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STNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 



ihvolucrura not numerous, linear, neady glabrous. Florets of the ray rather 



small. Seed finely pubescent. 

 Flowers September — October. 



3. Reflexa. 



Ait. 



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It m 

 Stem erect, villous 

 leaves lanceolate,slight' 

 ly serrate, triplinerved 

 scabrous, reflexed 

 branches paniculate 



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secundis. 



secund. 



■ Sp- pi. 3. p. 2056- Pursh, 2. p. 536. 



Leaves narrow lanceolate^ acuminate, with about three serratures In the 

 middlej scabrous, reflected. Racemes of the panicle secund, reflected, short- 

 old fields. New- Jersey to Carolina. Pursh. 



Willd. 



Flowers September. 



and 



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4. Lateriflora. 



Li 



in. 



V 



S. caule erecto, pilo- 



siusculo; foliis lanceo- 

 latis, subtriplinervibus, 

 labris, margine sca- 

 ris, inferioribus sub- 



Stem erect 



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a 



little 



hairy; leaves lanceo- 

 late, somewhat tripli- 

 nerved, glabrous, sca- 

 brous along the mar- 



serratis; racemis pani- j gins, the lower slighth 

 culatis, subrecurvis, 



secundis. 



serrate; racemes pani 

 culate,secundaecurved. 



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Sp. pt. 3. p. 2057. Puish, 2. p. 536. 



Plant about half the size of S. Canadensis. Leaves only occasionally 

 marked with one or two teeth. Besides the terminal panicle the lower part 

 of the stem has flowering branches. Lin. The fowers are larger, and the 

 leaves broader than those of the preceding species. VVilld. 



Grows in dry soils, in woods and old fields. Pursh. 



flowers September — October. 



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