SYNGENESIA SUPERFLtTA. 



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26. Petiolaris. 



Ait. 



S. caiile erecto^ vil 



Stem erect, villous 



loso; foJiis ellipticis sea- | leaves ellipiic. 



9 



briusculis. 



petiolatis; what scabrous 



racemis erectis; ligulis late 



9 



some- 

 petio- 



elongatis. 



racemes erect 



lo-Lc;, 1 tiL-cmtrs ereci, 



florets of the ray long. 



Sp. pL 3. p. 2062. Pursh, 2. p. 539. Nutt. 2. p. i60. 



Stem two to three feet high, erect, striate, almost furrowed near the sum- 

 mit, very y-illous. Leaves large, oval-lanceolate, nearly acute, hairy and 

 slightly scabrous on the upper surface, almost villous underneath; the upper 

 ones nearly sessile, the lower attenuated into a sheath-like petiole, four to 

 SIX inches long, serrate. Flowers in a long, terminal, somewhat crowded 

 raceme composed of small erect branches. Scales of the involucrum ob- 

 long, slightly pubescent. Florets of the ray six to eight, yellow. Seed 

 glabrous. o ? .^ 



lant 



described them. In specimens sent from Pennsylvania by Dr. Muhlenberg 



the leaves are nearly glabrous, only scabrous along the margins, and more 

 entire. ° ' 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina. 

 Flowers August-^September. 



_27. Stbicta. 



Ait. 



s 



S. caule erecto, gla- 



Stem 



erect 



5 gla- 



leaves of the 



bro; foliis caulinis Ian- brous 



ceolatis, integerrimis, stem lanceolate, entire 



labris. marsrine sea- glabrous, scabrous a 



9 



tis 



ns, radicalibus serra- long the margins 



J racemis panicula 

 tis, erectis; peduncuh's 

 lab • ^ 



5 



ris. 



the root serrate 



cemes paniculate 

 rect; 



brous. 



9 



peduncles 



5 



of 



ra- 



e- 



gla 



Sp. pi, 3. p. 2062. Pursh, 2. p. 540. Nutt. 2. p. 1 60. 



About two feet high, very smooth. Pursh. 



1 his species I have never seen* Dr. Schweinitz remarks that with h'm 

 « never branches. 



sandy woods 



Pursh. 



