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glabr oe or ciliate, green, loose, spreading, nearly equal, sometimes piace 
ray- ap s 20-40; ligu is light- -violet a purplish or pale), 10-14 m 
long, s wy: pappus n early white: achene pubescent.—Swamps and ditches, 
ae Pu. Ga. to Ala., Minn., Ont. 2 nd N. S.—Sum.-fall. 
36. A. Elliottii T. & G. Ste br Eos d vdd or pubescent in lines, 
corymbosely paniculate above: ea ather us; blades thickish, various, 
those of the basal and lower Cane “elliptic a ERE te, 2-3 dm. long, with 
shallow appressed or rounded teeth, narrowed into broad petiole-like bases, 
those of the upper cun elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, appressed-serrate, acute 
: with petiole-l à 
ach branch: bracts o 
recurved, their tips linear-elliptie or linear-subulate, and spreading: ray-flowers 
numerous; ligules narrowly linear, 9-11 mm . long, bright- pr achene gla- 
brous or nearly so.—Swamps, Coastal Plain, Fla. to N. C.—Fall.—Resembles 
A. puniceus, but inflorescence more corym bosely crowded an aa level-topped : 
bracts more attenuate and more spreading: ligules of the ray deeper-colored: 
hairs tubercular at the base or wanting. 
37. A. conduplicatus Burgess. Stem Le ere nearly smooth, but with 
some lines A straggling thick-based bristles; branches short, rigidly spread. 
conges d p iius ends with ir died erowded heads: leaf-blades sessile, 
bvi 'ein 
e 
the ray blue or violet, fading whitish: bracts of the involuere linear, wit 
triangular-acute apex, white scarious edges and Bie t-green conspicuous deltoid 
tip.—Moist soil near Biltmore, in the Blue Ridge of N. C.—Fall. mns d also 
to A. novi-belgii and A. pun niceus.—Plant ehiefly ae green and smo 
38. A. prenanthoides Muhl. Ste n 3-6 dm. high, EE pip B. 
above, flexuous, much-branched: leaf-blades thin, ellipti neeo- 
late, 7-15 cm. long, sharpl and coarsely hei ate, seabrous ps is or 
nearly so beneath, acuminate, abruptly n wed "bel ow into a broad-margined 
entire p ad base dilat ted and aurieulate- clasping : Beads usually numerous, 
25 mm. broad voluere hemispherie; braets linear ; 
spreadi ing, Bib in 3 0 or 4 series, did uter shorter: ray-flowers 20-30; 
ligules violet, 8-12 mm. long: pappus D achene pubescent. ENS soil, 
various provinces N of Coastal Plain, Tenn. o Ia., Wis., and 
fall—Unlike other asters in its le af- form, chasaclerieticay a sibel 
base and an ovate-acuminate rd connected by a strap-like middle. 
= A. EENEN Walt. Stem shrubby, widely or di ipd branch ed, 1-4 
. lon m hing or climbing, finely po softly more or less ish pubescent: 
ies Ped. few, those of Nee m and main ERR pine elliptie or 
iy De d en i blades m. long, s Or ae at P » Mn 
ally s sagi 
g à 
merous; ligules pale-purplish or pinkish, 1.5-2 long: achene 
glabrous.—In and about aa Coastal Plain, Fla. to S. C.— Fall, continuing 
in flower the year roun 
40. A. laevis L. Stem 6-12 dm. high, usually stout, glabrous, often glauco us, 
branched or simple: leaf-blades thick and almost leather ry, very smooth, entire 
