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SYNGENESIA iEQUALIS. 
the genus. It has the pinnatifid leaves of the former, with the corymbose 
flowers that distinguish all of the subsequent species. 
Grows in damp soils, in the middle districts of Carolina. 
Flowers September — October. 
4. Lineakifolium. Walt. 
E. caule subprocum- 
bente, superne villoso; 
foliis caulinis oppositis, 
lanceolato - Iinearibus, 
rarissime dentatis, in- 
terdum fasciculatis; 
stylo corollam subae- 
quante. 
Stem somewhat pro- 
cumbent, villous tow- 
ards the summit; stem 
leaves opposite, lance- 
olate - linear, rarely 
toothed, sometimes 
clustered; style as long 
as the corolla. 
Walt. p. 199. Mich. 2. p 97* Pursh, 2. p. 513.? Sp. pi. 3. p. 1750.? 
Stem generally procumbent, one to two feet high, almost viscidly pubes- 
cent, branches opposite and alternate. Stem leaves generally opposite, ses- 
sile, three-nerved, pubescent, slightly scabrous, having generally at their 
base verticillate clusters of smaller leaves. Flowers in an irregular corymb. 
Involucrum cylindrical, ten-leaved, five-flowered; leaves linear, very vil- 
lous, sprinkled with glandular dots. Corolla white. Stamens very short. 
Germ angled. Style two-cleft, not longer than the corolla. Stigmas ob- 
tuse, glandular. Seed furrowed, crowned with a scabrous pappus. 
Grows commonly in dry soils. ^ 
Flowers August — October. 
5. Hyssopifolium. Linn. 
E. caule erecto; foliis 
infimis oppositis, lanceo- 
lato-Iinearibus, subden- 
tatis; corymbo subfas- 
tigiato; stylo corolla 
multo longiore. 
Stem erect; lowest 
leaves opposite, lanceo- 
late - linear, slightly 
toothed; corymb nearly 
fastigiate; style much 
longer than the corolla. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1749.? Pursh, 2. p. 512.? 
Stem straight, erect, about two feet high, pubescent, branches generally 
alternate. Leaves sessile, the lowest opposite, the upper alternate, linear 
lanceolate, slightly toothed, dotted, pubescent, bearing sometimes at base 
clusters of small leaves. Flowers in a terminal, somewhat fastigiate corymb. 
