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SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 



Aster. 



cibus imbricatis, squamis lineari-cuneatis acutis squar- 

 rosis. IFiltd. sp. pi. 3. p. 2028. IFalt.Jl. car. 2O9. 

 In pine-barrens of Lower Carolina. %. Aug. — Nov. 

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

 blance to J. rcjiexus from the Cape of Good Hope, 

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

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



bus, caule simplicissimo erecto pubescente, racemo 

 terminali, calycibus imbricatis, squamis lanceolatis 

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

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

 Jersey to Florida. 1/ . Aug.— Nov. v. v. ; v. s. in 

 Herb. Banks, et Lambert. About a foot high ; flower.?, 

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

 1 his is one of the handsomest of the American Asters, 

 and highly deserves to be introduced as an ornamental 

 plant. 

 scriceus. 24. A. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sessilibus sericeo-tomento- 



sis, caule gracili decumbente laxe ramoso, ramis ra- 

 mulisve subunifloris, calycibus foliaceis subsquarrosis. 

 —mild, sp.pl. 3. p. 2016. 

 A. argenteus, Mich. ft. ainer. 2. p. 111. 

 Icon. Fet}t. hort. ceb. t. 33. 



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

 country, and on the Mississippi and Missouri, "i/ . 

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

 cies j leaves resemble those of Protea argentea; flowers 

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

 reliculalus. 25. A. undique cano-tomentosus ; foliis lanceolato-oblongis 

 utrinque acutis sessilibus margine revolutis, subtus re- 

 liculato-vencsis 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 j flowers middle- 

 sized, rays and florets white. 

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

 tiolatis margine scabris, caule glabro, panicala pauci- 

 flora, ramis bifloris, calycibus subimbricatis. — IFilld. 

 sp. pi. 3. p. 2039. 

 In Pensylvania. Muhlenberg. 1/. +. 



humilis, ~7 • A- foliis subrhomboideis ovali-lanceolatis utrinque acu- 



