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STNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA 



longest. Florets of the ray sixteen to twenty, about an inch long; of tlic 

 disk numerous. Pappus nearly as long as the seed, subulate, pubescent. 

 Chaff of the receptacle concave, entire at the summit. 

 Grows in the western districts of Georgia, 



September — O ctober. 



' tt Foliis superior i 

 bus alternis. 



* Upper leaves al- 



ternate. 



Leaves ovate-Iance 



15. Trachelifolius. 



H. foliis ovato-lance- I 

 olatis, acuminatis, ser- olate, acuminate, ser- 

 ratis, triplinervibus, rate, triplinerved, very 

 utrinque scaberrimis; scabrous on both sur- 

 involucri squamis line- I faces; scales of the in- 

 ari-lanceolatis, ciliatis, j volucrum linear-lance 

 exterioribus longiori- I olate, ciliate, the exte 

 bus, I rior the longest. 



Sp. pL 3. p, 2241. Pursh; 2. p. 570. Nutt. 2. p. IJT^ 

 H. Gigas, Mich. 2. p. 141. 



Root perennial. Stem erect, three to four feet high, branching towaids 

 the summit, very scabrous. Leaves narrow, ovate-lanceolate, slightly acu* 

 minate, with glandular serratures, attenuated at base into a short petiole, 

 tomentose and rough underneath, the upper surface whitened by the blis- 

 tered and scabrous epidermis. Flowers in a loose terminal panicle. Invo^ 

 lucrum many leaved, leaves subulate, fringed. Florets of the ray ten to 

 twelve, yellow, of the disk very numerous. Seed obovate, compressed, 

 glabrous. Pappus subulate, very acute, a little pubescent. Scales of the 

 receptacle concave, three-toothed and hairy at the summit. 



Grows near the mountains of Carolina. Dr. Macbride. 



Flowers in September. 



16. TOMENTOSUS. 



H. caule aspero; fo- 1 Stem rough; leaves 

 ovato-laiiceolatis, ovate^lanceolate^ taper- 



ing to the summit, a 



a 



liis 



superne attenuatis 



ctuis, serrulatis, supra | cute, serrulate; 



scabris, subtus toraen 



sea 





brous 



on the upper 



