SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 



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6. Aureus. 



S. foliis radicalibus 



Leaves of the root 

 ovatis, cordatis, serra- ovate, cordate, serrate, 

 tis, petiolatis, caulinis on petioles, of the stem 

 pinnatifidis dentatis,Ia- pinnatifid, toothed, the 



cinia terminah lanceo 



lata; pedunculissubiim- | ceolate 



bellatis, incrassatis. 



terminal segment lan- 



? 



peduncles 

 thickened; flowers 



somewhat umbellate. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1998. Mich. 2. p. 120. Pursh, 2. p. 530. Nutt. 2.p. 165. 



Root perennial. Stem about two feet high, slender, glabrous, excepting- 

 near the root. Leaves of the root cordate, oval, so«etimes nearly round, 

 crenate, glabrous, supported on petioles about six inches long ; lower leaves 

 01 the stem small, nearly round, on petioles scarcely an inch long, the up- 

 per sessile, amplexicaule, pinnatifid. Flowers in a simple, tetminal umbel. 

 involucrum with only one or two small leaves at base. Florets of tlie ray 

 yellow. Seed glabrous, striate. Pappus setaceous, similar in all the florets. 



I have a specimen sent me from Pennsylvania by Dr. Muhlenburg. under 

 the name of S. Aureus, which appears to agree exactly with the S. Cymba- 

 lana, of Fursh, excepting that its flowers are in a small umbej. 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina. Mich. 



Flowers June — July. Pursh. 



7. Fastigiatus. Schwejnitz. 



S. foliis radicalibus 

 oblongis, cordalo bva- 

 tis, crenato dentatis, 

 glabris, caulinis, pinna- 

 tifidis, pinnis dentatis, 

 mcisisquej floribus sub- 



Leaves of the root 

 oblong, cordate ovate 



crenately toothed, gla- 

 brous, of the stem pin- 

 natifid, the segments 

 toothed and notched; 

 wmbellatis, pedunculis flowers somewhat um- 



involucroque glabris. 



E. 



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bellat 



and involucrum 

 brous. 



the peduncles 



g! a- 



Plant two to three feet high, and glabrous excepting sometimes the base 

 tne stem, very snn.br in many respects to the preceding species, but 



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generally 



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