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SYNGENESIA SUFERFLUA. 
1 . Caudata. 
A. erecta, glabra; 
foliis subsetaceo-pinna- 
tifidis, laciniis convexis; 
ramulis confertis; pani- 
culis terminalibus, lon- 
gissimis, strictis; capi- 
tulis pedicellatis, glo- 
boso-ovatis. 
Erect, glabrous; leaves 
nearly setaceous, pin- 
natifid, the segments 
convex, branches crow- 
ded; panicle terminal, 
very long, straight; 
heads pedicellate, o- 
vate, nearly globose. 
Mich. 2. p. 129- Pursh, 2. p. 522. Nutt. 2. p. 144. 
Stem simple and herbaceous, two to six feet high. Radical and lower 
cauline leaves pseudobipinnate, pubescent ; upper pseudopinnate, segments 
subsetaceous, alternate, divaricate, somewhat convex, Flowers pedicellate^ 
erect, globose, ovate, densely and pyramidally paniculate. Nutt. 
Grows in Greenville district. 
Flowers. 
BACCHARIS. 
Involucrum imbrica- 
tum. Receptaculum 
nudum. Flosculi tubu- 
losi, dioici. Masculi 
antheris exsertis, basi 
muticis; pappo subpe- 
nicillato. Foeminei fi- 
liformes; pappo capil- 
lari. 
Gen. Pe,. 1285. 
Involucrum imbri- 
cate. Receptacle na- 
ked. Florets tubular, 
dioicious; Masc: with 
anthers exserted, un- 
awned at base, pappus 
slightly feathered. 
Foem. filiform, pappus 
capillary. 
1. Angustifolia. Mich. 
B. glaberrima; foliis 
linearibus, integerri- 
mis; panicula composi- 
ta, muitiflora. 
Very glabrous; leaves 
linear, very entire; pa- 
nicle compound, many 
flowered. 
