SYNGENESIA SUPERFLU A, 
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25. Puniceus. 
A. foliis amplexicau- 
libus, lanceolatis, ser- 
ratis, scabriusculis; ra- 
nds paniculatis, involu- 
cris laxis discum su- 
perantibus, squamis 
lineari-lanceolatis, sub- 
aequalibus; caule his- 
pido. 
Leaves amplexicaule, 
lanceolate, serrate, 
slightly scabrous; bran- 
ches paniculate; invo- 
lucrum loose, longer 
than the disk; scales 
linear-lanceolate, near- 
ly equal; stem hispid. 
,Sp. pi. 3. p. 2040. Mich. 2. p. 115. Pursh, 2. p. 554. Nutt. 2.p. 158, 
The plant which in the low country of Carolina and Georgia has been 
considered as the A. Puniceus, differs so much from the Northern specimens 
which I possess., that it ought probably to constitute a new species. 
The specific character above quoted is taken from Willdenow. I shall 
now describe the plant as it appears to us. 
Stem two to three feet high, robust, lucid, glabrous, the branches furrowed, 
pubescent. Leaves sessile, spathulate lanceolate, dilated and semiamplex- 
icaule, acutely serrate, smooth on the under surface, scabrous on the 
upper, six inches long and nearly two wide, when young pubescent. Flow- 
ers large, numerous, with a corymbose panicle. Scales of the involucrum 
numerous, imbricate, linear, acute, fringed, reflected. Florets of the ray 
twenty to thirty, linear-lanceolate, bright purple; of the disk numerous, 
yellow. Anthers exserted. Seed angled, a little hairy. 
Grows along the margins of our river$. Very common on the tide lands 
$f the Ogechee. 
Flowers October— November. 
26. Acuminates. 
A. foliis lato lanceo- 
latis, interne attenua- 
te, integris, superne 
inaequaliter serratis, 
longissime acuminatis; 
caule simplici, flexuoso, 
anguloso, panieula co- 
rymbosa, divaricato- 
dichotoma; involucri 
Leaves broad, lan- 
ceolate, tapering to- 
wards the base, entire, 
unequally serrate near 
the summit, conspicu- 
ously acuminate; stem 
simple, flexuous, an- 
gled; panicle corym- 
bose, divaricate, dicho- 
