

1571 



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ASTER* adulterfnus 



Glossy Aster. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPEHFLUA. 



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

 Botany, p. 197.) 



ASTER.— Suprd, vol. 3. fol. 183. 



Sect. Genuini, homophylli, sessilifolii, laxiflori, versiformes. Nees. 



A. adulterinus ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis mucronatis amplectentibus leevibus 

 margine scabris, caule a basi paniculato-decomposito, ram is corymboso- 

 racemosis, periclinii obovati subaequalis foliolis spathulato-lanceolatis 

 squarrosis post florescentiam magis auctis. Nees ab Esenb. gen. et sp. 

 ast. p. 85. 



A. adulterinus. Nees synops. 22. Willd. enum. 2. 884. Pursh fl. am. 



sept, 2. 553. 

 ? Symphyotrichum unctuosum. Nees I. c. p. 135. 

 A. caespitosus. Hort. 



Caulis circiter pedalis, erectus, strictus, teres, striatus, glaber. Folia 

 approximata, basi subcordata caulem amplectentia, 3 pollices longa 9 4-6 

 lineas lata, patentia, lanceolata, acuminata; inferiora in medio remote 

 appresso-serrulata, glabra, margine scabra, rigida, et post exsiccationem 

 fragilia, venoso-penninervia et utrinque valdt reticulata, supra nitida, lati 

 viridia, subtits pallidiora ; ramea pauca, remota, minora, integerrima. Rami 

 folio suo breviores vel ejusdem longitudine, rigidi, angulati, biquadrijlori 

 ramulis (pedunculis) rigidis fastigiatis, foliolis parvis cordato-lanceolatis 

 patentibus adspersis prceditis. Periclinii foliola subcequalia, erecta, sub- 

 imbricata, stricfa, linearia, acutiuscula, margine subdenticulata, basi, prce- 

 sertim interiora, utrinque pallida, apice viridia, crassiuscula, glabra, etdorso 

 Icevia. Clinanthium planum, areolatum, areolarum marginibus pardm ele- 

 vatis integris, in disco papilla umbilicata (flosculi articulo) prceditis. Achscnia 

 obconica, paucissimis setulis, infra pappum limbum constituentibus , inspersa, 

 costisque quinque elevatis notata , quarum duce interiores approximate ; sulci 

 interjecti scrobiculis porcati. Pappus in annulum solubilem basi cohcerens, 

 radiis pluribus albis scabris. Ligulse lineares, periclinio breviores vel idem 

 cequantes, pur pur ascent es, distantes. Stylus longus; stigmata longa, linearia. 

 Flosculi disci lutei, tubulosi; tubus glaber , limbi obconici longitudine; lacinia 

 triangulares, obtusiusculce . Antherarum appendices acuminatce. Stigmata 

 lanceolata, acuta, crassiuscula. — Nees sub Symphyotricho. 



♦ See fol. 1487. 





