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SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA. 
*11. Radula. Pursh. 
R. caule inferne his- 
pido, superne glabro, 
nudiusculo; pedunculis 
longissimis unifloris; 
foliis ovatis, attenuates, 
tuberculatis, liispidis; 
involucris imbricatis, 
squamis ovatis, acumi- 
natis, ciliatis. 
Stem hispid near the 
base, towards the sum- 
mit glabrous, nearly 
naked; peduncles very 
long, one-flowered; 
leaves ovate, attenuate, 
tuberculate, hispid; in- 
volucrum imbricate, 
scales ovate, acumi- 
nate, ciliate. 
Pursh, 2. p. 575. Nutt. 
Described by Pursh from specimens in the Herbarium of Sir Joseph 
Banks. 
Collected in Georgia by Bartram. 
12. Fui.gida. 
Stem hispid, the 
branches long, virgate, 
1 -flowered; leaves ob- 
long lanceolate, denti- 
culate, hispid, narrow- 
ed and slightly cordate 
at base; scales of the 
involucrum as long as 
the ray; chaff lanceo- 
late. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2248. Pursh, 2. p. 574. Nutt. 2. p. 178. 
R. Chrysomela, Mich. 2. p. 143. 
Root perennial. Stem two to three feet high, bearing many branches, 
hispid. Leaves numerous, alternate, sessile, somewhat amplexicaule, tripli- 
nerved, hispid. Leaves of the involucrum lanceolate, hispid, somewhat 
foliaceous, the exterior the largest. Florets of the ray twelve to fourteen, 
lanceolate, two*cleft at the summit, externally hairy, scarcely longer than 
R. caule hispido, ra- 
mis virgatim elongatis, 
unifloris; foliis oblon- 
go-lanceolatis, denticu- 
latis, hispidis, basi an- 
gustatis, subcordatis; 
involucri squamis radi- 
um subaequantibus; pa- 
leis lanceolatis. 
