Class XIX. Order II. 199 



This is one of the most common and beautiful species, 

 Stem erect, perfectly smooth. Leaves oblong, tapering to an 

 acute point, smooth, and even, with a rough edge, slightly ser- 

 rate about the middle, clasping, the lower ones contracted at 

 base. Branches of the panicle furnished with a few small leaf- 

 ets. Flowers on distinct peduncles, blue. Borders of woods 

 and fields. August. Perennial. 



ASTER UMBELLATUS. Ait. Ifnibelled Aster. 



Leaves lanceolate, entire, narrowed at base, 

 acuminate, rough on the margin ; stem simple, co- 

 rymbed at top ; calyx scales lanceolate, lax. 

 Willd. 



Sy?i. ASTER AMTGDALINUS. Mich. 



A very tall, erect species, with white flowers. Stem four 

 or five feet high, furrowed, smooth, sometimes rough at top, 

 leafy. Leaves numerous, large, lanceolate, rough at the edge, 

 paler underneath. Stem branching at top into a large, com- 

 pound, flat topped corymb. Calyx scales lanceolate, obtuse. 

 Ray of a middle size, white. In low grounds. August, Sep- 

 tember.- Perennial. 



ASTER Nov^ ANGLIC. L. JVeiy England Aster. 



Leaves lanceolate, clasping, entire, appendaged 

 at base ; stem hairy, straight ; flowers terminal, 

 crowded ; calyx scales loose, coloured, lanceolate, 

 longer than the disc. Willd. 



A tall, and very beautiful plant. Stem three feet high, 

 brown, very hairy. Leaves very numerous, lineai'-lanceolate, 

 entire, acute, continued at base into a pair of small, rounded 

 lobes, clasping the stem. Flowers large, on short stalks, crowd- 

 ed at the top of the stem. Calyx scales linear-lanceolate, of a 

 dark brown on the inside. Ray of a deep purple, crowded. 



