COMPOSITE FAMILY 



Flower-heads. — Not very numerous, white or pale 

 lilac- Rays eight to fourteen, narrow; disk-florets 



Leaf of Mountain Aster. Aster acumindtus. 2 to 3 in. long 



generally reddish. Appearance of head scrawny, ir- 

 regular. Involucre hemispherical; bracts linear-acu- 

 minate; the outer much shorter. Pappus soft, fine, 

 white. 



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