SYNGEXESIA SUPERFLUA, Aster, 545 



6. A. foliis crebris linearibus mucronatis enervibus impunc- linariifolius, 



tatis carinatis scabris rigidis, rameis recurvatis, caule 

 subdecumbente, ramis fastigiatis 1-floris, calycibus 

 imbricalis longitudine disci. — IVilld. sp. pi. 3 . p. 1014, 

 Mich fi. amer. 2. p. 110. 



A. squarrosus. Herb Bmiks. mss. 



In dry, sandy and gravelly fields, and among rocks : Pen- 

 sylvania to Carolina. 1/. Aug. — Nov. v. v.; v. s. 

 in Herb. Banks. Resembles the preceding, but is 

 more branching and of lower growth ; the stems are 

 rough, and generally of a purple colour 5 leaves mure 

 crowded, smaller, and more reflex ; flowers of the 

 same colour, but smaller, and not raised on almost 

 naked peduncles, 



7. A. foliis angusto-linearibus enervibus impunctatis glabris ^''^^^'«j/o^'*'-?. 



erectis, ramulis terminalibus nudiusculis 1 -floris, ca- 

 lycibus laxis discum subsequaiitibus. — Herb. Ba-iks. 



DISS. 



At Hudson's Bay. 1/ . Aug. Sept. v. s. in Herb. Banks. 

 Flowers pale-purple ; not above six inches high. 



8. A. foliis linearibus enervibus punctatis scabris reflexo-pa- linifoUus. 



tentibus, ramis corymboso-fastigiatis foliosis, calyci- 

 bi^is imbricatis brevibus, radiis disco subaequalibus. — 

 Willd. sp.pl. 3. p. 2024. 

 In dry shady vi'oods and exsiccated swamps : Pensylvania 

 to Virginia. 1/. Sept. — Nov. v. v. About eigh- 

 teen inches or two feet higli ; flowers the size of a 

 large daisy ; rays white or faintly purple. 



9. A. foliis lineari-lanceolatis albo-villosis, caule ramose pilosus. 



villoso, ramis recurvato-paiulis, ramulis subsecundis 

 unifloris, calycibus oblongis laxis imbricatis, squamis 

 lanceolatis mucronatis, — IVilld. sp. pi. 3. p, 20s5. 



A. villosus. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 1 13. 



In natural meadows of the Illinois country. If.. Aug. 

 —Oct. 4-. 

 10, A. glaberrimus, parviflorus ; caule paniculato, ramis subulatus. 

 multifloris, foliis lineari-subulatis, calycibus cylindra- 

 ceis, ligulis radii minutis. Mich. Jl. amer. 2. p. 111. 



In salt-marshes : Pensylvania to Carolina. 1/ . Aug. — 

 Nov. -f. 

 n . A. foliis lineari-lanceolatis utrlnque attenuatis acuminatis, foliolosus. 

 caule pubescente paniculato erecto, ramis pauciiloris, 

 calycibus imbricatis, squamis linearibus acutis adnres- 

 sis. IVilld. sp. pi. 3, p. 2025. 



