550 SYNGENESIA SUPERFLTJA. Astcr. 



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

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

 Herb. Banks, et Lambert. A highly ornamental 

 species ; in rich moist soil 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-Ianceolatis amplexicaulibus laevigatis, 



caule virgato-paniculato glaberrimo, ramis racemiflo- 

 ris, calycinis squamis laxis lanceolatis discum aequanti- 

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

 p.7l.^B./. 1. 



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



A. spurius. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 2032. 



A. Novae angliae. /3. Jit. kew. 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 abundanc# of various tints of blue and pur- 

 ple ; the handsomest of the genus. 



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

 subscandente ramosissimo, ramulis pubescentibus sum- 

 niitate paucifloris, calycinis squamis lanceolatis squar- 

 rosis. — IVilld. sp.pl. 3. p. 201 7. Walt.fi. car. 208. 

 In shady moist hedges and swamps : Carolina and Geor- 

 gia. 2/ . ^2 . Aug. 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, ramis unifloris, calycinis squamis squar- 

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



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

 19. Hojh. phyt. l.p.65. t. A. /. 1. 



In dry sandy woods : Virginia to Carolina. 1/ . Sept. 

 — Nov. V. V. ; V. s. in Herb. Banks. About two feet 

 high ; leaves small ; flowers large, rays purple and 

 blue, disk yellow. 



phlogifoUus, 35. A, foliis lanceolatis cordatis amplexicaulibus subtus pu- 

 bescentibus, margine scabris, caule simplicissimo pu- 

 bescente, panicula terminali laxa rariflora, calycinis 

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

 p. 2034. 



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



In shady moist places: New Jersey to Virginia. If.. 



