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SYNGBNESIA SEGREGATA. 
S YNGENESIA SE GRE GA TA. 
ELEPHANTOPUS. Gen. Pl. 1347. 
Involucrum partiale, 
4-florum. Corollulce 
ligulatae, hermaphrodi- 
tae. Pappus setaceus. 
Receptaculum nudum. 
Partial involucrum, 
4-flowered. Florets 
ligulate, hermaphro- 
dite. Pappus setace- 
ous. Receptacle nak- 
ed. 
1. Carolinianus. Willd. 
E. foliis radicalibus 
caulinisque oblongis, 
basi angustatis, subpi- 
losis; caule folioso, pi- 
loso. 
Leaves of the root 
and stem oblong, ta- 
pering at base, hairy; 
stem leafy, hairy. 
Sp. pl. 3. p. 2390. Pursh, 2. p. 582. Nutt. 2. p. 187- 
E. Scaber, Walt. p. 217* Mich. 2. p. 148. 
Root perennial. Stem about two feet high, terete, villous, particularly 
near the base, branching towards the summit. Leaves numerous on the 
stem, oblong lanceolate, serrate, thin, slightly scabrous and hairy on both 
surfaces, tapering to an attenuated base near two inches long. Flowers 
sessile, in terminal clusters. Bracteas three unequal leaves, cordate, vil- 
lous, sessile at the base of each capitulum. Heads generally composed of 
four clusters each four-flowered. Involucrum of the clusters nine to ten 
leaved, leaves linear lanceolate, hairy on the outside, the interior the longest. 
Florets all fertile. Corolla purple, tubular, five-cleft, deeply divided on 
one side so that the border becomes flat and ligulate, like the first division of 
the Syn. iEqualis to which this genus is closely allied. Seeds oblong, 
slightly angled. Fappus setaceous, awns five? 
Grows in dry, moderately fertile soils. 
Flowers July — September. 
