STNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 



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longo-laiiceolatis, supe- 

 rioribus ovatis, onini- 

 bus carnosis, rigidis, 

 glabris, margine asper- 

 rimis ciliatisque; race 

 mis corymbosis, inferi 

 oribus recurvis; 



lanceolate, the upper 

 ovate, all carnose, ri- 



very 



gid. 



rough and 



glabrous, 



long 



fringed 



a 



elongatis. 



E. 



ligulis 



the margin; ra- 

 cemes corymbose, the 

 lower recurved; florets 

 of the ray long. 



and 



summit, tbe young branches hirsute. Leaves closely sessile; the lower 



four to six inches long with fine indentations along the margins; the upper 



ovate and generally entire, all very rigid. Flowers large for this genus, in a 



terminal corymb; the lower branches recurved and secund. Scales of the 



involucrum oval, fringed or pubescent along the margins. Florets of the 



ray about ten; of the disk rather more numerous, all yellow. Seed gla- 

 brous. 



be sufficiently distinct. 



Grows in the middle districts of Georgia. 



Flowers September — October. 



Mexicana 



Louisville, Mr. Jackson. 



r 



20. Sempervirens. 



F 



S. caule erecto, gla- 

 bro; foliis lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis, subcarnosis, 



^. 



laevib 



us 



? 



mtegerrimis 



9 



Stem erect, glabrous; 

 leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, somewhat carnose 

 smooth. 



> 



entire, sca- 

 brous along the mar- 



margine scabris; race 



mis paniculatis, secun- 1 gin; racemes panicu 

 dis, pedunculis pilosis, j late, secund, peduncles 



hairy. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 2060. Pursh, 2. p. 538. Nutt. 2. p. 160. 



Stem three to six feet high, erect, smooth, with axillary, recurved, some- 

 what expanding branches towards the summit. Leaves long, linear-lanceo- 

 late, acute, somewhat carnose, very smooth but scabrous along the margin. 

 Racemes axillary, very slender, pubescent, with a small leaf at the base of 

 each peduncle; partial peduncle longer than the invohicnira. Flowers 



smalU Scalf^si nf thp invnlnrnim i»near-lunceolate. Fiords of the rav 



about 



Seeds 



Grows in damp rich soils^ 



Flowers September— October. 



