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SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA. 



427 



panicle. Involucrum 



fring:ed, 



^riff !T^^^ ^^^^ the^disk. Florets of the ray twelve to fourteen, (twenty, 



j4n tJiers 



Willd 



longer than the florets of the disk. Seed compressed, glabrous. Pappus 

 subulate, longer than the seed. Chaff of the receptacle hairy at the summit 

 with two slight lateral teeth. 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina. 

 Flowers August — October. 



20. Altissimus. 



H. 



foliis 



alternis 



Leaves alternate. 



ser 



ovato-lanceolatis, ser- ovate-lanceolate, 

 ratis, scabris, tripliner- rate, scabrous, tripli 

 vibus, apice attenuatis, | nerved 



,. tapering to- 

 petiolatis; petiolis cili- I wards the summit, on 

 atis; involucri squamis petioles; petioles frin 



lanceolatis, ciliatis. 



ged; scales of the invo- 

 lucrum lanceolate, frin- 

 ged. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 2273. Nutt. 2. p. 178, Ptirsh, 2. p. 571. 



Resembles the preceding; but the stem is smooth and purple. Leaves 

 petiolate, broader and almost ovate-lanceolate. Leaves of the involucrum^ 

 shorter. Fforef* of the ray about sixteen. Willd. 



With this species I am unacquainted. ' 



Grows in mountain meadows from Pennsylvania to Carolina. Pursh. 

 Flowers July to September. 



21. DlVARICATUS. 



H. caule glabro, ra- 1 Stem glabrous, bran 

 {nosissimo; foliis ovato- ching 



eaves 



ate 



"«W5 jLvy^m to vr»U.i.W- I veiling, ICaVCS UV CllC 



lanceolatis, triplinervi- Ianceolate,tripIinerved 



bus, supra scabris, sub 



cabrous on the upper 



tus glabriusculis; pani- surface, glab 

 cula multiflora,floribus i derneath 



minimis. 



pa 



un- 



111 a 



ny 



flowered, flo 



y small. 



m. 



