1517 



ASTER # amygdalinus 



Almond-leaved Aster. 



SYNGENESIA POL YG AMI A SUPERFLUA. 



Nat. ord. Composite Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 197.) 



§ Corymbiferse Juss. Astereae Cassini. 

 ASTER.— Supra, vol Z.fol. 183. 





Sect, B. 8. Herbacei ; foliorum vena pritnarice divergentes v. eva- 

 nescentes ; involucra campantdata, squamis exterioribus sensim minor ibus , 

 appressis v. erectis. 



A. amygdalinus ; caule scabriusculo subsimplici, foliis lanceolatis integerrimis 

 scabris petiolatis; omnibus uniformibus, floribus corymbosis, pedicellis 

 pubescentibus v. scabriusculis, squamis involucri subciliatis pedicellorum 

 nullis, pappo flosculis disci sequali, ovariis pilosiusculis, radiis demiim 



recurvis. 



sept. 2. 549. 



umbellatus. 

 monogr. 17. 



Mich. fl. bor. am. Purshfl. am. 

 I. Willd. sv. pi. 3. 2030. Nees 



About this well-marked species, of which, however, we 

 find no figure, there can be no doubt. It is very common 

 in the northern parts of North America. We have speci- 

 mens out of Michaux's Herbarium, which we owe to the 

 kindness of Mons. Achille Richard ; and also from Lake 

 Michigan and New York from Dr. Torrey. Its corymbose 

 white flowers, with a reflexed ray, at all times distinguish it. 



A hardy handsome perennial, in the Gardens 5 or 6 feet 

 high, but much smaller when wild ; flowering in September, 

 and readily propagated by division of its roots. 



* See fol. 1487. 





