SYNGENESIA SUPERFLOA. 
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scabris; ramis gracili- 
bus, elongatis; capitulis 
subsessilibus, confertis, 
juxta summitatem ra- 
morum. E. 
brous along the mar- 
gin; branches slender, 
long; heads nearly ses- 
sile, crowded toward 
the summit of the bran- 
ches. 
Root perennial. Stem about two feet high, very diffuse, with slender 
branches eight to twelve inches long, slightly pubescent. Leaves linear- 
lanceolate, pubescent underneath, along the margin and midrib; those of 
the stem one to two inches long, one to two lines wide, those of the bran- 
ches very small, two to three lines long. Flowers very small, in simple 
racemes, occupying two to three inches at the summit of the branches, on 
peduncles one to two lines long. Scales of the involucrum imbricate, linear- 
lanceolate, loosely appressed, nearly glabrous, as long as the disk. Florets 
of the ray numerous, linear, pale purple; of the disk yellow. Seeds slightly 
pubescent. 
Grows in damp rich soils — Paris Island. 
Flowers September — October. 
16 . Multiflorus. 
A. foliis linearibus, 
integerrimis, glabrius- 
culis, margine subcilia- 
tis; caule ramosissimo, 
diffuso, pubescente; in- 
volucris pedunculisque 
squarrosis, squamis 
oblongis, ciliatis. E. 
Leaves linear, entire, 
nearly glabrous, slight- 
ly fringed; stem dif- 
fusely branched, pubes- 
cent; involucrum and 
peduncles squarrose, 
the scales oblong, fring- 
ed. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 2027. Pursh, 2. p. 546. 
Stem two to three feet high, branching, very pubescent, almost hispid. 
Leaves linear, acute, small, pubescent and fringed along the margin. Flow- 
ers in crowded terminal racemes, on the horizontal branches somewhat se- 
cund. Peduncles two to three lines long. Scales of the involucrum ob- 
long and obovate, fringed, squarrose, and the small leaves on the short pe- 
duncles are commonly as squarrose as the involucrum, of which they then 
appear to be a continuation. Florets of the ray oblong, entire? nearly white; 
of the disk yellowish. Seed pubescent. 
Grows in dry fields— Canada to Carolina, Pursh, 
