SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. Aster. 
55Q 
stem forms a loose panicle with pendulous branches 3 
the disk turns brown. 
637 . DONIA. Ait. kew. ed. 2. t. 4. p. 82. 
1. D. herbacea ; foliis oblongis amplexicaulibus serratis, 
calycinis squamis apice filiformibus revokUo-squar- 
rosis. 
In open prairies, on the banks of the Missouri. M. Lew- 
is. 11 . Aug. Sept. V. s. in Herb, Lewis. ; v. v. 
cult. Flowers yellow, resembling those of Inula. 
The whole plant is viscous, and has a strong resinife- 
rous or balsamic scent. 
Caulis erectus, teres, albidus, corymboso-ramosus. Rami 
alterni, angulati, apice uni- aut trifiori. Folia alterna, 
basi dilatata, amplexicaulia, oblonga, acuta aut obtii- 
sa, serrata, glabra, utrinque squamulis punctiformi- 
bus resiniferis obsita. Flores 1 — 3. in summitate ra- 
mulorum, corymbosi, flavi, ante explicationem co- 
piose resiniferi. Calyx hemisphaericus, arete imbrica- 
tus : Squamis apice filiformibus, revolutis et quasi 
caput Medusae referentibus. FLoscuU radii lineari- 
lanceolatae, acutae. iSc/zzma oblongo-obovata. Pappus: 
aristis 2 — 4.deciduis. ReceptacuLum^\m'wiva 3 nudum, 
favulosum. 
It approaches near to Aster glutinosus Cav. ic. 2. p. 53. 
t. 168. which is the Donia glutinosa Ait. kew. ed. 2. 
t. 4. p. 82. which I distinguish by the following dia- 
gnosis : Donh glutinosa : frutescens j foliis oblongo- 
obcuneatis sessilibus serratis, calycinis squamis linea- 
ribus erectis. 
638, BCEBERA. V/illd. sp. pi. 3. p. 2125. 
1. B. caule paniculato, foliis oppositis subbipinnatis glabris 
acutis. — JVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 2125. 
Tagetes papposa. Mich.ji. amer. 2. p. 132. 
Tagetes puinila. Hort, pisan. 
Dyssedia glandulosa. Cav. demonstr. lot. p. 202. 
On the overflowed banks of the Missouri and Missis- 
sippi. ©. Aug, Sept. v.s. Flowers small, golden- 
yellow. 
squarrosa. 
chrymnthe 
rnoides. 
