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SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA. 
18. Gladiata. Walt. 
C. caule glabro, su- 
perne dichotomo; foliis 
angusto-lanceolatiS, in- 
tegerrimis, crassis, in 
petiolum attenuatis; 
seminibus obovatis, 
alatis, alis serrulatis; 
pappo bisetoso. 
Stem glabrous, di- 
chotomous towards the 
summit; leaves narrow 
lanceolate, entire, thick, 
tapering to a petiole; 
seeds obovate, winged, 
the wings serrulate; 
pappus 2-awned, brist- 
ly- 
Walt. p. 2 1 5. Nutt. 2. p. 1 80. 
C. Dichotoma, Mich. 2. p. 137. Pursh, 2. p. 569. 
Root perennial. Stem two to three feet high, slightly farrowed, dichoto- 
mously divided towards the summit. Leaves acute, somewhat succulent, 
those of the root tapering to a petiole three to six inches long. Floicers ter- 
minal. Exterior involucrum six to ten leaved, smaller than the interior, 
leaves lanceolate, irregularly inserted, expanding; interior eight-leaved, 
leaves lanceolate, coloured. Florets of the ray eight, yellow, dilated and 
three-lobed at the summit; of the disk numerous, dark purple. Seeds ob- 
long, obovate, compressed. Pappus hairy, .about half as long as the florets 
of the disk. Chaff of the receptacle linear-lanceolate, dark purple, as long 
as the Forets of the disk. 
Grows generally in damp pine barrens. 
Flowers August — September. 
19. Acuta. Pursh. 
C. foliis ovato-lan- 
ceolatis, acutis, denti- 
culatis, subhirtis; flori- 
bus corymboso-panicu- 
latis. 
Leaves ovate-lance- 
olate, acute, toothed, 
somewhat hairy; flow- 
ers in corymbose pani- 
cles. 
Pursh, 2. p. 569. Nutt. 2. p. 180. 
With this species, which was described by Pursh from specimens in the 
Herbarium of Sir Joseph Banks, I am unacquainted. 
Grows in Georgia. Bartram. 
Flowers-— 
