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SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
foliolis laxis, linearibus, 
disco brevioribus. 
tomous, leaves of the 
involucrum loose, line- 
ar, shorter than the 
disk. 
Mich. 2.p. 109. Pursh, 2. p. 555. 
This species I have not seen in Carolina. Pursh says that a humble 
variety with a naked few-flowered corymb, scarcely longer than the leaves, 
grows on the summits of our highest mountains. 
Flowers August — October. 
27. Draconculoides. 
A. foliis linearibus, 
acuminatis, integerri- 
mis, inferioribus linea- 
ri-lanceolatis, subserra- 
tis; ramis corymbosis; 
involucris imbricatis; 
caule glabriusculo. 
Willdenow. 
Leaves linear, acu- 
minate, entire, the low- 
er linear-lanceolate, 
slightly serrate; bran- 
ches corymbose; invo- 
lucrum imbricate; stem 
nearly glabrous. 
Sp. pi. 32. p. 2050. Pursh. 2. p. 557. 
Stem four feet high, erect, the branches corymbose, and marked with a 
decurrent hairy line; the lower leaves one to two inches long, linear-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate at each end, serrate in the middle, the upper linear, en- 
tire. Flowers small. Florets of the ray nearly white. Scales of the in- 
volucrum lanceolate, acute, somewhat expanding. Willd. 
With this species I am unacquainted. 
Grows in low grounds and along ditches: New-Jersey to Carolina. Pursh. 
Flowers September — November. 
ff Floribus panicu- 
latis. 
28. Junceus? Ait. 
A. foliis lanceolato, 
linearibus, sessilibus 
glabris, infimis subser- 
ratis, ramulorum lan- 
ceolatis; caule pani- 
tt Flowers in pani- 
cles. 
Leaves lanceolate, 
linear, sessile, glabrous, 
the lower slightly ser- 
rate, those of the bran- 
ches lanceolate; stem 
