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6YMGENESIA SUPERFLUA. Astel*. 
On the banks of rivers and borders of meadows: Ca- 
nada to Virginia. 1/ . Sept.— -Nov. v. v , ; v. s . in 
Herb. Banks, et Lambert. A highly ornamental 
species ; in rich moist, soil it will grow to the height 
of ten feet : flowers large, rays blue or purple, and 
almost every shade between red and blue. 
cyaneus. 32. A. foliis lineari-lanceolatis amplexicaulibus laevigatis, 
caule virgato-paniculato glaberrimo, ramis racemiflo- 
ris, calycinis squamis laxis lanceolatis discum aequanti- 
bus, interioribus apice coloratis .—Hojfim. phytogr. 1 . 
p. 7 1 . /. B. /. 1 . 
A. rubricaulis. Lam. encycl. 1 . p. 305. 
A. spurius. Willd. sp. pl 3. p. 2032. 
A. Novae angliae. /3. Ait. kew f 3. p. 201. 
In old meadows and dry swamps : New England to Ca- 
rolina. 1/. Sept. — Nov. v.v. ; v. s. in Herb Lam- 
bert. From three to four feet high ; flowers large, 
in great abundance, of various tints of blue and pur- 
ple 5 the handsomest of the genus. 
carolinianus. 33 . A. foliis oblongis utrinque attenuatis sessilibus, caule 
subscandente ramosissimo ramulis pubescentibus sum- 
mitate paucifloris, calycinis squamis lanceolatis squar- 
rosis. — Willd. sp.pl. 3. p. 2017. Wdlt. fi. car. 208 
In shady moist hedges and swamps : Carolina and Geor- 
gia. i/, • Aug. Sept. v.v. From six to fifteen 
feet high ; flowers large ; rays purple or flesh-co- 
loured, disk yellowish-purple. 
grandiflorus. 34. A. foliis linearibus rigidis acutiusculis subamplexicauli- 
bus, rameis reflexis, margine ciliato-hispidis, caule 
ramoso hirto, ramis unifloris, calycinis squamis squar- 
rosis lineari-lanceolatis. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 2033. 
Icon. Mill. ic. 282. Dill, elth t. 3Q.f. 41. Mart. cent. 
19 . Hoffin. phyt. l.p.65. t. A. fi. 1 . 
In dry sandy woods : Virginia to Carolina. 1/. Sept. 
- — Nov. v. v. ; v. s. in Herb. Banks. About two feet 
high 1 leaves small } flowers large, rays purple and 
blue, disk yellow. 
phlogifiolius. 35. A. foliis lanceolatis cordatis amplexicaulibus subtus pu- 
bescentibus, margine scabris, caule simplicissimo pu- 
, bescente, panicula terminali laxa rarifiora, calycinis 
squamis laxis imbricatis lanceolatis.— Willd. sp. pl. 3. 
p. 2034. 
A. amplexicaulis. Mich.fi. amer. 2. p. 114. 
In shady moist places: New Jersey to Virginia. 
