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SYNGENESIA iEQUALIS. 



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1. Critonia. 



K. foliis linearibus 



Leaves linear, near 



^*. *K.,xx^ x.xtv.t*i*^juc», j^cdvcs linear, neai 



submtegerrimis, subtus ly entire, dotted under 



pimctatis; panicula I neatli,- panicle 



longa, patente. 



expanding. 



long. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1773. Pursh, 2. p. 512. Nutt. 2. p. 135. 

 Critoma Kuhnia. Mich. 2. p. .101. 



Root thick, somewhat tuberous, perennial. Stem slender, about three 

 feet high, striate pubescent. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear, entire, with 

 the margin reyokite when young, pubescent. Flowers in a very lon^ ex- 

 pandmg panicle composed of small, somewhat corymbose clusters Invo- 

 lucrum cylmdrical, imbricate, sixteen to twenty leaved, containing eidit to 

 ten flowers; the exterior ?eayes small, acute, reflected at the summit: the 

 interior twice as long, linear, erect, pubescent. Corolla tubular, white, the 

 border five-cleft segments acute, with a glandular fringe. Filaments very 



firmi ' I" • ' '''^^*'^ T^^'^' ^^^^' ^^"P'y two-cleft. Seed cylindrical, 

 firmly striate, nearly glabrous, crowned with a white beautifully feathered 

 pappus. i?eccpiac/e flat, naked, deeply dotted. ^ 



Arrows in dry soils. 



Flowers September — October. 



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2. EUPATORIOIDES] 



K. 



caule 



ramoso 



pubescente; foliis Ian 

 ceolatis, serratis, sub 



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tus 

 glanduloso 



pubescentibus, f cent underneath 



floribus paniculatis. 



punctatis; kled 



Stem branching, 

 pubescent; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, serrate, pubes- 



, sprin- 



with 



glandular 



dots; flowers in pani 



cles. 



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Pursh, 2. p. 512. . Nutt. 2. p. 135. 





cem V J'^^ ^^f ^ ^"S^' branching, the young branches very pubes- 



brous L T^ '"•'^.^^ ^''"S' ^^"'^eolate, irregularly serrate, slightly sca- 



dandnl.? "fP^'' T^^^^' pubescent underneath, thickly spotted with 

 leaves iT ^"■^""^^'- I^^^^^crum cylindrical, containing about ten flowers ; 

 Seeds fin^r' t""^"^^' pubescent, the exterior' very small. Corolla white. 



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