290 SYNGENESIA.— SUPERFLUA. 



HAB. Woods, &c. June— Aug. U. Stem 2 ft 



high, ; leav. rarely subdent. ; Jl. whi 

 3. E. philadelphicum : pubescent ; leaves cuneate-ob- 



long, subserrate ; those of the stem semiamplexi- 



caul ; florets of the ray capillary, as long as the 



disk ; stem branched above, many-flowered. 

 HAB. Old fields. June— Oct. U. Stem 2— 3 ft. 



high, slend.; Jl, pale purp. 

 i. E. purpureum : pubescent ; leaves oblong, dentate, 



amplexicaul ; upper ones very entire ; peduncles 



corymbed, thick ; the inferior ones elongated ; 



rays twice as long as the calyx. 

 HAB. Woods. June. U. Stem 2 ft. high ; Jl. 



large, purp. 

 .5. E. strigosum : hairy and strigose ; leaves lanceolate. 



attenuate at each end, with a few coarse teeth in 



the middle, or entire ; flowers in a corymbose 



panicle. 

 HAB. Fields and woods. June — Oct. $. Stem 



2 — 3 ft. high, side; rays capill., wh. 

 6. E. heterophyllum : radical leaves roundish-ovate. 



with large teeth, petiolate; stem leaves lanceolate. 



acute, serrate in the middle ; corymb terminal. 

 HAB. Meadows. June— Oct. $ . Stem 2—3 fv. 



high ; leav. large ; Jl. wh. 



* Subgenus CjENOTUS. Calyx oblong ; rays very 

 numerous, minute ; pappus simple. 



7. E. canadense : stem hairy or hispid, paniculate : 

 leaves lanceolate ; lower ones subserrate ; rays 

 crowded, very short. 

 HAB. Fields and cultivated grounds. Aug. — Not. 

 0. Stem 4 in. — 5 ft. high. Variable. 



486. INULA. Composite?. 



1. I. Helenium: leaves amplexicaul, ovate, rugose, to- 

 mentose beneath ; scales of the calyx. 

 HAB. Road sides. July— Aug. U . Stem 3~ 4 

 ft. high; leav. large ; Jl. yell. 



