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SVNGENESIA SUPERFLTJA. 
strongly resembling the original figure of Pluk. (t. 78. f. 6.) and bearing 
upon branches several inches long but one solitary terminal flower, I have 
concluded to retain it for the present and point it out as one of the many 
doubtful species in this prolific genus. 
Grows in damp rich soils. 
Flowers October. 
14. Ericoides. 
A. foliis linearibus, 
integerrimis, glaberri- 
mis, ramulorura subu- 
latis, approximate, cau- 
linis elongatis; involu- 
cri squamis lanceolatis, 
acutis; caule glabro. 
Leaves linear, en- 
tire, very glabrous, 
those of the branches 
subulate, approximate, 
of the stem long; scales 
of the involucrum lan- 
ceolate, acute; stem 
glabrous. 
Willd. Sp. pi. 3. p. 2027- Pursh, 2. p. 546. 
Stem two to three feet high, very glabrous, branches very numerous, 
slender, expanding. Leaves of the stem linear, acute at each end, glabrous; 
of the branches, subulate, gradually diminishing in size, very slender, so that 
although numerous they scarcely clothe the branches. Flowers as in the 
preceding species, on short peduncles of half an inch to an inch long, form- 
ing racemes along the large branches. Scales of the involucrum compara- 
tively large, distinctly lanceolate, nearly as long as the disk. Florets of the 
ray, numerous, linear, pale purple. Seed a little pubescent. Pappus slight- 
ly scabrous. 
This species appears to differ from the preceding by the very narrow sub- 
ulate leaves on the branches, gradually diminishing in size and by the scales 
of the involucrum which are much larger, lanceolate, and approaching more 
nearly to the length of the disk. The A. Ericoides of Mich, probably be- 
longs to A. Multiflorus or A. Ciliatus. 
Grows in barren soils from Canada to Carolina. Pursh. My specimens 
are from Pennsylvania, marked by D. Muhlenberg, A. Ericoides verus Lin., 
secundum Smith. 
Flowers October — November. 
15. Racemoscs. E. 
A. foliis lineari-lan- 
ceolatis, subtus subpu- 
bescentibus, margine 
Leaves linear-lan- 
ceolate, somewhat pub* 
escent underneath, sea- 
