SYNGENESIA SUPERFU1A. 
S81 
inferioribus parce ser- 
ratis;* racemis erectis, 
compositis; pedunculis 
pubescentibus; ligulis 
5, elongatis; seminibus 
glabris. 
brous along the mar- 
gins, the lower spa- 
ringly serrate; racemes 
erect, compound; pe- 
duncles pubescent: flo- 
rets of the ray 5, long, 
seed glabrous. 
Nutt. 2. p. 160. 
Stem three to six feet high, smooth, slightly furrowed, the young branches 
pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, broad, coriaceous with pellucid veins, the 
upper leaves very entire, but scabrous along the margins, the lower remotely 
and slightly serrate. Racemes numerous, erect, compound, with the flowers 
somewhat crowded towards the summit. Scales of the involucrum oblong, 
rather obtuse. Florets of the ray 5, nearly twice as long as the involucrum. 
Seed glabrous. » 
This plant, which appears to agree with the S. Speciosa of Nuttall, grows 
abundantly in dry rich soils, in the western districts of Georgia, and near the 
Alabama. 
Flowers September — October* 
23. Pubescens. E. 
S. caule erecto, ra- 
moso, pubescente; fo- 
lds longo-lanceolatis, 
basi attenuatis, pubes- 
centibus, inferioribus 
serratis; racemis erect- 
is, paniculatis; ligulis 
mediocribus. E. 
Stem erect, branch- 
ing, pubescent; leaves 
long-lanceolate, taper- 
ing at base, pubescent, 
the lower serrate; ra- 
cemes erect, panicu- 
late; florets of the ray 
middle sized. 
Stem erect, three to four feet high, pubescent, slightly scabrous, generally 
coloured, with numerous rigidly erect branches towards the summit. Leaves 
long-lanceolate; the upper softly pubescent and generally entire, the lower 
almost spathulate, slightly scabrous and serrated towards the summit. 
Flowers numerous in a compound terminal panicle. Scales of the involu- 
crum subulate, pubescent. Florets of the ray seven to ten, slender. Seeds 
minutely pubescent. 
This species in habit bears much resemblance to the S. Speciosa; it dif- 
fers by its pubescence, by its leaves, which are thinner, narrower, more 
tapering at base, by smaller flowers; it appears also to be allied to the S. 
