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SYNGENE3IA NJECE33ARIA. 



1. Integrifolium. 



Lin. 



Leaves oblong, une- 



P. foliis oblongis, in- I 

 aeqiialiter dentatis^ as- qually toothed^ rough, 

 peris, superioribus am- [ the upper ones amplex- 

 plexicaulibus. I icaule. 



Sp. pi- 3. p. 2385. Mich. 2. p. 147. Pursh^ 2. p. 580. Nutt. 2. p. 

 183. 



Root perennial. Stem one to two feet high, striate, slightly scabrous. 

 Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, sessile, the upper amplexicaule, toothed, 

 very scabrous on both surfaces- Flowers numerous in a terminal corymb. 

 Scales of the involucrum five-leaved, villous. Florets of the ray five, very 

 small; of the disk numerous, tomentose. Seed obovate. Receptacle chaffy- 

 (The five external scales of the receptacle very broad, shielding the same 

 number of minute radial florets, each connected at the base with two mascu- 

 line sheathed florets, Nutt.) 



Grows in dry soils, in the middle and upper districts of Carolina and 



Georgia. 



Flowers June 



September. 



j^4m 



IVA. Gen. Pl. 1429. 



Involucrum 



J 



Involucrum 



10?) phyllum. Radii 107) leaved. 



corollulce 



5 



J 



Florets 

 niidae. I of the ray naked. An^ 



Anlherce approximatae, thers approximate not 

 non coalitae. Sejnina united. Seed obovate. 

 obovata. Pappus nul- Pappus 0. Receptacle 



lus. Receptaculum se- j bristly, 

 tosum. 



1. Frltescens. 



fruticosa 



? 



Lin. 

 foliis 



oppositis 



} 



9 



profunde serratis, 

 scabris; capitulis 

 presso globosis. 



lanceolatis 



sub 

 de- 



Shrubby; leaves op- 

 posite, lanceolate, deep- 



ly serrate, slightly sea 



brous 



depressed. 



heads 



lobular 



