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SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA 



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involucrum long, equal, almost subulate but wide at base^ beautifully fringed. 

 Florets of the ray ten to twelve, lanceolate, yellow, nearly two inches long; 

 of the disk numerous. Anthers longer than the florets of the disk. Seed 

 long, compressed. Pappus subulate, much shorter than the seed, a little 



hairy- 

 near the summit. 

 " ' Grows in dry soils, Pursh. 

 Flowers August — October. 



disk 



Jackson 



18. MCLTIFLORUS 



H. foliis triplinervi 



Leaves triplinerved 



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Bus, scab lis, inferior i- scab 



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the 



lower 



bus cordatis, superior- cordate, the upper o- 

 ibus ovatis; radio mul- | vate; florets of the ray 



numerous; scales of the 

 invohicrum lanceolate. 



tifloro; involucri squa 



mis lanceolatis. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 2239. Pursh, 2. p. 572. Nutt. 2. p. 178. 



Root perennial. The lower leaves cordate, triplinerved. Stem and 

 peduncle scabrous. Leaves of the involucrum forty to fifty, loosely imbri- 

 cate, not squarro$e. Florets of the ray very numerous. 



Grows in dry mountain woods from Pennsylvania to Carolina. Pursh. 

 Flowers July — September. 



19. GlGANTEUS. 



H. 



foliis 



alternis. 



Leaves 



alternate 



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lanceolatis, serratis, lanceolate, serrate, sea 

 scabris, obsolete tripli- brous, obscurely tripU 



nervibus, utrinque at- 1 nerved, tapering at 

 tenuatis, subsessilibus, I each end, nearly ses- 

 basi ciliatis; involucri I sile, ciliate at base; 

 squamis lanceolatis cil- 1 scales of the involu- 

 crum lanceolate, fring- 



latis. 



ed. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 2242. Pursh,2. p. 571. Nutt. 2. p. 177- 



Root perennial. Stem very tall, branching, a little rough, particularly 

 near the summit. Leaves generally attenuate, oblong, scabrous on the upper 



surface, paler and nearly smooth underneath. Flowers in a loose termini 



