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ASTER Amellus. 



Italian Star-wort 



STNG£N£SIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLVA. 



NaU ord. Cdrymbiferje. Jussieu gen. 177, Div. IL RecepUcttlum 

 nudum. Semen papposum. Floras radiati; fin Tussilagine et SenedoM 

 r jfore^ pariimjlosculosuj 



ASTER, Supr^ vol. 3.Jbl. J 83. 



Div* fferbaceif Joins linearibus lanceoiatisve integerrimis, 

 A* Amdlus^ foliis oblongo*lanceo)atis integerritnis scabris^ rami? corymboaiff 

 calycibus imbricatb subsguarrosis, foliolis obtu&is^ interioribus mem* 

 branaceis apice coloratis. HorL Kew, 3. 199* 

 Aster Amellus. Lin, sp.pl* ed. 2- 2. 1236. Milt, did. «/. 8. ii.2. Jacq, 

 austu 5. ]2- t. 25. WiUd, ^*pl> 3. 203i. HorL Kew. ed, 2. 5- 54. 

 Mar&ch, hieb.Jlor, iaur. cauc* 2. 31 1. 

 Aster caule folioso, foliis scabris, ciliatis, lanceolatis, obtusia, calycioii 



squamis ovatis, cUiatis. HaU. helv. n, 83. 

 Aster atticus csruleus vulgaris. BauA. pin, 267. 

 Aster atticus, Dod, pempt, 266- 

 Aster VIII., Italorum Fuchsii. Clus, hist, 2. 16. 

 Amellus virgilii* Calceol, veron, 4^56, 

 (a) foliis obovato-lauceolatis planis, corollis radii numerosissimis subimbfi- 



catis. 

 (jS) foliis lanceolatis rugosiusculis subundulatis, corollis radii divaricatis. 



Radix perennistjiisca^ multicepSt ^brisque numerosis jubata^ c^uXe^ gigf^t 

 itnnuatim plures^ erectos vel basi ascendentes, A dimidio pede ad duos pedeM 

 altosy scaoros, villosos, teretesy subslriatos^ plerum^ue supra medium modd 

 eiidra totos ramosos. Folia ponuntnr altematim, tanceotato-oblonga, ^cabra, 

 ad oras villosula^ integra, obtusiuscula, caulina infima et radicalia prtiolata, 

 reliqua sessilia, Calycis virentis squamie sunt oblongee^ ad orax villogukeg 

 interiores ereciis et ad apicem purpurea, CoroUulae radii cum lavi purpurS 

 CiFrulescunt : discus est tuteus, Seminum pappuB est pilosus et sessilis, Jacq. 

 Joe. cit. 



A hardy perennial plant ; native of various parts of the 

 South of Europe. Flowers with us from August to Septem- 

 ber, Cultivated in 1596 by Mr. John Gerarde. 



Stems several, upright or ascendently slanted at the 

 base, from half a foot to two feet high, rough, villous, 

 round, somewhat fluted, generally branching above the 

 middle, and sometimes for the whole length- Leaves 

 obovately lanceolate, flat, rough, slightly villous at the 

 edge, entire, the lowermost stem-ones and all the root-one« 

 petioled, the others sessile. Ca/y* green, lea/lets oblong, 



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