Class XIX. Order II. 



ASTER ACUMINATUS. MX. Acuminate Aster. 



Leaves broad-lanceolate, narrowed and entire at 

 bottom, serrate, acuminate ; stem simple, flexuous, an- 

 gular, panicle corymbose, divaricately dichotornous ; 

 scales of the calyx lax, linear, shorter than the disc. 



Stem rough, pubescent. Leaves shortly petioled, narrowed 

 for a great length at base, the edges furnished with remote, 

 divergent teeth, the point long, acuminate. Corymb terminal, 

 with a few rather large white flowers. In old woods, New- 

 Hampshire and Maine. August. Perennial. 



ASTER PUNICEUS. L. Red stalked Aster. 



Leaves clasping, lanceolate, serrate, rough ; branch- 

 es panicled ; calyx lax, longer than the disc ; stem 

 hispid. Ait. abr. 



A tall, handsome plant. Stem rigid, angular, flexuous, cover- 

 ed with stiff hairs, often, but not always red, three feet high. 

 Leaves lanceolate, somewhat clasping, tapering at both ends, 

 acuminate, furnished with large serratures in the middle, rough 

 on the margin and upper surface. Branches panicled, with blue 

 flowers, rather above the middle size. Calyx leaves uniform 

 On the Dedharn turnpike, Roxbury, and elsewhere. September. 

 Perennial. 



ASTER AMPLEXICAULIS. JWich. Clasping Aster. 



Leaves clasping, nearly perfoliate, oblong-heart 

 shaped, not contracted below, entire ; panicle lax, few 

 flowered. Mich. 



Stem erect or ascending, a little downy and rough. Leaves 

 numerous, alternate, rough, somewhat waved on the edge, ob- 

 long, tapering to a bluntish point, broad at base, aud clasping 

 quite round the stem. Branches few, near the top, slender, fur- 

 nished with several minute, clasping Icafets. Flowers erect, 

 somewhat remote, blue. Woods, Brighton. September. Pe- 

 rennial. 



ASTER DivERSiFOLius. Jllich. Various leaved Ulster. 



Leaves downy, slightly serrate and waved, the low- 



