348 



SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA* 



strongly resembling the original figure of Pluk. (t. 78. f. 6.) and bearing 

 upon branches several inches long but one solitary terminal flower, I have 

 concluded to retain it for the present and point it out as one of the many 

 doubtful species in this prolific genus. 



Grows in damp rich soils. 



Flowers October. 



14. Ericoides. 



A. foliis linearibus, 

 iutegerrimis^ glaberri- 

 mis, ramulorum subii 



Leaves linear, en 



tn'e, 



very 



glabrous 



9 



those of the branches 

 latis^approximatisjcau- ] subulate^ approximate 

 linis elonsatis; involu- I of the stem long; scales 



9 



cri squamis lanceolatis, j of the involucrum lan- 

 acutis; caule glabro. I ceolate, acutej stem 



I glabrous. 



Willd. Sp. pL 3. p- 2027. Pursh, 2. p. 546. 



iSfeffi two to three feet high, very glabrous, branches very nuinerous, 

 slender^ expanding. Leaves of the stem linearj acute at each end^ glabrous; 

 of the branches, subulate, gradually diminishing in size, very slender, so that 

 although numerous they scarcely clothe the branches/ Flotcers as in the 

 preceding species, on short peduncles of half an inch to an inch long, form- 

 ing racemes along the lai'ge branches. Scales of the involucrum compara- 

 tively large, distinctly lanceolate, nearly as long as the disk. Florets of the 

 ray, numerous, linear, pale purple. Seed a little pubescent. * Pappus slight- 

 ly scabrous. 



This species appears to differ from the preceding by the very narrow sub* 

 nlate leaves on the branches, gradually diminishing in size and by the scales 

 of the involucrum which are much larger, lanceolate, and approaching more 

 nearly to the length of the disk. The A. Ericoides of Mich* probably be- 

 longs to A. Multifloras or A. Ciliatus. 



Grows in barren soils from Canada to Carolina. Pursh. My specimens 

 are from Pennsylvania, marked by D. Muhlenberg, A. Ericoides verus Lm. 

 secundum Smith. 



Flowers October — ^November. 



15. Racemosus. 



E. 



A. foliis lineari-lan- 1 Leaves linear-Ian- 

 ceolatis^ subtus subpu- I ceolate^ somewhat pub- 



bescentibus 



^ 



margme 



escent underneath, sea 



