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SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 2060. Pursh, 2. p. 538. Nutt. 2. p. 159. 



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Stem three to four feet high, villouSj when young almost toraentose, bear- 

 ing towards the summit many recurved branches. Leaves (of the root ob- 

 O-vate, Purshj) of the stem oblong-IanceoIate^ acute, rarely acuminate,, 

 acutely serrate, veiny, slightly scabrous on the upper surface, hairy under- 

 neath, particularly along the veins. Flowers in an oblong terminal panicle, 

 the racemes secund and recurved. Scales of the involucrum oblong, nar- 

 row, rather obtuse. Florets of the ray about seven, scarcely longer than 

 the involucrum. Seeds pubescent, almost yiUous, 



In changing in some respects the character of this species given by Will- 

 denow, I have been guided by specimens sent me by Dr. Muhlenberg him- 

 self, with which plants collected in the western districts of Georgia exactly 

 agree. . 



Grows in rich shaded soils. ■ 



Flowers September — October. " ' * ' 



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11. Arguta. Ait. 



S. caule erecto, gla 



f--f 



bro 



? 



foliis 



Steni erdet, glabrous 



3 



gute inaequaliter serra 



labris, ar- leaves glabrous, acute 



and unequally ser 



tis, caulinis ellipticis, I rate, those of the stem 

 radicalibus spathulato- j eUiptic, of the rootspa- 

 ovatis; racemis pani- J thulate-ovatb; racemes 

 culatis secundis; ligulis [ paniculate, secund; flo- 

 elongatis. | rets of the ray Ion 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 2060. Pursh, 2. p. 538. Nutt. 2. p. 159. 



Stem two to three feet high, very glabrous, though somethnes a little 

 pubescent on the young branches, striate, frequently coloured, the bifanches 

 long, virgate. Leaves of the root spathulate ovate, very acutely serrate, the 

 attenuated base two to four inches long; of the stem oblong-lanceolate, ser- 

 rate, of the branches lanceolate, entire, all glabrous, and somewhat tripli- 

 fterved. Flowers on recurved raceaues forming long terminal panicles* 

 Scales of the involucrum, as in most 4f the species, linear-kmceobte, nearly 

 glabrous. Florets of the ray of a middling size. Seeds minutely pubes- 



cent. 



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rod^^ely i 



September 



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