400 
j. 3. Diffusa. E. 
B. glaberrima; foliis 
lineari-lanceolatis,mar- 
gine scabris; panicula 
diffusa, multiflora; se- 
minibus obovatis, e- 
marginatis, vix alatis; 
aristis pappi duabus 
longioribus. E. 
SYNGENES'IA SCFF.RFLC4. 
Leaves Iinear-lance- 
olate, scabrous along 
the margin; panicie 
diffuse, many flowered; 
seed obovate, emargi- 
nate, slightly winged; 
awns of the pappus 2 
long. 
Root perennial? Stem two to three feet long, striate, glabrous, branching 
diffusely almost from the root, branches slender, expanding. Leaves two 
to three inches long, glabrous, entire? scabrous along the margins. Flow-’ 
ers small, numerous, in a loose spreading panicle. Peduncles one to two 
inches long, one-flowered. Scales of the involucrum linear, imbricate, gla- 
brous. Florets of the ray numerous, linear, nearly white; of the disk nu- 
merous, yellow. Seed obovate, compressed, emarginate, scarcely winged 
the crown fimbriate, or fringed with small bristles, of which two are much 
longer than the rest and are about one third of the length of the seed. 
Grows in damp rich soils between the Chatahouchie and Alabama. 
Flowers September — October. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. Gen. Pe. 1307. 
Receptaculum nu- 
dum. Pappus nullus. 
Calyx hemisphaericus, 
imbricatus, squamis 
marginalibus membra- 
naceis. 
Receptacle naked. 
Pappus 0. Calyx he- 
mispherical, imbricate. 
Margins of the scales 
membranaceous. 
1. Leucanthemum. 
C. foliis amplexicau- 
libus, lanceolatis, ser- 
ratis, basi inciso denta- 
tis; caule erecto, ra- 
mose. 
Leaves amplexicaule, 
lanceolate, near the 
base deeply notched 
and toothed; stem e- 
rect, branching. 
