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SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA 



18. Gladiata. 



Walt. 



I 



C. caule glabro, su~ I Stem glabrous, di- 



perne dichotomo; foliis chotomous towards the 

 angusto-lanceolatis, in- | summit; leaves narrow 



lanceolate^entire, thick, 



tegerrimis, crassis, in 

 petiolum attenuatis; 

 seminibus obovatis, 

 alalis", alis serrulatis'; 

 pappo bisetoso. 



tapering to a 



petiole; 



seeds obovate, winged, 



serrulate; 



wings 



the ' ^ 



pappus 2-awned, brist 



Walt. p. 215. Niitt. 2. p. 180. 



C. Dichotoma, Mich. 2. p. 137* Pursh, 2. p. 5C9. 



Root perennial. Stem two to three feet high, slightly furrowed, dichoto- 

 mously divided towards the summit. Leaves aciite, somewhat succulent, 

 those of the root tapering to a petiole three to six inches long. Flowers ter- 

 minal. Exterior involucrum six to ten leaved^ smaller than the interior, 

 leaves lanceolate, irregularly inserted, expanding; interior eight-leaved, 

 leaves lanceolate, coloured. Florets of the ray eight, yellow, dilated and 

 three-lobed at the summit; of the disk numerous, dark purple. Seeds oh- 

 long, obovate, compressed. Pappus hairy, about half as long as the florets 

 of the disk. Chaff of the receptacle hnear-lanceolate^ dark purple, as long 

 as the florets of the disk. 



Grows generally in damp pine barrens. 



Flowers August — September. 



19. Acuta. Pursli. 



C. foliis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis^ acutis, denti- 

 culatis, siibhirtis; flori- 



Leaves ovate-lance 



olate, acute 



toothed 



f 



somewhat hairy; flow- 

 bus corymboso-panicu- I ers in corymbose paui- 



latis. 



cles. 



Pursh, 2. p. 569. Nutt. 2. p. 180. 



"With this species, which was described by Pursh from specimens in the 

 Herbarium of Sir Joseph Banks, I am unacquainted. 



Crows in Georgia. Bartram. 

 Flowers 



