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SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA 



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inferior] bus 



ratis; 



arce ser 



racemis erectis, 

 coinpositis; pedunculis 



pubescentibus; ligulis 



5, elongalisj seminibus 

 giabris. 



brous along the mar 



gins 



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the lower 



spa 



ringly serrate; racemes 



e 



reel, compound; pe- 

 duncles pubescent: flo- 

 rets of the ray 5, long, 

 seed glabrous. 



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Stem three to six feet high,, smooth, slightly furrowed, the yoong branches 

 pubescent. Leaves lanceoljite, broad, coriaceous with pellucid veins, the 

 tipper leaves very entire, but scabrous along the margins, ^he lower remotely 

 and slightly serrate. Racemes numerous, erect, compound, with the flower* 

 somewhat crowded towards the summit. Scales of the involucrum oblong, 

 rather obtuse. Florets of the ray 5, nearly twice as long as the involucrum. 

 Seed glabrous. 



This plant, which appears to agree with the S. Speciosa of Nuttall, grows 



abundantly in dry rich soils, in the western districts of Georda, ami near the 



Alabama. 



Flowers September — October* 



23. PUBESCENS. 



E. 



S. caule erecto, ra- 



Stem erect, branch 



moso, pubescente; fo- ing, pubescent; leaves 



longo-Ianceolatis, long-lanceolate, taper- 

 basi attenuatis, pubes- ing at base, pubescent, 



liis 



centibus, inferioribus 



9 



the 



lower serrate: ra- 



serratis: racemis erect- cemes erect 



:? 



is 



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paniculatis; 



mediocribus. 



E. 



ligulis 



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panicu 



late; florets of the ray 

 middle sized. 



Stem erect, three to four (eet high, pubescent, slightly scabrous, generally 

 coloured, with nunjerous rigidly erect branches towards the summit. Leaves 

 iong-lanceolale; the upper softly pubescent and generally entire, the lower 

 almost spathulate, slightly scabrous and serrated towards the summit. 

 Flowers numerous in a compound terminal panicle. Scales of the involu- 

 crum subulate, pubescent. Florets of the ray seven to ten, slender. Seeds 

 minutely pubescent. 



This species in habit bears much resemblance to the S. Speciosa; it dif- 

 fers by its pubescence, by its leaves, which are thinner, narrower, more 

 Capering at base, by smaller lowers: it aoDears also to be allied to the S. 



