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SYNGETSESIA FRUSTRANEA 



Mich. 2. p. 144. Pursh, 2. p, 576, Nutt. 2. p. 179. 



Flmoers very showyj Jlorets of the ray long, brigh 

 8ownwards^ disk ovatej purple. Pursh. 



Grows in the western parts of Carolina and Georgia. 

 Flowers July — October. 



Pursh. 



451 



hanging 



3. DiGlTATA. 



R. foliis inferioribus 

 pinnatis^ pinnis pinna 



tifidis, 



siiperioribus 



simplicibus pinnatis, 

 sum mis 3-fidis; pappo 

 crenato; caiile laevi. 



Lower leaves pin 

 nate, the segments pin 



natilid, the upper sim 



pie, pinnate 



} 



e 



high 



est 3-cleft; pappus ere 



nate; stem smooth. 



Sp. pi. 3, p. 2247. Pursh, 2. p. 575. Nutt. 2. p. 179. 



Root perennial. Stem five to eight feet high, branching, glabrous. 

 Leaves thin, slightly scabrous, the segments more or less toothed, generally 

 lanceolate, acute. Flowers terminating the branches.* Leaves of the invo- 

 lucrum not numerous, ovate-lanceolate, a little hairy, shorter than the disk. . 

 Florets of the ray yellow; of tlie disk numerous. Seeds oblong, four-au- 

 gled, crowned ivith a short crenate or rather four-toothed margin. Chaff of 

 the receptacle nearly truncate, almost tomentose at the ' ' 



the seed. 



Grows in the raoimtains of Carolina and Georgia. 



Flowers August — October. 



summit 



4. Laciniata. 



R. foliis inferioribus I Lower leaves pin- 

 pinnatis, pinnis 3-lobis^ I nate, the segments 3- 

 summis ovatis; pappo j lobed, the upper ovate; 



crenato: caule elabro. 



? 



pappus crenate; stem 

 labrous. 



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Sp. pL S. p. 2246. Mich. 2. p. 144. Pursh, 2. p. 575. Nutt. 2. p. 



Hoot perennial- Stem five to eight feet high, branching, glabroiig. 

 J^eaves of the root and lower stem strictly trifoliate^ with the upper foliole 

 tliree-parted, all lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely toothed, sometimes lacinU 

 ate, scabrous on the upper surface and along the margins, nearly smooth 



^Bdemeath^ upper leaves ovate, nearly sessile, sometimes toothed. Flowvn 



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