the lower part of the panicle, and that only, leafy. Invo- 
lucre subcylindrical, glabrous, of several broadly subulate 
appressed scales. Florets of the ray rather long, white, 
recurved, and twisted; those of the centre or disk purplish ; 
their teeth recurved. Stamens and Style much exserted, 
yellow. Seeds crowned with a pappus, which is nearly as 
long as the florets. 
Discovered by Micuavux in Canada, and sent to our gar- 
dens from the same country (the neighbourhood of Mon- 
treal), by Mr. Crzcuorn. Pursu discovered it upon the 
Alleghany mountains ; and a variety of it, with fewer flowers, 
upon the highest mountains of Virginia and Carolina. With 
us it flowers in October. 
This present is one of the few well-marked species of 
this most troublesome genus, characterized by its erect, 
simple, flexuose, stalk ; large and uniform leaves; together 
with the long, slender bracteolated pedicels to the flowers. 
The Involucre has the scales singularly fine and delicate, 
and in the old state so narrow, as scarcely to be distinguish- 
able from the pappus. 
We propose, from time to time, doing what lies in our 
power in the present work, towards illustrating the indivi- 
duals of the genus Aster: for the British collections contain 
numerous but ill-understood species, which, flowering in 
the latest season of autumn, constitute the chief ornaments 
of our garden, till winter comes 
*¢ to rule the varied year.” 
Fig. 1. Involucre. 2, Floret of the Disk. 3. Floret of the Circumference. 
—Magnified. 
