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among the multitude of fibrous roots. During the first year’s 
growth no flowers appeared. At the end of the season there was 
a decided tendency to multiply by underground shoots. 
eget asterodes (L.) B. S. P. (Plate CXXXIV. I. K. L.) 
Akene only slightly compressed, 2-nerved, very silky; hence 
the generic name; 2 mm. long, I mm. broad; pappus more than 
twice the length of the akene, unequal, ferruginous. Embryo 
in vertical section, obovate. Cotyledons three times as long as 
the hypocotyl. 
The seedling has small cotyledons. These are elliptical, or 
nearly orbicular, and smooth, petioled. Hypocotyl short. Tap- 
root prominent. The first leaf assumes the general characteristics 
of the laterleaves. They are hairy above, smooth below, and ciliate 
along the margin of the blade and petiole. 
Aster Nove-Anghe, ., var. roseus, Gray. (Plate CKXXIV. M-P.) 
~ Akene compressed, hairy, 10-ribbed, ovate, one-half as long 
as the soft pappus. Embryo with flattened cotyledons more 
than twice the length of the abruptly downward tapering 
hypocotyl. 
Seedling with short hypocotyl. Cotyledons orbicular, small, 
smooth, short petioled. First four or five leaves narrowed to a 
petiole. The later leaves clasping. They, as well as the stem, 
pubescent. First internodes lengthening only slightly ; the later 
much longer. Roots appear on the hypocotyl, and the tap-root 
is soon lost among them. Both this plant and the type Asver 
Nove-Anghe blossom during the first year. The seedling of this 
variety differs in no respect from that of the species unless it be that 
the lower leaves are narrower, and the clasping ones more narrowed 
above the auricled base. It would be necessary to observe more 
specimens before setting this down as an established fact. 
Inula Helenium, L. (Plate CXXXIV. R. S. T. U.) Akene linear, 
obtuse at base, obscurely four-sided, striate, crowned at the top 
with the united bases of the pappus hairs. Pappus long (8 mm.) 
straw color, widely spreading from the top of the akene. Embryo 
subcylindrical, cotyledons twice the length of the hypocotyl. 
Seedling medium in size. Cotyledons oblong, more than 
twice as long as broad ; short-petioled, smooth; hypocotyl short; 
tap-root long and becoming thickened early; the first two leaves 
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