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Aster—continued. 
horizontalis; A. d. pendulus; and the well-known 
A. turbinellus. 
To those described on pp. 136-9, Vol. I., the following 
should be added. Several plants formerly classed under 
Aster are now transferred to Callistephus, Erigeron, 
Felicia, Heteropappus, Inula, Microglossa, 
Olearia, and Sericocarpus. ” 
A. abbreviatus (shortened). A synonym of A. patulus. 
A. Alberti (Albert Regel’s). fl.-heads pale purple, terminal, 
solitary, lin. in diameter; involucral scales in four series ; ray 
florets linear, spreading. J. scattered, linear, slender, acute. 
Stems ascending, branching. Turkestan, 1884. Syn. Calimeris 
Alberti (R. G. 1152, f. 2, e-g). 
A. albescens (whitish). A synonym of Microglossa albescens. 
A. alpinus speciosus (showy).* /fl.-heads showy, about 3in. in 
diameter; ray florets purple; disk orange. h. lift. 1888. A 
dwarf, free-flowering variety. (R. G. 1888, 1276, f. 1.) 
A. amelloides (Amellus-like). A synonym of A. Amellus 
bessarabicus. ‘ 
A. eee bea mend (amethystine-violet). .-heads rather numerous, 
racemosely disposed, with squarrose or spreading tips to the 
well-imbricated bracts; ray florets amethystine violet or purple, 
din. long. October. 7. not rigid; cauline ones small, all linear 
and entire, not at all or scarcely narrowed at the abrupt, closely 
sessile or partly amplexicaul base. h. 2ft. to 3ft. North America. 
Plant paniculately much branched. Syns. <A. bostoniensis and 
A, pilosus (of gardens). 
A. amyegdalinus. The correct name is A. umbellatus. 
A. Bellidiastrum. The correct name of Bellidiastrwm Michelii. 
A. bicolor (two-coloured). f.-heads numerous, disposed in long 
corymbs; ray florets pinkish-white, passing into pink, and 
eventually turning lilac; disk yellow, turning purple. August 
and September. garden form. 
A. bostoniensis (Boston). A garden synonym of A. amethystinus. 
A. czspitosus (tufted). This is a dwarf and very floriferous 
a form of A. Nove-Belgii, with small flower-heads and 
eaves. August and September. North America. (B. R. xix., 1571.) 
A. Chapmani (Chapman's). fl.-heads violet, showy, about 4in. 
across ; involucre imbricated in several ranks, the bracts acute 
or mucronate. /., radical ones spathulate-linear, 5in. to Qin. 
’ long, including the long-attenuated base ; cauline ones becoming 
subulate-tiliform and erect. Stem simple and slender, 2ft. to 
3ft. high, with a few one-headed branches at the summit. North 
America. 
A. cordifolius elegans (elegant).* A charming variety, 
producing its delicately-tinted blossoms in dense, plume-like 
masses. DIANA is a beautiful form of this. 
A. coriaceus (leathery). A synonym of Celmisia coriacca. 
A. coronopifolius (Coronopus-leaved). A synonym of 
A. tanacetifolius. 
A. Curtisii (Curtis's). 7.-heads bright lilac, large, paniculate ; 
involucre hemispherical, the much-imbricated ‘bracts con. 
spicuously appendaged with foliaceous tips. J., radical and 
lower ones din. to 4in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
sparingly serrated, abruptly contracted into winged petioles ; 
upper ones lanceolate, sessile. Stems 2ft. to 3ft. high. North 
America. A very showy plant. 
A. Delavayi (Delavay’s). This species is closely related to 
A. Vilmorini, but differs in having the disk of a permanent 
Lr ag ae instead of yellow shading off to brown. Yunnan, 
1897. 
A. diffusus horizontalis (horizontal).* /.-heads having more 
couspicuous white ray florets than in the type. /. thickish ; those 
of the widely-spreading flowering branches small and short, 
entire. A robust, very bushy and floriferous, garden variety. 
Syn. A. horizontalis. See Fig. 134. 
A. diplostephioides (Diplostephium-like). Himalayan Aster. 
pone solitary, inclined, 2in. to 3in. in diameter; involucre 
roadly hemispherical, the bracts lanceolate ; ray florets bright 
urple, numerous, biseriate; disk purple. May and June. 
., radical ones 2in. to 4in. long, obovate, varying to oblanceolate, 
acute, entire, narrowed to long or short petioles ; cauline ones 
2in. to din. long, sessile, semi-amplexicaul. Stem stout, 6in. to 
18in. high, leafy. Sikkim, 1882. A _glandular-pubescent, 
tomentose, or villous perennial. (B. M. 6718.) 
A. foliosus is a variety of A. vimineus. 
A. formosissimus (very beautiful).* (l.-heads disposed in a 
loose, pyramidal panicle ; ray florets of a beautiful bluish-lilac ; 
disk at first yellow, turning purple. September. J. alternate, 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, dar green; lower ones slightly 
erenulate. h. lift. to 2ft. A garden form, of unknown origin. 
A. gymnocephalus (naked-headed). (/l.-heads rose-coloured, 
ljin. in diameter. Summer and autumn. 2. narrow-lanceolate, 
bristly-toothed. h. lft. to 14ft. Southern Texas'and Mexico, 
1879. A ee half-hardy annual, of slender, bushy habit. 
(B. M. 6549.) : 
Aster—continued. 
