated below; stem simple, ramuli nearly na- 

 ked, 1-floweied, corvmbosely fastigiate; flowers white; 

 calix smooth. Hab. On the plains of the Missouri, near 

 Fort Mandan, &c Fl. August. About 12 inches high 

 and rather slender, with the aspect of Ptavmica. Peren- 

 nial: stem slender; leaves scabrous, as in C linariifolia^ 

 but not pubescent, pappus short; radial florets linenr-ob- 

 Iqng; scales of the calix thickish; receptacle flat and na- 

 ked, with impressed favulose punctures. 



14. * obovata ShortK and somewhat softly pubescent; 

 leaves broadish, obovate, obtuse and entire, sessile, mar- 

 gin scabrous; corymb nearly simple, peduncles 1 or 2- 

 fiowered, axilUir and terminal; calix pubescent, about 

 half the length of he p^p-us. Hab. Abundant in tl e vi- 

 cinity t)f Suvannah in Georgia, on the bu^hy margins of 



