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_.  AsTer Acuminatus. PoinTED-LEAVED 
Micnaetmas Datsy. 
Class and Order. 
SyncenesiA PotyGAmiA SuPERFLUA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. Div. Corymairens. ) 
Generic Character. 
Receptaculum nudum. -Pappus simplex. Cor. radii 
plures 10. Cal. imbrieati squame inferiores (nonnunquam ) 
patule. gle me) ‘Sar Sh 
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F = aa. 
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Aster acuminatus ; \eviter pubescens, caule simplici flex- 
uoso, foliis conformibus majusculis cuneato-lanceolatis 
superne inciso-serratis basi apiceque attenuatis, pani- 
cula divaricato-corymbosa, pedicellis longis bracteo- 
latis, involucri squamis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 
appressis. wi 
Aster acuminatus. Michaux Fl. Bor. Am. 0. 2. p. 109. 
Pursh. N, Am. Fl. 2. 2. p.555. Pers. Syn. PL 0.2 
p. 447. Spreng. Syst. Pl. v. 3. p. 534. 
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Descr. Stem erect, herbaceous, in a cultivated state, from 
a foot to a foot and a half high, flexuose, simple, angular, 
downy, bare of foliage at the base, upwards furnished with 
leaves, about four inches long, and nearly equal in size, 
very slightly downy, lanceolate, broadest above the middle, 
So as to be somewhat cuneate, and thence to the point 
inciso-serrate, at the base and at the extremity acuminated, 
the upper surface somewhat wrinkled, the lower with pro- 
minent anastomosing veins. Panicle terminal, longer than | 
the leaves, subcorymbose ; the pedicels long, slender, with 
many small subulate scales or bractez, larger at their a . 
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