SYNGENESIA iEQUAOS. 



289 



0. Pr^alta. 



V. 



angulc 

 scente 



caule altissimo, 



dense-pub 



foliis 



bris 



gled 



Stem very tall, an 



densely pub 



lanceolatis, acute ser 

 ratis, subtus pubescen 

 tibus; corymbo fastigi 

 ato: invobirri squam'* 



ovatis, acutis, muticis. | lucrum 



unarmed 



cent; leaves numerous 

 lanceolate, acutely sei 

 rate, pubescent under 

 neath: corymb fastigi 



3S of the invo 

 ovate, acute 



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Sp. pi. 3. p. 1633. Mich. 2. p. 95. Pursh, 2. p. 511 



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With this species I am unacquainted. 

 Grows from New-England to Carolina. 

 Flowers August — October. 



Pursh 



7. Altissima. 



Nutt. 



V-f 



t 



scabr 



V. caule glabro; fo- 

 1 lanceolatis, serratis;, 



involucro 



Stem 



glabrous 



? 



'? 



leaves lanceolate, ser 



rate, slightly scabrous^ 



involucrum small, he- 



k 



parvo, hemisph 



s(iuamis ovatis, acutis, { mispherical, scales o 



cihatis, muticis, arete I vate, acute, fringed, 



appressis. « [ uuawned, closely ap- 



pressed. 



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Nutt. 2. p. 134. * * 



Chrysocoraa Gigantea? Walt. p. 296. 



5few six to ten feet high, nearly glabrous. Leaves very long, narrow- 

 ^ariy smooth on both sides, slightly scabrous, serrulate. Flowers small, in 

 ^^» irregular terminal corymb. Involucrum hemispherical; scales ovate, 



Corolla purple. 



acuminate, slightly mucronate, ciliate, closely appressed 



hairy! *''^^'*' "^^ ^^'■y ^''g^tJy haj'-y- Pappus very short, the interior 



tea'^f w'^r'^^' ?^*^^"^^ ^^^ leaves are not nigose, is probably the C.Gigan- 

 cal 1 ,^^^- Jt ^s readily distinguished by its small compact hemispheri- 

 ai involucrum, from any other species which I have seen. 



wows in ditches and damp soils. 



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