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SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. Aster. 
concolor. 
cibus imbricatis, squamis linear!- cuneatis acutls squar- 
rosis. IFiJld. sp. pi. 3. p. 2028. Walt.ji. car, 20 g. 
In pine-barrens of Lower Carolina. 1 /. Aug.— Nov. 
V. V, j V. s. in Herb. Lambert. Has a striking resem- 
blance to reflexus from the Cape of Good Hope, 
and is a very ornamental plant ; flowers blue and large, 
23. A. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque cano-pubescenti- 
bus, caule simplicissimo erecto pnbescente, racemo 
terminali, calycibus imbricatis, squamis lanceolatis 
sericeis adpressis. WilLd. sp. pi. 3. p. 202g. 
In sandy pine and oak woods near the sea-coast : New 
Jersey to Florida. 1/. Aug. — Nov. v.v.; v.s.in 
Herb. Ba?iks. et Lambert. About a foot high 5 flowers^ 
both ray and disk, of an agreeable reddish-purple.* 
This is one of the handsomest of the American Asters, 
and highly deserves to be introduced as an ornamental 
plant. 
sericeus. 
24. A. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sessilibus sericeo-tomento- 
sis, caule gracili decumbente iaxe ramoso, ramis ra- 
mulisve subunifloris, calycibus foliaceis subsquarrosis. 
— Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 2016 . 
A. argenteus, Mich. fi. amer. 2 . p. 111 . 
Icon. Vent. hort. cels, t, 33. 
On the banks of rivers, among rocks, in the Illinois 
country, and on the Mississippi and Missouri. It. 
Sept. Oct. V. s. in Herb. Lambert. A beautiful spe- 
cies j leaves resemble those of Protea argentea-, flowers 
large, rays a fine purple, disk pale-yellow. 
retlculatus. 
25. A. undique cano-tomentosus j foliis lanceolato-oblongis 
utrinque acutis sessilibus margine revolutis, subtus re- 
ticulato-venosis triplinervibus, caule superne ramoso, 
ramis apice corymboso-racenfifloris, pedunculis suba- 
phyllis, calycibus imbricatis iaxiusculis, squamis acu- 
tissimis. 
In dry swamps of Carolina and Georgia. 7/ . Aug. — ■ 
Oct. V. V. About three feet high , flowers middle- 
sized, rays and florets white. 
cormfolius. 
26 . A. glaber ; foliis oblongo-ovatis acnminatis brevi-pe- 
tiolatis margine scabris, caule glabro, panicula pauci- ' 
flora, ramis bifloris, calycibus subimbricatis. — Willd. t 
sp. pi. 3. p. 203g. 
In Pensylvania. Muhlenberg. 1/. 
humilis* 
27 . A. foliis subrhomboideis ovali- lanceolatis utrinque acu« 
