9YNGENESIA SUPERFLU A. 
34S 
5 . Flexuosus. Nutt. 
A. glaberrimus; fo- 
liis sessilibus, subulato- 
linearibus, subcarnosis, 
trinervibus; ramulis 
patulis, unifloris; invo- 
lucri squamis acutissi- 
mis, laxe appressis, 
caule flexuoso. E. 
Very glabrous; leaves 
sessile, subulate linear, 
somewhat carnose, 
three nerved; small 
branches expanding, 
one-flowered; scales of 
the involucrum very 
acute, loosely appres- 
sed; stem flexuous. 
Nutt. 2. p. 154. 
A. Tripolium. Walt. 2. 154. 
A. Sparsiflorus. Pursh, 2. p. 547- 
Stem flexuous, procumbent and erect, two to three feet high, slightly 
streaked with the decurrent midrib of the leaves, very glabrous. Leaves of 
the stem linear subulate, entire, somewhat succulent, with pellucid nerves* 
three to six inches long, two to three lines wide; of the branches very small, 
acute. Flowers terminal, on the scattered branches. Involucrum cylindri- 
cal, imbricate; leaves numerous, linear-lanceolate, very acute, glabrous, 
loosely appressed, tinged with purple. Florets of the ray about twenty, 
linear-lanceolate, three-toothed at the summit, pale purple; of the disk, 
scarcely longer than the involucrum, yellow. Style a little longer than the 
disk, stigma somewhat fimbriate. Seed oblong, angled, hairy. Pappus 
scabrous. 
Grows in soils affected by salt water. 
Flowers in September and October, 
6. Paludosus. 
A. foliis sessilibus, 
subulatis, glabris, mar- 
gine scabris; peduncu- 
lis paucis, unifloris; in- 
volucris squarrosis, 
squamis inferioribus, 
foliaceis. 
Leaves sessile, sub- 
ulate, glabrous, with the 
margin scabrous; pe- 
duncles few, one-flow- 
ered; involucrumsquar- 
rose, the lower scales 
leaflike. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2033. Mich. 2. p. 
A. Grandiflorus? Walt, p- 
Pursh. 2. p. 54 7, 
