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GRINDELIA. angustifolia. 
Narrow-leaved Grindelia. 
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SYNGENESIA POLY GAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
Nat. ord. Composirm. Adanson fam. 2. 103. 
CoRYMBIFERE. Jussieu gen. 177. Div. HT. Recept. nudum, 
Semen papposum. Flores radiati, 
} Cap. : 
‘GRINDELIA. Involucrum polyphyllum imbricatum, squarrosumi. 
Receptaculum nudum. — Flosculi disci tubulosi hermaphroditi: radii ligulati, 
feminei. Anthere basi nude. Akenium (semen) oblique ovatum, sublen- 
ticulare, subtriaristatum ; aristis glaberrimis deciduis. Herbe aut suffruti- 
ces. Folia alterna integra. Flores terminales lutet. Involucrum glutino- 
sum. “Kunth nov. gen. et sp. 4.309. 9) 
G. angustifolia, caulibus subcespitosis, simplicibus, foliis inferioribus spa- 
_ thulatis, superioribus lineari-oblongis, serratis uninerviis. Kunth loc. cit. 
Radix rapiformis, crassitie digiti minoris, fusca, inferné fibris teretibus 
obsita. Caules nonnulli, cespitosi, erectt, subpedales, simplices aut subra- 
mosi, striati, hirto-pubescentes, purpurascentes, foliati; ramis erectis. Fo- 
lia alterna, inferiora petiolata, spathulata, acuta, serrato-crenata, obsoleté 
venosd, rigida, glabra, adjecto petiolo 15 aut 16 lineas longa, superne 4 li- 
neas lata; superiora sessilia, subamplexicaulia, lineari-oblonga, serrata, 
acuta, rigida, uninervia, supra glabriuscula, subtds scabriuscula, 9 lineas 
longa, 2 vel 25 lata. Flores in. apice, caulis et ramorum solitarit, erecti, 
magnitudine INULE britannicz. nvolucrum semiglobosum, polyphyllum ; 
foliolis creberrimis, imbricatis, lanceolatis, rigidis, apicem versus squarrosis, 
piridibus; exterioribus brevioribus. “Receptaculum *planiusculum, nudum. 
Flosculi disci creberrimt, tubulosi, hermaphroditi ; radii cerebri' ligulati fe- 
minei. Flosculi hermaphroditi: Corolla flava, infundibuliformis, tubulosa, 
5 dentata, glabra; dentibus ovatis obtusiusculis. Anthere bast nuda, in- 
cluse. Germen breve sublenticulare glabrum. Stylus glaber. Stigma bi- 
vartitum exsertum. Akenium (semen) oblique obovatum, sublenticulare, 
glabrum, sublave, fuscum, triaristatum, % linee longum, aristis equalibus 
erectis glaberrimis, corollam subequantibus, deciduis. Flosculi feminei: Co- 
rolla flava, tubo brevi tenui; ligula lanceolata 3-dentata, patente, nervosa 
glabra, 6 aut 7 lineas longa, 1% linee lata. Germ. et semen prorsis ut in 
flosculo hermaphrodito. Kunth loc. cit. 
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The species comes extremely near to Grinpexaa inuloides 
of this work (fol. 248), differing by scarcely any thing else 
than the form of the leaf and simple stem. 
Native of Mexico; where it grows at the elevation of 
1100 fathom above the level of the sea. Ape 
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