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SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA 



revolutis, scabris, inte 

 gris, siibtus subglaucis 



margin re volute 

 scabrous, entire, glau 



the 



f 



alternis; cous underneath, the 



> 



super ioribus 



involucri squamis line- upper ones alternate 



ari-lanceolatis, ciliatis, scales of the involu- 



patentibus; paleis tri- crum linear-lanceolate, 



dentatis* 



E. 



ciliate, 



chaff 3-toothed. 



expanding; 



Pursh, 2. p. 572.. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 2244. Walt. p. 2l6. Mich. 2. p. 141. 

 Nutt. 2. p. 178. 



Root perennial. Stem two to three feet high, pubescent, sparingly branch- 

 ed. Leaves opposite below, alternate near the summit of the stem, scabrous 

 on the upper surface, pubescent and somewhat rough underneath, i* lotoers 

 small, terminal. Leaves of the involucrum very acute, as long as the disK. 

 Florets of the ray about twelve, about an inch lon^, yellow; of the disk darK 

 purple at the summit. See«^^ompressed. Pappus setaceous, "^^S^^' 

 about half as long as the seed. Receptacle convex, chaff concave, shgntiy 



three-cleft at the summit. 



Grows in damp soils, most common in wet pine barrens, 



• Flowers August — Octoberj sometimes in April. 



*# 



Florihus disci \ ** Florets of the 



Jlavescentihusi 



1 disk yellowish. 



Foliis omnibus op 



Leaves a 



opj>o 



positu 



site. 



4. Truncatus. Schwehiitz. 



bro; 



4 



H. caule gracili, gla 



Stem slender, 



foUis 



oppositis I brous; leaves opposite, 



ovate, tapering towards 



ovatis, superne attenu 



atis, serralis, pilosis, j the summit 



serrate, 



scabris, arete sessili- hairy, scabrous, closely 



bus; involucri squamis sessile 



5 



scales of the 



ovato-lanceolatis, cilia- involucrum 



ovate-Ian 



lis; paleis lanceolatis, eeolate 



ciliate; 



chaff 



lis; pait;i» lilllCCUItlUa, I UVUUllC, ^lli<:ic«^7 



ciliatis pubescentibus- lanceolate, ciliate, pu 



que 



E. 



bescent. 



