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AsTER FRUTICOSUs. SMALL sHRUBBY CAPE 
| ASTER. 
Class and Order. 
SYNGENESIA PotyGaMIA SUPERFLUA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composir. ) 
Generic Character. 
Recept. nudum. Pappus simplex. Cor. radii plures 10. 
Cal. imbricati squame inferiores (sepe) patule. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Aster fruticulosus ; fruticosus, valde ramosus foliis subfas- 
ciculatis lineari-spathulatis punctatis integerrimis, pe- 
dunculis solitariis ex apice ramorum unifloris elongatis, 
calycibus imbricatis squamis linea dorsali elevata. 
Asrer fruticosus. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1225. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 
ed. Schult. p. 687. — 
Aster fruticulosus. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p. 2018. Ait. 
Hort. Kew. ed. 2.0. 5. p. 49. | 
R africanus frutescens &c. Comm. Hort. v. 2. t. 27. 
(8.) Aster maritimus fruticosus Hyssopi foliis confertis, 
flore albo, &c. Pluk. Mantiss. p. 29. t. 340. f. 19. . 
Slee 
_ Duscr. Stem woody, much branched in a zigzag manner, 
from eight inches to a foot or a foot and a half high, accord- 
ing to Commenin. Leaves upon numerous young branches, 
but so short in general, that the leaves appear to be fasci- 
culated; they are from half to three quarters of an inch 
eng, Spreading, linear, approaching to spathulate, im- 
Pressed with dots, the margin quite entire and recurved. 
’s solitary, upon terminal, solitary, naked, very slen- 
der peduncles. Involucre ovato-cylindrical, of several li- 
Hear-oblong, closely imbricated scales, slightly pene 
; ; ie 
