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SYNGENESIA jEQUALIS. 
nearly twice as long as the involucrum. Style longer than the corolla* 
Seed angled. Pappus scabrous. 
Grows from New-Jersey to Carolina. Pursh. My specimens are from 
Pennsylvania. 
Flowers August— October. 
15. Cuneifolium. Willd. 
E. foliis petiolatis, 
obovato - lanceolatis, 
apice subserratis, tri- 
plinervibus, utrinque 
pubescentibus. 
Leaves on petioles, 
obovate - lanceolate, 
slightly serrate at the 
summit, triplinerved, 
pubescent on each sur- 
face. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1753. Pursh, 2. p. 514. 
Stem terete, pubescent. Leaves opposite, pubescent on both surfaces 5 
the lower obovate, lanceolate, obtusely serrate, slightly petiolate ; the upper 
petiolate, with a few serratures near the summit. Flowers white. 
With this species I am unacquainted, it is however singular that both 
Willd. and Pursh should quote as a synonyme the E. Marrubium of Walt, 
which is described as having sessile, deltoid leaves. 
Grows in Carolina. Willd. Pursh. Not above a foot high. Pursh. 
Flowers. 
** Involucris multi- 
Jloris (5 — 50.) 
16. Perfoliatum. 
E. foliis connato- 
perfoliatis, rugosis, 
subtus tomentosis; cau- 
le villoso. 
j Involucrum many 
I Jloivered. 
Leaves connate-per- 
foliate, rugose, tomen- 
tose underneath; stem 
villous. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1761. Walt. p. 200. Pursh, 2. p. 516. 
E. Connatum. Mich. 2. p. 99- 
Stem three to six feet high, striate, villous almost tomentose, and with the 
leaves and involucrum hoary and sprinkled with glandular dots. Lower 
leaves connate, the upper distinct, abruptly truncate at base, all tapering 
gradually to the summit, serrate, rugose, slightly pubescent on the upper 
surface, tomentose underneath. Involucrum many leaved, (fourteen to six- 
