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SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
or ovate, the exterior generally obtuse, and slightly pubescent. Florets of 
the ray few, small. Seed thinly sprinkled with hairs. 
Grows in the upper districts of Carolina. In sandy fields and woods* 
Pursh. 
Flowers September — October. 
14. Elliptica? Ait. 
S. caule erecto, gla- 
bro; foliis ellipticis, 
laevibus, serratis; race- 
mis paniculatis, secun- 
dis; ligulis mediocri- 
bus. 
Stem erect, gla- 
brous; leaves elliptic, 
smooth, serrate; ra- 
cemes paniculate, se- 
cund; florets of the ray 
middle sized. 
Sp. pi. 3. 2060. Pursh, 2. p. 538. Nutt. 2. p. 159. 
I feel doubtful whether the plant I am about to describe really belongs to 
the S. Elliptica of Aiton. It agrees with it in many respects, but I have 
seen no leaves that would merit Miller’s epithet of Latissimifolia. 
Stem three to four feet high, glabrous, branches towards the summit nu- 
merous, obliquely expanding, recurved. Leaves oval-lanceolate, slightly 
acuminate, serrate, glabrous, scabrous along the margins, with the veins 
moderately conspicuous, stem leaves three to four inches long, one and a 
half wide. Flowers numerous in a crowded terminal panicle, racemes 
secund, expanding and more leafy than usual in this genus. Scales of the 
involucrum linear, acute, glabrous. Florets of the ray about seven, slender. 
Seed pubescent. 
Grows in damp rich soils. Paris Island. 
Flowers September — October. 
15. Odor a. Ait. 
S. caule erecto, pu- 
bescente; foliis lineari- 
lanceolatis, integerri- 
mis, glabris, margine 
scabris; racemis pani- 
culatis. 
Stem erect, pubes- 
cent; leaves linear- 
lanceolate, entire, gla- 
brous, scabrous along 
the margins. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2061. Pursh, 2. p. 539. Nutt. 2. p. 159. 
Stem about three feet high, branching and pubescent near the summit. 
Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, entire, thin, glabrous, but slightly scabrous 
along the margins. Racemes recurved, forming a pyramidal panicle. 
