Class XIX. Order II. 201 



long, tapering to a bluntish point, broad a"t base, and clasping 

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

 furnished with several minute, clasping leafets. Flowers erect, 

 somewhat remote, blue. Woods, Brighton. September. 

 Perennial. 



ASTER DIVERSIFOLIUS. Mich. Various leaved Aster. 



Leaves downy, slightly serrate and waved, the 

 lower ones oblong-heart shaped, with winged pe- 

 tioles, upper ones oval-lanceolate, clasping ; stem 

 hispid, panicled ; branchlets leafy, one flowered, 

 tending to one side. 



Syn. AsfER utJDULAfus. Ail. 



This species is remarkable for the gradation of its leaves 

 from one distinct form to another. Stem pubescent, rough. 

 Lower leaves oblong-heart shaped, pointed, serrate, downy un- 

 derneath, supported on long petioles, which are winged or di- 

 lated at the base. Middle leaves panduriform, clasping. Up- 

 per leaves ovate or lanceolate, nearly entire, clasping. Panicle 

 lax, with slender branches, covered with small leaves. Pedun- 

 cles inclining one way. Flowers blue. August, September. 

 Perennial. 



ASTER CORNIFOLIUS. Muhl. Cornel leaved Aster. 



Leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, entire, petiol- 

 ed, smooth, rough on the edge ; stem smooth, pan- 

 icle few flowered ; calyxes somewhat imbricated. 

 WilU. 



A pretty early species. Stem erect, glabrous. Leaves on 

 very short petioles, narrow-oval, acute at base, acuminated at 

 point, nearly smooth, the margin rough, and slightly ciliated, 

 the under surface pale. Panicle few flowered. Flowers white- 

 --Found in woods. July, August. Perennial. 



