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SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA 



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11. Radula. Pursh. 



R. caule inferne his- 1 Stem hispid near the 



pido 



suoerne 



glabro 



base, towards the sum- 



nudiusculo; pedunculis [ mit glabrous, nearly 

 longissimis unifloris; nakedj peduncles very 



foliis ovatis, attenuatis 



9 



5 

 9 



long, 



one-flowered: 



tuberculatis, hispidisj [ leaves ovate, attenuate 

 involucris imbricatis, | tuberculate, hispid; in 

 squamis ovatis, acumi- 



natis, ciliatis. 



5 



volucrum imbricate, 

 scales ovate, acumi- 

 nate, ciliate. 



} 



Pursh, 2. p. 575. Nutt. 



Described by Pursh from specimens in the 

 Banks. 



Collected in Georgia by Bartram. 



Herbarium of Sir Joseph 



12. FULGIDA. 



R. caule hispido, ra 



Stem 



hispid, 



the 



mis virgatim elongatis, branches long, virgate, 



unifloris; foliis oblon- 1-flowered; leaves ob- 



go-lanceolatis, denticu- long lanceolate, denti- 



latis, hispidis, basi an- culate, hispid, narrow 



gust at 



IS 



subcordatis; | ed and slightly cordate 



mvolucri squamis radi- j at base; scales of the 

 um subaequantibus; pa 

 leis lanceolatis. 



involucrum as long as 

 the ray; chaff lanceo- 

 late. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 2248. Pursh, 2. p. 574. Nutt. 2. p. 178. 

 R. Chrysomela, Mich. 2. p. 143. 



Jloot perenniaL Stem two to three feet high, bearing many branch»> 

 ispid. Leaves numerous, alternate, sessile, somewhat aniplexicaule, *'"'|' 



nerved, hispid. 



nvohcrum lanceolate, hispid, sojne^^^ 

 t. Florets of the ray twelve to fow^'^lj^ 



lanceolate, two-cleA at the stinarait, externally hairy, scarcely longer 



