SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
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4. SlNUATA. E. 
C. pilosa, scabrius- 
cula; foliis inferioribus 
sinuatis, Iobis ovalibus, 
acutis, superioribus lin- 
earibus, integerrimis; 
floribus paniculatis. E. 
Hairy, somewhat 
scabrous; lower leaves 
sinuate, the lobes oval, 
acute, the upper linear, 
entire; flowers in pani- 
cles. 
Root annual ? Stem about two feet high, branching. Lower leaves two 
to four inches long, oblong, lanceolate, deeply sinuate. Flowers in an ob- 
long terminal panicle, female florets in the circumference, hermaphrodite in 
the centre, all white. Involucrum many leaved, imbricate ; leaflets linear^ 
lanceolate or subulate, appressed ; female florets a little longer than the in- 
volucrum, very slender, with the border slightly three-cleft. Stamens none. 
Style setaceous. Stigma simple. Hermaphrodite florets with the corolla 
shorter than the female, border five-cleft. Anthers as long as the corolla. 
Style as long as the stamens, two-cleft. Stigmas glandular, obtuse, erect* 
Seeds all fertile, oblong, angled, hairy. Receptacle naked, convex, dotted. 
This plant, which scarcely appears to be a native, has all the artificial 
and essential characters of the Conyza, with the habit and appearance of an 
Erigeron. 
Grows around Charleston— very common. 
Flowers April— July. 
PTEROCAULON. E. 
Involucrum imbrica- 
tum, squamis tomento- 
sis, sub scariosis? ap- 
pressis. Corollulce% 
foem. et herm. immix 
tae; foem. graciles limbo 
sub 3 dentatae; herm. 
limbo 5 fido. Semina 
angulata, piloso. Pap- 
pus pilosus, scaber. 
Receptaculum nudum. 
Involucrum imbricate, 
the scales tomentose, 
slightly scarious, ap- 
pressed. Foem. and 
hprin. flor ets intermin- 
gled; the female slen- 
der, with the border 3 
toothed; herm. with the 
border 5 cleft. Seeds 
angled, hairy. Pappus 
hairy, scabrous. Re- 
ceptacle naked. 
