ASPARAGUS, ASTER. 



quadrifo'lia (O. w. p-w. M. 4), stem erect, simple, glabrous ; leaves ovate,- 

 acuminate, petioled ; those in the middle of the stem are largest, and in 

 fours; umbels 2, terminal, lax-flowered ; pedicels filiform. About 18 inches 

 high ; flowers small and sweet-scented. S. 



2. Leaves nut opposite. 



verticilla'ta (dwarf milkweed. O. g-y. w. Ju. 4), stem erect, very simple, mark- 

 ed with lines, and small pubescence ; leaves very narrow-linear, straight, 

 glabrous, whorled, scattered ; horn in the nectary exsert. 2 f. /S. 

 61. ASPARAGUS. 11. 12. 



Exotic. % 



ojjlcina'lis (asparagus. Ju. 4), stem herbaceous, unarmed, sub-erect, terete ; 

 leaves bristle-form, soft ; stipules sub-solitary JNaturalized in the northern 

 and southern districts, if. 



61. ASPHODELUS. 10. 16. 



Hxotic. 

 lu'teus (asphodel, king's spear. 4), stem leafy ; leaves 3 sided, striate. 



211. ASPIDIUM. 55. 5. 



margina'le (O. Ju. 4), front doubly-pinnate; lesser leafets oblong, obtuse, de- 

 current, crenate : more deeply crenate at the base ; fruit dots marginal : 

 stipe chaffy. 2 3 f. S. 



172. ASTER. 49. 55. 



1. Leaves entire. 



rig"idus (p. y. Au. 4), leaves linear, mucronate, sub-carinate, rigid ; margin 

 rough-ciiiate ; the cauline leaves reflexed ; the branch ones spreading, sub- 

 ulate ; stem erect, somewhat branched above ; branchlets 1 flowered, co- 

 rymbed ; calyx imbricate, twice as short as the disk ; scales obtusish, cari- 

 nate ; rays about 10 flowered, reflexed. Hardly a foot high. <S. 



linariifo'lius (O. p y. Au. 4), leaves thick-set, nerveless, linear, mucronate, 

 dotted, carinate, rough, stiff, those on the branches recurved ; stem sub- 

 decumbent ; branches level-topped, 1 flowered ; calyx imbricate, of the 

 length of the disk ; stem rough, purplish S. 



multijlo'rus (O. w-y. Au. to Nov. 4;, leaves linear, smoothish ; stem very 

 branching, diffuse, pubescent ; branchlets one-way ; calyx imbricate ; scales 

 oblong, scurvy, acute. S. 



flexuosus (L. O. y. w-p. Au. 4), very glabrous : leaves subulate linear, some- 

 what fleshy, sub-reflexed stem slander, very branching : branches and 

 branchlets spreading, bristle-form, 1 flowered : scales of the peduncles diva- 

 ricate, subulate ; calyx imbricate, scales close-pressed, acute. Salt marsh* 

 es. S. . 



comifo'lius (O. w. Au. 4), glabrous; leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, short- 

 petioled ; margin rough ; stem glabrous ; panicle few-flowered ; branches 

 2 flowered ; calyx sub-imbricate. 



amygdali'nus (O. w. S. 4;), leaves lanceolate, tapering to the base, acuminate : 

 margin rough ; stem simple, level-top-corymbed at the top : calyx lax-imbri- 

 cate ; scales lanceolate, obtuse. Rays large. S. 



nova-ang'lice (O. b-p. Au. 4), leaves linear-lanceolate, pilose, clasping, auricled 

 at the base ; stem sub-simple, pilose, straight and stiff; flowers sub-sessile, 

 terminal, crowded ; scales of the calyx lax, coloured, lanceolate, longer than 

 the disk. In rich soil it grows 10 feet high ; flowers large. S. 



cya'neus (O. b-p. Au. 4), leaves linear-lanceolate, clasping, smooth ; stem 

 wand-like-pani cled, very glabrous ; branches racemed ; scales of the calyx 

 lax, lanceolate, equalling the disk, inner ones coloured at the apex. 34 f. 

 Flowers many and large. This is the handsomest of all asters. S. 

 2. Leaves more or less cordate and ovate, serrate, or toothed. 



diversifo'lius (E. y. p. S. 4), leaves nearly entire, undulate, pubescent, sub- 

 scabrous ; lower ones cordate, ovate, with winged petioles ; upper ones 

 lance oblong ; panicle loose, the branches slender, racemose. 3 f. S. 



panicula'tus (O. b-p. Au. to Nov. 4), leaves ovate lanceolate, sub-serrate, petio- 

 led, glabrous ; radical ones ovate heart form, serrate, rough, petioled ; pe- 

 tioles naked ; stem very branching, glabrous ; branchlets pilose ; calyx lax, 

 sub-imbricate. 24 f. Flowers smallish, numerous. S. 



tordifo'lius (O. w. S. 4), leaves heart form, pilose beneath, sharp serrate, petio- 



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