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SYNGENESIA SUPESFLUA. Aster. 
On the banks of rivers and borders of meadows: Ca- 
nada to Virginia. }/ . 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. folds lineari-lanceolatis amplexicaulibus laevigatis, 
caule virgato-paniculato glaberrimo, ramis racemiflo- 
ris, calycinis squamis laxis lanceolaris discum aequanti- 
bus, interioribus apice coloratis. — Hoffm. phytogr, X. 
p.JX.t.B.f.X. 
A. rubricaulis. Lam. encycl. 1. p. 305. 
A. spurius. Willd. sp. pL 3. p. 2032. 
A. Novk angliae. (3. Jit. kew. 3. p. 201. 
In old meadows and dry swamps : New England to Ca- 
rolina. % . 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 j the handsomest of the genus. 
carolinianus. 33. A. foliis oblongis utrinque attenuatis sessilibus, caule 
subscandente ramosissimo. ramulis pubeseentibus sum- 
mitate paucifloris, calycinis squamis lanceolatis sqiaar- 
rosis. — IVilld. sp.pl. 3. p. 20\y. Wdlt.ji. car. 208. 
In shady moist hedges and swamps : Carolina and Geor- 
gia. i/ . I2 . Aug. Sept. V. V. From six to fifteen 
feet high 3 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. IVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 2033. 
Icon. Afi//. ic. 282. Dill, elth t.3d.f,4:l. Mart. cent. 
19. Hoffm. phyt. l.p.Qd. A. /. 1. 
In dry sandy woods : Virginia to Carolina. If. . Sept. 
— Nov. V. V. ; V. s. in Herb. Banks. About two feet 
high 3 leaves small 3 flowers large, rays purple and 
blue, disk yellow. 
pklogifollus. 35. A. foliis lanceolatis cordatis amplexicaulibus subtus pu- 
bescentibus, margine scabris, caule simplicissimo pu- 
bescente, panicula terminali laxa rariflora, calycinis 
squamis laxis imbricatis lanceolatis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. 
p. 2034. 
A. araplexicaulis. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 114. 
Jn shady moist places : New Jersey to Virginia. If f 
