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SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA 



S. Odora. Mich. 2. p. 118 



Leaves 



Stem about three feet high, very pubescent towards the summit, 

 numerous;, linear-lanceolate, with a few distinct serratures, sometimes pube- 

 scent underneath, obscurely triplinerved, generally twisted. Flowers in a 

 very compact panicle, the racemes handsomely recurved, bearing near the 

 base, a number of small buds that never mature. Scales of the involucrum 



•lanceolate 



Florets of the ray three 



to five; of the disk about the same number. Seeds pubescent. 



Grows in dry pastures with the preceding, from which, however, it is very 



distinct. 



Flowers August — October. 



Stem erect, terete 



18. Pyramidata. Pursh. 



S. caule erecto, te- 

 reti, hirto; foliis oblon- I hispid; leaves oblong 

 gis,acutis,siibamplexi- acute, somewhat am 



cauiibusjsessilibusjgla- plexicaule, sessile, gla 



? 



9 



bris, margine scabris, 

 rariter obsolete clenta- 

 tis; panicula niicla, py 

 ramidata, r amis reflex- 

 is, pedimciilis glabris. 



broiis, scabrous along 

 the margins, rarely and 

 obsoletely toothed; pa- 



naked, secund, 



nicle 

 pyramidal, 

 reflected; 

 glabrous. 



} 



branches 

 peduncles 



Pursh, 2. p. 53T. Nuttall, 2. p. 159. 



Stem four to six {eet high. Leaves oblong^ subovate, acut^, niargut 

 temotely serrulate, scabrousj nearly smooth^ midrib on the under s5de pube- 

 scentj stem roughly pilose^ summit virgate; branches small, leafy^ panicu- 

 late, recurved, racemes fihform, secund, pubescent. Pedtnides squamose. 

 Flowers small, ligulaiej minute. Seed smooth. Nearly allied to S. Retror- 

 sa, NuttalU 



Grows in the pine barrens of Georgia. 



Flowers August — September, Pursh, 



19. CORYMBOSA. 



E. 



S. caule erecto, gla 



Stem erect, glabrous 



f 



bro, rauuilis bi-pidis; the branches 



foliis inferioribiis ob- lower leaves 



hispid; 

 oblons- 



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