A. Herveyi (Hervey’s). l.-heads loosely corymbiform-cymose ; 
ray florets bright lilac or violet, narrow, sin. long; involucral 
bracts all erect. August and September. 7. minutely serrated ; 
radical and lower ones ovate, on naked petioles ; upper ones 
lanceolate. _h. lit. to 2ft. North America, 1889, . (G. & F. 1889, 
p. 472, f. 131.) 
A. hispidus (hispid). A synonym of Heteropappus hispidus. 
A. horizontalis (horizontal). A form of A. dijfusus. 
A. incisus (cut). 1.-heads blue; ray florets Jin. long; involucral 
bracts reddish-margined. August and September. 7. lanceolate, 
attenuated at both ends, remotely incised-serrated. Stem erect, 
striated, corymbose at apex. A. lft. to 2ft. Siberia, 1818. Syn. 
Calimeris incisa. 
A. Lindleyanus (Lindley’s).* f.-heads disposed in loose 
anicles; ray florets pale violet, Jin. long; involucral bracts 
inear-attenuated. 2., radical and 
lower ones ovate, more or less cor- 
date, on winzed petioles ; upper ones 
ovate- to oblong-lanceolate ; upper- 
most ones sessile and acuminate at 
both ends. Stem 10in. to 20in. high, 
rather stout. North America, 1889. 
(G. & F. 1889, p. 448, f. 127.) 
A. Linosyris (Linosyris).* Goldylocks. 
Jji.-heads bright yellow, in a rAther 
compact, terminal corymb, without 
any rays in this country, but occa- 
sionally rayed in Germany; inyo- 
lucre imbricated, with numerous 
narrow bracts. Late summer and 
autumn. J. numerous, narrow-linear, 
entire, more or less dotted. h. 6in. 
to 12in. Europe. Syns. Chrysocoma 
Linosyris, Linosyris vulgaris. 
A. longifolius roseus (pink). 
n.-heads pink. A dwarf variety. 
A. Maackii (Maack’s). /l.-heads 
large, solitary at the apex of the 
stem or on the branches; ray florets 
bluish, more than twice as long as 
the involucre. August. JZ. scattered, 
lanceolate or narrow - lanceolate, 
acute or mucronate-acute, lin. to 
2ksin. long, din. to 4in. broad, entire 
or few-toothed, hairy on both sides. 
Stem lft. to 2ft. high, one-headed or 
simply corymbose. Japan. 
A. Novz-Angliz pulchellus 
(pretty). jl.-heads pale magenta. 1882. 
A very handsome variety, growing 
about 4ft. high. 
A. pallens (pale). A synonym of yg. 134. ASTER DIFFUSUS 
A. patuus. HORIZONTALIS. 
A. patulus (somewhat spreading). 
Jji.-heads Sin. high, loosely paniculate ; 
ray florets light violet or purple, varying to white. September. 
l. ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, sharply serrated in the middle, 
acuminate at both ends. A. 2ft. to 4ft. North America. 
Syns. A. abbreviatus, A. pallens (B. R. 1509). There is also a 
dwarf, early-flowering form in cultivation. 
A. pendulus (pendulous). <A form of A. diffusus, with narrowish 
and less serrated leaves, verging towards or connected with 
A. vimineus. North America. 
A. Piccoli (Father Piccoli’s). /l.-heads having lilac ray florets 
and a yellow disk. J/., cauline ones sessile, oblong, coarsely 
toothed. Shen Si, China, 1899. (B. M. 7670.) 
A. pilosus (pilose). A garden synonym of A. amethystinus. 
A. polyphyllus (many-leaved).* j.-heads 4in. high, paniculate ; 
ray florets white, inclined to turn rosy-purple, numerous ; in- 
volucral bracts linear-subulate. September. /., cauline ones 
narrow-lanceolate or linear, 4in. to Sin. long, din. to 4in. broad ; 
those of the flowering branchlets *small and subulate-linear. 
h. 3ft. North America. 
A. pseudamellus (false Amellus). f.-heads few, corymbose, lin- 
to 1jin. in diameter; ray florets bluish-purple ; involucral bracts 
larger than in A. Amedlus, with reflexed, leafy tips. Autumn. 
Z. lin. to 2in. long, oblong, acute or obtuse, entire or toothed. 
h. 6in. to 18in. Western Himalayas (8000ft. to 13,000ft.), 1886. 
A. ptarmicoides (Ptarmica-like). l.-heads several or numerous 
in a corymbiform head, small; ray florets white, din. to 4in. long; 
involucre campanulate or somewhat turbinate, the bracts rigid. 
z. firm, linear or the lower ones spathulate-lanceolate. h. 6in. 
to 20in. North America. Plant varying from smooth or 
minutely scabrous to slightly hairy-pubescent. 
A. punctatus (dotted). A synonym of “A. acris. Syn. Galatella 
punctata. 
A. repertus (a discovery). /l.-hkeads disposed in an ample 
anicle ; ray florets reddish-pink; disk at first_yellow or yellow- 
ish white, turning purple. September and October. /. alternate, 
