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Aster Alpinus. Alpine Aster, 



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GWj #»<i Order. 

 Syngenesia Polygamia Superelua, 



Generic Characler. 



Recept. nudum. Pappus fimplex. Cor. radii plures 10. Cat. 

 imbricati fquamae inferiores patulas. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



ASTER alpinus foliis fubfpathulatis hirtis integerrimis, cau- 



libus fimplicibus unifloris. Ait. Hort. Kew. p. 198. 

 ASTER alpinus foliis fpatulatis hirtis : radicalibus obtufis, 



caule fimpliciffimo unifloro. Linn. Syji. Vegetab. p> 



761. Jacq. FL Aufir. V. 1. t. 88. 

 ASTER montanus caeruleus, magno flore, foliis oblongis. 



Bauh. Pin. p. 267. 



Clusius and Jacquin-, by both of whom this fpecies of 

 After is figured and defcribed, inform us, that it grows fpon- 

 taneoufly on the Auftrian Alps : of the many hardy herbace- 

 ous fpecies cultivated in our garden, this is by far the moft 

 humble in its growth ; in its wild ftate acquiring the height 

 of about four inches, and when cultivated, rarely exceeding 

 eight or nine : its bloffoms for its fize are large and fliewy, 

 making their appearance much earlier than any of the others, 

 viz. about the end of May and beginning of June, and con- 

 tinuing in bloffom three weeks or a month. 



It is readily propagated by parting its roots in the autumn* 

 may be kept in pots, or planted in the open border, prefers 

 a moift ftiffifh foil ; if carefully watered in dry weather, wig 

 grow among rock-work, for which, from its fize, it is well 

 adapted. 



