COMPOSITE FAMILY 



ovate, pointed, almost sessile; lower stem-leaves heart- 

 shaped with margined petioles. 



Leaf of Large-Leaved Aster. Aster macrophyllns. 4 to 8 in. long 



Flower-heads. — Lavender, pale violet-blue or w^hite, 

 about an inch across; borne in stiff corymbose irregular 

 clusters. Rays tw^elve to sixteen ; disk-florets turn red- 

 dish brown as they fade. Involucre cyHndrical; bracts 



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