SYKGENE3IA SUPERPLUA. . 367 



cifloro; involucris I chotomous, rather 

 axis ^imbncatis; radiis ked, few-flowered: 



8-fl 



na- 

 in- 

 mbri- 



cate, florets of the ray 



I 



8 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 2038. Pursh, 2. p. 548. 

 A. Cornifoliui. Sp. pi. g. p. 2039, 

 A. Infirmus. Mich. 2. p. 109. 



each endTt- 7/''* -"^i' P"^^^^«"t- Leaves hnceol^te, acuminate at 

 each end, reticulately veined very conspicuouslj hairy along die margins 



lancoX; J 7^.'" «>"^^ terminal corymbs.-" Scales ofL involucfnm 

 SX'o j! '^" ^ ''" "^ '''' '"^ "^°"^ ^^S^*' lanceolate, white. 



fe Jif Tt' T^^""'' f^ ""^ *" '^^^"'" ^'•^'" the A. Amygdalinus in its 



ea>es, which are larger, tlnnner, more reticulate, and more hairy, by its 



larger radial florets, and by its large glabrous seed. ^ ^ 



Jjrows in the mountains of Carolina. Pursh. 



Flowers September— October.' "*""** 



45. Amygdalinus. Lam. 



A.foliis lanceolatis, I Leaves lanceolate, 

 acimimatis, basi at- acuminate, taperine at 

 tenuatis, glabris, mar- base, slabrous 



J mauru us, sea 



ginescabris; caule sim- brous along the 



g iiie mar 



phci, apice corymboso; gin; stem simple, co 

 involucris laxis imbri- rymbose at the sum- 

 catis, squamis lanceo- mit; involucrum loosely 

 latis, sub acutis. | imbricate, the scales 



lanceolate, generally 



acute. 



Mich. 2. p. 109. Pursh, 2. p. 549. 

 A. Umbellatus. Ait. 3. p. 199. 

 ^-hrysopsis Amygdalina. Nutt. 2. p. 153. 



the^ummfr' r"'"" ^^l '"^^' ''''''^''^ ""'^ ''^"S'*^^' ^"^'y Pubescent near 

 tH^ mWl .iTf , ^^^^r^T' acuminate at each end, a litde pubescent, 



b Z^^l^T ''*'^ '"'^ f"^^'' ""^ *''^* irfvolucnim pubescent, sr.rce- 

 J ivngcr than the mritiir^ ^oori k...^ — i..*^ „„.i_ . .. ^ . ' 



