SYNGENESIA ^QUALIS. 



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teen,) 

 cate. 



Corolla small, white, glabrous. 



. .. ^ Stj/Ie nearly twice as long as the 



corolla, two-cleft, stigmas smiple. Seed angular, pappus scabrous. 



A decoction of this plant is much used and recommended in fevers • it 

 acts as an emetic or sudorific, according to the constitution of the patient.' 



Grows in wet soils. 



Flowers September — October. 



17. Ceanothifolium. Miihl. 



Foliis petiolatis, o 

 vatis, acuminatis, den 

 tatis. 



Leaves 



on petioles, 



ovate, aquininate, too- 



triplinervibus, tlied,tripIinerved,some 

 sub glabris; involucris what glabrous; involu 

 5 — 10 floris, squamis i crum 5 — 10 flowered 



suba^qualibus. 



I scales nearly equal. 



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Sp. pi. 3. p. 1755. Pursh, 2. p. 514. 



Stein two to three feet high, sometimes slightly pubescent. Leaves opposite, 

 on petioles about an inch long, ovate-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, dentate, 

 wiplinerved, strongly veined, slightly scabrous, and pubescent along the veins, 

 very obtuse at base. Flowers in terminal corymbs. Livolucnm ten-leaved, 

 nve to ten floweredj leaves nearly equal, one or two sometimes smaller than 

 we rest, all hncar-lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla white, %/e longer 

 tnan the corolla, two-cleft. Seeds angled, Paj)j}us hairy, less scabrous 

 inan usual m the preceding species. 



f r *aV ™y "inch valued friend Dr. Schweinitz, I received under the name 



ol 1^. Mehssoides, a plant nearly aUied to this. It differs however by its 



eaves, nioie pubescent, more acuminate, less scabrous, and less obtuse 



at base, and its florets generally more numerous, eight to twelve in each 



capitulum. It may prove a distinct species, but h Is scarcely the E. Melis- 



somcs described by Willdenow. It was collected around Salem, N. Caroliua. 



^rows in shaded rich soils. Paris Island, near Beaufort. ' 



* lowers September. 



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18. Ageratoides. 



E. foliis petiolatis, [ Leaves on petioles 

 ovato-laiiceolatis, acu- ovate-lanceolate, acu- 



minatis, triplinervibus 



mmate, triplinerved 



gi'osse serratis, glabris; coarsely serrate, 



9 



corymbo multifloro 



3 



brous 



gla 



? 



corymb many 



