152 STNGENESIA. SUPERFLVA. 



per sessile, and oblong'-ovate, all scabrous, on the upper 

 side, as well as the peduncles and calix, sonnevvhat vis- 

 cidly glandular. Hab. Around Savannah, in Georgia; 

 common. — Stem more irresjularly branched than in any 

 ovher genuine species; flower branches terminal, in old 

 plants also axillary; radical leaves subuval, conspicuously 

 petiolute; flowers yellow, rather small. Pappus reddish- 

 brown, anil scabrous, the exterior paleaceous crown white. 

 Anthers simple at the base, not setose. This species 

 continues flowering- into December, in the vicinity of Sa- 

 vannah. 



10. * (livaricata. Biennial; somewhat hispid and sca- 

 brous; leaves lanceolate-linear, subserrate, acute, attenuat- 

 ed downwards, uppermost sessde, and ciiiate towards the 

 base; panicle dichotomously divaricate, corymbose; pe- 

 duncles and calix viscidly pubescent. Hab. In the vici- 

 nity of Savannah in Georgia; common. Discovered by 

 Dr. Baldwyn. Flowers smaller than in any ottier species, 

 bright golden-yellow. Leaves narrow, 2 or 3 inches long, 

 only 2 or 3 lines wide; upper part ot the stem ofte'n 

 smooth, but the peduncles entirely or tov. ards the extre- 

 mity viscidly pubescent; inflorescence dissimilar to that 

 of any other species in this Catalogue. Exterior pappus 

 obsolete, interior reddish-brown and very scabrous. 



§ II, Floicers not yelloxv. 



11. Unariifolia. Aster Ihimnifolitis Pappus double, seeds 

 villous; flowers also crnmbosely fastigiatc, but blueish or 

 violaceous! 12. UnifcUia. Asier Ilnifoliifs. Stem corym- 

 bosely branched, scabrous; leaves linear; flowers white; 

 exterior pappus obsolete? Nearly allied to Aster pauci- 



Jtorns. 



13. * ctUni. Leaves oblong-lanccolatCj entire and sca- 

 brous, attenuated below; stem simple, ramuli nearly na- 

 ked, l-flnwered, corymbosely fastii^iate; flowers white; 

 calix smooth. Hab. On the plains of the ?.Iissouri, near 

 Fort xVlandan, kc. Fl. August. About 12 inches hii;h 

 and ratlier slender, with the aspect u\' I^turmica. Pcren- 

 )ual: stem slender; leaves scabrous, as in C linarUfoHa^ 

 but not pubescent, pappus short; radial florets linear-ob- 

 long; scales of the calix thickisli; receptacle fiat and na- 

 ked, with impressed favulose punctures. 



14. * obovata. Shortly and somewhat softly pubescent; 

 leaves broadish, obovate, obtuse and entire, sessile, mar- 

 gin scabrous; corymb nearly simple, peduncles 1 or 2- 

 iiowered, axillar and terminal; calix pubescent, about 

 half tl^e length of the pappus. Hap. Abundant iu tb.e vi- 

 cjniiyt>f Savannah 'v.\ Georgia, on the bushy ii!ar^i5>s ct 



