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SYNGENESIA iEQUALIS. 
longus, semibifidus. 
Semina glabra, (5) 
striata vel angulata. 
Pappus pilosus, ple- 
rumque scaber. Re- 
ceptaculum nudum. 
* Involucris 3 — 5 
Jioris. 
1. Fcenicul aceum. 
E. caule paniculato; 
foliis glabris, inferiori- 
bus pinnatis, superior- 
ibus fasciculatis, omni- 
bus filiformibus. 
long, deeply cleft. 
Seeds glabrous, 5 stri- 
ate or angled. Pap- 
pus hairy, generally 
scabrous. Receptacle 
naked. 
I * Involucrum con - 
I taining 3 — 5 Jlowers. 
Stem paniculate; 
leaves glabrous, the 
lower pinnate, the up- 
per clustered, all fili- 
form. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1750. Pursh, 2. p. 512. Nutt. 2. p. 135. 
E. Foeniculoides. Walt. p. 199. 
Chrysocoma Capillacea. Mich. 2. p. 101. 
Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, three to ten feet high, striate, clothed 
with a soft pubescence. Lower leaves compoundly pinnate or pinnatifid, 
the segments generally about an inch long, filiform, glabrous and furrowed 
along the upper surface ; the upper setaceous in fasciculate clusters. Flow- 
ers very small and numerous, in compound nearly erect panicles. Involu- 
crum ten-leaved, three to five flowered, the five interior leaves equal, the 
exterior small, all linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla tubular, five-cleft, 
of a yellowish white colour, sometimes sprinkled with purple. Stamens 
very short. Germ oblong, glabrous. Style much longer than the corolla, 
deeply two-cleft, stigmas glandular, obtuse. Seeds cylindrical. Pappus 
slightly scabrous. Receptacle naked, dotted. 
Grows in pastures very abundantly, preferring damp rich soils. Dog- 
F ennel. 
Flowers September — October. 
2. CORONOPIFOLIUM. 
E. caule paniculato; 
foliis inferioribus pin- 
natifidis, laciniis lance- 
olato-linearibus, denti- 
Stem paniculate; 
!o\v,er leaves_piniiatifid, 
the segments lanceo- 
late linear, denticulate. 
