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ASTER* concinnus 



Neat Aster. 





SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 



Nat. ord. Composite Juss. 

 Botany, p. 197.) 



ASTER.— Supra, vol. 3.fol. 



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A. concinnus; foliis lanceolatis amplectentibus remote argute serratis 

 margine scabris, raraulorum oblongis integerrimis, caule laxo subco- 

 rymboso, ramis virgatis dichotomo-paniculatis, periclinio arete imbricato. 

 Nees gen. et sp. Aster. 121. 



A. concinnus. Willd. en. hort. Berol. 2. 884. Purshfl. am. sept. 2. 554. 



A native of the plains and woodland of North America, 

 from New York to Pennsylvania, according to Pursh. In 

 the gardens it is a common hardy perennial, growing about 

 3 feet high, and flowering in September and October. 



It is among the most distinct of the species of this 

 difficult genus, being known among the division to which 

 it gives its name, by the smallness of its involucra, and by 

 the lax and very compressed character of its inflorescence 

 on the stronger branches. In only assumes the racemose 

 appearance of our figure on the weak shoots arising from 

 the roots. In general the upper leaves are all very entire, 

 and have an almost linear outline, the lowest only being 

 serrated; but occasionally the leaves are distinctly serrated 

 as high as the lower ramifications of the inflorescence. 



For those who have gardens, this is 



of the 



worth cultivating, because of the gay colour of its flowers, 

 and its neat appearance. The stem is generally tinged 



purpl 



J. L 



* See fol. 1487. 



