376 



SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA* 



or ovate, the exterior generally obtuse, and slightly pubescent. Florets of 

 the ray few, small. Seed thinly sprinkled with hairs. 



Grows in the upper districts of Carolina. In sandy fields and woods. 

 Pursh. ; 



Flowers September — October. 



14. Elliptica? 



Ait. 



bro; 



S. caule erecto, gla 



foliis 



ellipticis, 



laevibus, serratis, race- 

 mis paniculatis, secun- 



Stera 



erect 



5 



gla 



dis; 

 bus. 



ligulis mediocri 



brous; leaves elliptic, 

 smooth, serrate; 



ra 



cemes paniculate, se- 

 cund; florets of the ray 

 middle sized. 



2060. Pursh, 2. p. 538. Nutt. 2. p. 159. 



merous, obliquely expanding, recurved. 



I feel doubtful whether the plant I am about to describe really belongs to 

 the S. Elliptica of Aiton. It agrees with it in many respects, but I have- 

 seen no leaves that would merit Miller's epithet of Laiissimifolia. 



Stem three to four feet hisrh. crlahrmis branches towards the summit nu- 



.V , <=,, heaves oval-lanceolate, slightly 



acuminate, serrate, glabrous, scabrous along the margins, with the veins 

 moderately conspicuous, stem leaves three to four inches long, one and a 

 half wide. Flowers numerous in a crowded terminal panicle, raceme* 

 secund, expanding and more leafy than usual in this genus. Scales of the 

 mvolucrum linear, acute, glabrous. Florets of the ray about seven, slender. 

 Seed pubescent. 



damp 



Flowers September — October. 



Paris Island. 



15. Odora. 



Ait. 



S. caule erecto, pu- | Stem erect, pubes- 



bescente; foliis hneari 



lanceolatis, 



cent 



? 



leaves linear 



mis 



mtegerri- lanceolate, entire, gla 



9 



glabns, margine brous, scabrous along 

 scabris; racemis pani- | the margins, 

 culatis. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 2061. Pursh, 2. p. 539. Nutt. 2. p. 159- 



Stem about three feet high, branching and pubescent near the summitr 

 Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, entire, thin, glabrous, but slightly scabrous 



Racemeg recurved, forming a pyramidal panicle. 



along the margins. 



