356 



SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 



foliolis laxis,linearibus, I tomous, leaves of the 

 disco brevioribus. I involucrum loose, line- 



ar, shorter than the 



disk. 



Mich. 2, p. 109. Pursh, 2. p. 555. ' 



This species I have not seen in Carolina. Pursh says that a humble 

 variety with a naked few-flowered corymb, scarcely longer than the leaves, 

 grows on the summits of our highest mountains. '' 



Flowers August — October. 



y» 



27. Dracunculoides. WiHdenow. 



A. foUis linearibus, 



acuminatis, 



mis, inferioribus linea- 



mtegerri- 



Leaves linear, acu- 

 minate, entire, the low- 

 er 



linear-lanceolate, 



ri-lanceolatisjsubserra- I slightly serrate; bran- 

 tis; ramis corymbosis; ches corymbose; invo- 

 involuciis imbricatis: lucrum imbricate; stem 



caule glabriusculo. 



? 



nearly glabrous. 



5 



Sp' pi. 32. p. 2050. Pursh. 2. p. 557. 



Stem four feet high, erect, the branches corymbose, and marked with a 

 decurrent hairy line; the lower leaves one to two inches long, linear-Ian- 

 CRolate, acuminate at each end, serrate in the middle, the upper linear, en- 

 tire. Flowers small- Florets of the ray nearly white. Scales of the in- 

 volucrum lanceolate, acute, somewhat expanding. Willd. 



With 



Fl 



and along 

 November. 



latis. 



ft F lor ihus pant cu 



28. JUNCEL'S? 



Ait. 



A. foiiis lanceolato, 

 linearibus, sessilibus 

 glabris, infimis subser- 

 ratis, ramulorum lan- 



ceolatis; 



caule 



pam 



I 



ft Flowers in pani- 



cles. 



Leaves 



lanceolate 



9 



9 



lincar,sessile, glabrous 

 the lower slightly ser- 

 rate, those of the bran- 

 ches lanceolate; 



stem 



