3YNGENESIA SUPERPLUA. 



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4. Plantagineum. 



G. 



bus 



sarmentis pro- I Suckers procumbeni; 



^aule I stem simple; leaves of 



the root ovate, nervosej 

 5 1 corymb clustered, flow- 



cuQibentibus, K^aun 

 si iiplici; foliis radicali 



ovatis, ' nervosis 



interior 



corymbo coarctato; ers dioecious; 

 floribus dioicis; involu- scales of the involu 

 cri squamis interiori- crum long, obtuse, co 

 bus elongatis, obtusis, | loured, 

 coloratis. 



Sp pi. 3. p. 1882. Walt p. 203. Pursh, 2. p. 525. Nutt. 2. p. 146. 



Plant 



Mich. 2. p. 128. 



Root perennial, stoloniferous. Stem scarcely a foot in heieht, simple to- 

 mentose, white. Leaves of the root wide, spathulate, oval or acute, entire 

 three-nerved, tomentose, white on the under surface; of the stem spathulate' 

 lanceolate, sometimes oval or obovate, frequently hoary on both surfaces' 

 flowers m small terminal corymbs. Involucrum imbricate, the interior 

 scales long, very white, sometimes nearly acute. Female florets very slen- 

 der; style two-cleft; pappus hairy, longer than the corolla. 



Grows in woods and on sunny hills. Pursh. 



Flowers May — July. Pursh. 



* * Radiatu 



* * Florets of the 

 ! ray generally present. 



SENECIO. Gen. Pl. 1290. 



Involucrum cylindri 



Involucrum cylindri'- 



<ium, basi calyculatum; cal, calyculate at base 



squamis apicesphacela- the scales sphacelate at 



tis. Pappus simplex, the summit. Pappus 



Receptaculum nudum, simple. Receptacle na- 



ked. 



% 



Florihus Jloscuh 



^is; radiis nullis. 



* Florets tubular; 

 those of the ray want'' 

 ing* 



