SYNGBNESIA SUPERFLUA. Aster, 



547 



canescens. 



paludosus. 



pubescente, ramis paniculatis, calycibus imbricatis, 

 squamis spathulatis squarrosis. tVilld. sp. pi. 3. 

 p. 2027. 

 In North America. Muhlenberg. 11. +. Resembles 

 the preceding one. 



17. A. cano-pnbescens; foliis linearlbus, panicula corym- 



bosa ramosissima fohosa, calycibus imbricatis acutissi- 

 mis disco longioribus. 

 On the banks of the Missouri, IJ. . Aug. — Nov. v. s. 

 Flowers the size of a daisy, rays pale purple. 



18. A. foliis remotis linearibus amplexicaulibus erectis gla- 



berrimis margine scabris, pedunculis fere nudis, caly- 

 cibus squarrosis basi foliis 2. sufFultis. — Willd. sp. 

 pi. 3. p. 2033. 

 In marshes and swamps of Lower Carolina. "2/ . Aug. 

 — Nov. V. s. in Herb. Banks, et Lambert. Flowers 

 large, rays blue, disk yellow. 

 , 19. A. glaberrimus ; foliis subulato-linearibus subcarnosis sparsiflorus. 

 subreflexis, caule tenui ramosissimo, ramis ramulisque 

 patulis setaceis 1-floris, squamis pedunculorum diva- 

 ricatis subulatis, calycibus imbricatis, squamis adpres- 

 sis acutis. — AJich.fl. amer. 2. p. 1 12. 

 In salt-marshes : New York to Carolina. %. Sept.^ 

 Nov. V. V. Resembles the preceding one ; flowers 

 smaller ; rays pale purple or white, disk brownish- 

 yeliow. 



20. A. humilis ; radlce repente, caulibus debilibus simplici- surculosus. 



bus, foliis longe lanceolatis glabriusculis, radicalibus 

 spathulatis, corymbo terminali incompte raritloro, ca- 

 lycis squamis lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis. Mich.Jl. 

 amer. 2. p. 113. 

 In woods of North Carolina, in the county of Burke. 

 Mickaux. -|- . 



21. A. foliis creberrimis linearibus obtusis reflexis margine coridifoUus. 



hispidis, caule ramoso difFuso glabro, ramulis uni- 

 fluris, calycibus imbricatis, squamis lineari-spathula- 

 tis obtusis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 2028. Mich.Jl. a- 

 mer. 2. p. 112. 

 In dry barren soil in Lower Carolina. 1/ . Aug. — Nov. 

 V. s. Resembles the following species ; flowers bright 

 blue. 



22. A. foliis creberrimis ovatis acuminatis reflexis margine 

 hispidis, caule ramoso hirto, ramulis unifloris, caly- 



squarrosus. 



