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480. 



STNGBNESIA SEGREGATA 



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SYNGENESIA SEGREGATA 



ELEPHANTOPUS. Gen. Pl. 1347. 



Involucrum parti ale, 



Partial involucrum 



9 



4-florum. 



CorollulcB 4- flowered. 



tae. 



Florets 

 Iiermapliro- 



Pappus setaceus. dite. Pappus setace 



ligulatae, hermaphrodi- I ligulate, 



Receptaculum nudum. 



ous. 

 ed. 



Receptacle nak 



1. Carolinianus. Willd. 



E. foliis radicalibus I Leaves of the root 

 caulinisque oblongis, and stem oblong, ta 



basi angustatis, subpi 



perm 



at base, hairy,' 



losis; caule folioso, pi- j stem leafy, hairy, 

 loso. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 2390. Pnrsh, 2. p. 582. Nutt. 2. p. 187- 



Walt 



Mich. 2. p. 148. 



Root perennial. Stem about two feet high, terete, villous, particularly 

 near the base, branching towards the summit. Leaves numerous on the 

 stem, oblong lanceolate, serrate, thin, slightly scabrous and hairy on both 

 surfaces, tapering to an attenuated base near two inches long. Flowers 

 sessile, in terminal clusters. Bracteas three unequal leaves, cordate, vil- 

 lous, sessile at the base of each capitulum. Heads generally composed ol 

 four clusters each four-flowered. Involucrum of the clusters nine to ten 

 leaved, leaves linear lanceolate, hairy on the outside, the interior the longest. 



Florets all fertile. 



five-cleft 



&[ightly 



^qual 



ligulate,likethe^--'^"'-'""«^ 



Seeds 



Pappvs setaceous, awns five: 



Grows in dry, moderately fertile soih. 



Flowers Jul 



V 



Septomber. 



