SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA. 
451 
Mich. 2. p. 144. Pursh, 2. p. 576. Nutt. 2. p. 179* 
Flowers very showy; florets of the ray long, bright yellow, hanging 
downwards; disk ovate, purple. Pursh. 
Grows in the western parts of Carolina and Georgia. Pursh. 
Flowers July — October. 
3. Digitata. 
R. foliis inferioribus 
pinnatis, pinnis pinna- 
tifidis, superioribus 
simplicibus pinnatis, 
summis 3-fidis; pappo 
crenato; caule laevi. 
Lower leaves pin- 
nate, the segments pin- 
natifid, the upper sim- 
ple, pinnate, the high- 
est 3-cleft; pappus cre- 
nate; stem smooth. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2247* Pursh, 2. p. 5 75. Nutt. 2. p. 179. 
Root perennial. Stem five to eight feet high, branching, glabrous. 
Reaves thin, slightly scabrous, the segments more or less toothed, generally 
lanceolate, acute. Flowers terminating the branches. Leaves of the invo - 
lucrum not numerous, ovate-lanceolate, a little hairy, shorter than the disk. 
Florets of the ray yellow; of the disk numerous. Seeds oblong, four-an- 
gled, crowned with a short crenate or rather four-toothed margin. Chaff of 
the receptacle nearly truncate, almost tomentose at the summit, shorter than 
the seed. 
Grows in the mountains of Carolina and Georgia. 
Flowers August — October. 
4. Laciniata. 
Lower leaves pin- 
nate, the segments 3- 
lobed, the upper ovate; 
pappus crenate; stem 
glabrous. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2246. Mich. 2. p. 144. Pursh, 2. p. 573. Nutt. 2. p. 
179. 
Root perennial. Stem five to eight feet high, branching, glabrous. 
Leaves of the root and lower stem strictly trifoliate, with the upper foliole 
three-parted, all lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely toothed, sometimes lacini- 
ate, scabrous on the upper surface and along the margins, nearly smooth 
underneath; upper leaves ovate, nearly sessile, sometimes toothed. Flowers 
R. foliis inferioribus 
pinnatis, pinnis 3-lobis, 
summis ovatis; pappo 
crenato; caule glabro. 
