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SYNGENESTA SUPERFLUA 



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Stem three to four feet high, attenuatpd, sometimes reddish. The lower 

 ieaves acute, and somewhat resembling those of ihe Spiraea Salicifolia'. 



Grows in Georgia and Florida, where it was first detected by Dr. Bald- 

 win. 



Flowers 



te; 



foliis 



30. Erecta? Pursh. 



S. caule siiiiplici pe- I Stem simple and with 

 dunciiilisq[ue piibescen- the peduncles pubes- 



lanceolatis, j cent; leaves lanceolate, 



acute at each end, gla- 

 brous, veinv, scabrous 

 along the margins; ra- 

 cemes short, erect, ax- 

 illary and terminal. 



utnnque acutis. 



la- 



bris, venosis, margine 

 scabris; racemis brevi- 

 bus, erectis, axillari- 

 bus terminalibusque. 



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Pursh, 2. p. 542. Nutt. 2. p. l6l. 



Stem about two feet high, erect, simple in my specirtiens, glabrous, ex- 

 cepting towards the summits. Leaves lanceolate, somewhat coriaceous, 

 veined, glabrous, excepting the margins, which under a lens are fringed with 

 short rigid hairs, acute at base, the lower appearing slightly petiolate, more 

 uniform in their size than usual in this genUs. Racemes axillary, one to 

 three inches long, erect, rigid, flowers rather large. Scales of the involu- 

 cruin linear, rather obtuse. Florets of the ray seven to ten, pale. Seed 



glabrous. 



There is great uncertainty still about this species. The plants described 

 ^y Pursh, Nuttall, and myself, differ at least in pubescence. The racemes 

 are collected more towards the summit than in S. Flexicaulis, from which it 

 Js in other respects sufficiently distinct. 



Grows in damp soils. 



Flowers September — October. 



31. C(EsiA. Aiton? 



S. caule erecto, laevi 



Stem erect, smooth 



foliis lanceolatis, acu- | leaves lanceolate, acu 

 ininatis, glabris, serra 



5 



tis 



9 



racemis erectis 



gnlis mediocribus. 



5 



minate, glabrous 



rate; 



ser 



racemes erect 



J 



florets of the ray mid- 

 dle sized* 



roh, II. 



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