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SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA* 
involucrum not numerous, linear, nearly glabrous. Florets of the ray rather 
small. Seed finely pubescent. 
Flowers September— October. 
8. Reflexa. Ait. 
Stem erect, villous; 
leaves lanceolate, slight- 
ly serrate, triplinerved, 
scabrous, reflexed; 
branches paniculate, 
secund. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2056. pursh, 2. p. 536. 
Leaves narrow lanceolate, acuminate, with about three serratures in the 
middle, scabrous, reflected. Racemes of the panicle secund, reflected, short. 
Willd. 
Grows in pine woods and old fields. New-Jersey to Carolina. Pursh. 
Flowers September. 
S, caule erecto, vil- 
loso; foliis lanceolatis, 
subserratis, triplinervi- 
bus, scabris, reflexis; 
ramis paniculatis, sub- 
secundis. 
4. Lateriflora. Lin. 
S. caule erecto, pilo- 
siusculo; foliis lanceo- 
latis, subtriplinervibus, 
glabris, margine sca- 
bris, inferioribus sub- 
serratis; racemis pani- 
culatis, subrecurvis, 
secundis. 
Stem erect, a little 
hairy; leaves lanceo- 
late, somewhat tripli- 
nerved, glabrous, sca- 
brous along the mar- 
gins, the lower slightly 
serrate; racemes pani- 
culate, secund, recurved. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2057'. Pursh, 2. p. 536. 
Plant about half the size of S. Canadensis. Leaves only occasionally 
marked with one or two teeth. Besides the terminal panicle the lower part 
of the stem has flowering branches. Lin. The flowers are larger, and the 
leaves broader than those of the preceding species. Willd. 
Grows in dry soils, in woods and old fields. Pursh. 
Flowers September — October. 
