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aYNGENESIA FR0STRANEA. 
6. PuBESCENS. 
H. cano-pubescens; 
caule villoso, foliis ses- 
silibus, cordato-ovatis, 
amplexicaulibus, tripli 
nervibus, crenulatis, 
mollissimis; involucri 
squainis lanceolatis, 
villosis. 
Pubescent, hoary; 
stem villous; leaves 
sessile, cordate-ovate, 
amplexicaule, tripli- 
nerved, crenulate, very 
soft; scales of the in- 
volucrum lanceolate, 
villous. 
Sp. pi. 3.' p. 2244. Pursh, 2. p. 570. Nutt. 2. p. 177- 
H. Canescens, Mich. 2. p. 140. 
Root perennial. Stem two to three feet high, erect, nearly simple, vil- 
lous, hoary. Leaves all opposite, cordate, ovate, acute, sessile, pubescent, 
soft excepting the margins which are very scabrous, the nerves and veins 
prominent, and apparently bordering the young leaves. Flowers few, rarely 
exceeding two to three, terminating the small branches. Involucrum imbri* 
cate, scales somewhat subulate, acute, very villous. Florets of the ray 
(fourteen to sixteen) lanceolate, nearly entire, yellow or rather tawny; of 
the disk numerous, tubular, yellowish, five-cleft, pubescent at the summits. 
Stamens and styles as long as the florets. Seeds compressed, a little hairy. 
Pappus composed of two membranaceous, concave, subulate scales, fringed, 
and about half the length of the seed. Receptacle convex, chaffy; the chaff 
lanceolate, concave, acute, entire, hairy towards the summit. 
Grows around ponds near the Flint River, Georgia. Along the “Federal 
Road” from Milledgeville to the Alabama. 
Flowers August — September. 
7. Mollis. Willd. 
H. caule inferne lae- 
vi, superne scabriuscu- 
lo; foliis ovato-lanceo- 
latis, acutis, serratis, 
supra scabris, sublus 
pubescentibus, albo to- 
mentosis; floribus pau- 
cis, terminalibus. 
Stem smooth below, 
scabrous near the sum- 
mit; leaves ovate-lan- 
ceolate, acute, serrate, 
scabrous on the upper 
surface, pubescent and 
haory underneath; flow- 
ers few, terminal. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2240. Pursh, 2. p. 572. Nutt. 2. p. 178 
