SYNGENESIA iEQUALIS* 



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APOGON. 



E. 



Receptaculum nu- 



In- 





dum. Pappus 0. 



volucrum octophyllum | crum 8-Ieaved 

 serie duplici. 



Receptacle naked. 

 Pappus 0. Involu- 



in a 



double series. 



I. H 



UMILIS. 



E. 



Root annual ? 



6—1 



> ,- — '— "..^ .xigli^ branching, glabrous. Root 



leaves ohXon., narrow, slightly obovate, sessile. The stem leaves strap- 

 shaped acute entire, sessile and slightly glaucous. Flowers terminal and 

 somewhat umbellate, with two or more leaves sheathing the base of each 

 umbel; perhaps 1 small leaf for each peduncle. Peduncles 3—8 1—2 

 inches long sometimes though rarely compound. Involvcriim generally 

 «-leaved ; leaves ovate, acuminate, glaucous, a little hairy and closely uni- 



ted at base but seeming to form two rows. 



„ , o i^'/orefs ligulate, few, (8 — W) 



small, yellow, a little longer than the involucrum. Recej^tacle naked, flat. 

 oeeas somewhat lanceolate, furrowed, transversely striate and without ev- 

 en the vestige of a pappus, as far at least, as the limited opportunities which 

 * "^^e had tor examining it, have enabled me to ascertain. 



Grows, though very rare, in the low and middle country of Carolina. 



t ound many years ago along the road between Jacksonborough and 

 Ashepoo-Ferry. Sent to me recently from Augusta, Georgia, by Dr. Lea:- 

 venwonh. «> ? ^ 



Flowers April. 



STOKESIA. L^Heritier. 



Receptaculum nu 



Receptacle naked. 



dum. Pappus 4-seto- Pappus composed of 



sus. Involucrum foli- 4 bristles. Involucrum 



aceum, subimbrica- leafy, somewhat im 



turn. Corolla radia- | bricate. Corolla ra 

 ta: 



corollulis radii in 



fundibuliformibus 

 regularibus. 



} 



ir 



I 



C 



diating ; florets of the 

 ray funnel shaped, ir- 

 regular. 



YANEA. 



Ji-oot perennial. 

 1-flowered. 



Stem leafy. Leaves lanceolate. Feduncles axillary^ 



W'iU T • f^^^^^^^ large, blue or purple, very handsome, Porsh. 

 ?;yuh this plant I am entirely unacquainted. 



^rows in Carolina. 



Flowers, # 



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