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SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA, 
involucrum long, equal, almost subulate but wide at base, beautifully fringed. 
Florets of the ray ten to twelve, lanceolate, yellow, nearly two inches long! 
of the disk numerous. Anthers longer than the florets of the disk. Seed 
long, compressed. Pappus subulate, much shorter than the seed, a little 
hairy. Chaff of the receptacle shorter than the florets of the disk, fringed 
near the summit. 
Grows in dry soils, Pursh. Louisville, Georgia, Mr. Jackson. 
Flowers August — October. 
18. Multiflorus. 
H. foliis triplinervi- 
bus, scabris, inferiori- 
bus cordatis, superior- 
ibus ovatis; radio mul- 
tifloro; involucri squa- 
mis lanceolatis. 
Leaves triplinerved, 
scabrous, the lower 
cordate, the upper o- 
vate; florets of the ray 
numerous; scales of the 
involucrum lanceolate. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2239. Pursh, 2. p. 572. Nutt. 2. p. 178. 
Root perennial. The lower leaves cordate, triplinerved. Stem and 
peduncle scabrous. Leaves of the involucrum forty to fifty, loosely imbri- 
cate, not squarrose. Florets of the ray very numerous. 
Grows in dry mountain woods from Pennsylvania to Carolina. Pursh. 
Flowers July — September. 
19. Giganteus. 
H. foliis alternis, 
lanceolatis, serratis, 
scabris, obsolete tripli- 
nervibus, utrinque at- 
tenuate, subsessilibus, 
basi ciliatis; involucri 
squamis lanceolatis cil- 
iatis. 
Leaves alternate, 
lanceolate, serrate, sca- 
brous, obscurely tripli- 
nerved, tapering at 
each end, nearly ses- 
sile, ciliate at base; 
scales of the involu- 
crum lanceolate, fring- 
ed. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2242. Pursh, 2. p. 571. Nutt. 2. p. 177* 
Root perennial. Stem very tall, branching, a little rough, particularly 
near the summit. Leaves generally attenuate, oblong, scabrous on the upper 
surface, paler and nearly smooth underneath. Flowers in a loose terminal 
