SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA. 



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13. DiVERSIFOLIUS. 



H. caule scabro: 



E. 



fo 



Stem scabrous; leaves 



the 



lower 



liis oppositis, inferiori- opposite, 



bus ovato-lanceolatis, ovate-lanceolate 



acuminatis, superiori- minate, the upper cor 



bus cordato-ovatis, mu date ovate, mucronate 



acu 



\ 



cronatis, omnibus su- all scabrous on the up 

 pra scaberrimis, subtus per surface, pubescent 

 pubescentibus; involu- underneath; scales of 

 cri squamis lanceolatis, the involucrum lanceo- 

 ciliatis; paleis sub tri- late, ciliate; the chaff 



slightly 3-toothed. 



dentatis. 



E. 



perennial 



and leaves opposite. Lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrulate, witli a ta- 

 pering base, the upper abruptly contracted, fiearly entire, all on hispid peti- 

 oles two to three lines long. Leaves of the involucrum imbricate 



as long as the disk. 



rcely 



longer than the seed. 



Florets of the ray ten to twelve, yellow, scarcel v an 

 inch long; of the disk numerous. Pappus subulate, concave, pubescent, 



of the receptacle hairy at the summit, with two 

 small but very distinct lateral teeth. 



Grows in the western districts of Georgia. 

 Triculpis but very distinct. 

 Flowers August — October. 



Somewhat resembling the II - 



14. SCABERRIMUS. 



E. 



H. foliis 



oppositis 



Leaves 



opposite 



— ^vr^'*^ v|j^wkjii,i;>, j^cavc:> upposue, 

 lanceolatis, utrinque lanceolate, very sca- 



scaberrimis, subinte 



gerrimis: 



? 



involucri 



squamis ovatis; rece 



brous on both surfaces, 

 nearly entire; scales of 

 the involucrum ovate 



taculi paleis integns, j chaff of the receptacle 



dorso ciliatis. 



entire 

 back. 



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fringed 



on 



the 



t\3 A^A^T r ^''^'" ^^^'^ ^"^ ^'^ ^<^*^^ *''?*'» ^^'■y scabrous and veiy spa- 



blifr ^"''oed- , Leaves lanceolate, with a long tapering base, whitened and 



lea! II " surfaces, op]>osite. Flowers very few. Involnrrum many 



aved, leaves ovate, finely fringed, appressed, imbricate, the interior tlie 



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