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Aster Tenellus. Bristly-Leav’d Aster. 
Cl a/s and Order. 
SyNGENESIA PoLYGAMIA SUBERFLUA. 
Generic Character. 
Recept. nudum. Pappus (implex. Cor , radii plures 10* 
Cal. imbricati fquamse inferiores patulae. 
Specific Char after and Synonyms. 
ASTER tenellus foliis fubfiliformibus aculeato-ciliatis, pe- 
dunculis nudis, calycibus hemifphsericis a^qualibus. 
Linn. Syjl. Vegetah. p. 760. * 
ASTER parvus aethiopicus, chamasmeli floribus, tamarifct 
aegyptiaci foliis tenuiffime denticulatis. Pluk. aim* 
56. t. 271. f. 4. Raii Suppl. 164. n. 84. 
Mod of the numerous fpecies of this genus flower about 
Michaelmas, hence their vulgar name of Micbaelmas-Daify ; 
a name exceptionable not only on account of its length, but 
from its being a compound word. Afier , though a Latin 
term, is now fo generally received, that we (hall make no 
apology for adopting it. 
We are indebted to North- America for mod of our Afters, 
but the prefent fpecies, which is omitted by Miller, and is 
rather a fcarce plant in this country, though not of modern 
introduction, being figured by Plukenet and defcribed by 
Ray, is a native o( Africa, and, like a few others, requires 
in the winter the (helter of a greenhoufe. 
It is particularly diftinguifhed by having very narrow leaves 
with (hort bridles on them, and by its blofloms drooping be- 
fore they open. 
It is a perennial, flowers in September and October, and 
may be propagated by flips or cuttings. 
The plant from whence our drawing was made, came from 
Meffrs. Gordon and Thompson’s Nurfery, Mile-End. 
