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COMPOSITE. (COMPOSITE FAMILY.) 
nearly so, except the lowest; heads more scattered. — Moist banks, 
&c., very common.—Stems 2°-4° high, bushy : heads very numer¬ 
ous, smaller than in the last. Rays white or nearly so. 
ID. A. miser, L., Ait. (Inconspicuous Aster.) More or less 
hairy , much branched ; the branches usually diverging, bearing race¬ 
mose often scattered heads; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, ta¬ 
pering or pointed at each end, sharply serrate in the middle; scales of 
the involucre linear, acute or rather obtuse, imbricated in 3 or 4 rows. 
Thickets, fields, &c., very common, and extensively variable.— 
Leaves larger than in either of the preceding; the involucre interme¬ 
diate between No. 17 and 18, as to the form of the scales. Rays 
mostly short, pale bluish-purple or white. 
— Heads middle-sized . 
A. simplex, Wilid. (Pale Willow-leaved Aster.) 
Smooth or nearly so, tall, much branched ; the branches and scattered 
heads somewhat corymbose at the summit; leaves lanceolate,pointed, 
the lower serrate ; scales of the involucre linear-awl-shaped, loosely and 
sparingly imbricated. — Shady moist banks, common. — Stem 2P-6P 
igh. Lower leaves large. Rays pale. Approaches No. ID on one 
side and the two following on the other. 
*-l • A. tcnuifdliiis, L. (Taper-pointed Aster.) Nearly 
smoot , stem much branched, the heads somewhat panicled or ra¬ 
ceme , leaves narrowly lanceolate, tapering into a long slender point; 
tae lower somewhat, serrate in the middle ; scales of the hemispherical 
ilc ncre lincar-awl-skaped, very slender-pointed, numerous, closely im¬ 
bricated. - Low grounds, New York to Ohio. — Stems 2° -5° high: 
ar a er leaves 3'-6' long, rather firm, with rough margins. Ray 3 
short and narrow, pale purple or whitish. 
. Cornells, Nees. (Variable Aster.) Smooth, or the 
nc ts rough or pubescent; leaves lanceolate , somewhat pointed, or 
^ an< * P artl y clasping; heads racemose along the as- 
cuiting e y ranches; settles of the obovate involucre lanceolate, ab- 
U P y acute closely imbricated. — Moist soil, Massachusetts to Wis- 
nrr Q h]"’ Van !. S . eXCe€ding,y » the A * Greenei, Torr . £ Gr., being 
probably one of ,ts forms. Leaves firm in texture, smooth, or rough 
*i) s rather large, bluish, purplish, or almost white. 
* Stem-leaves sessile, the upper more or less clasping and 
en somew at auricled at the base: scales of the hemispherical into- 
°° Se y 07 lightly imbricated, somewhat equal, with loose herba- 
ips, or the outer often entirely herbaceous: heads middle-sized 
°jM r g<: rays blue or purple. 
,,'1 A * la *U®Hus, Nees. (Narrow-leaved Aster.) Stem 
e/nnn-nt ky4wanched ; leaves narrowly laneeolate-lineur , 
b = In ’ per ; p ° ,med > ****’’*> with rough margins; heads corym- 
, ose, scales of the involucre linear, loose; rays large, apparently 
