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furnished with a few small leaflets. Flowers large, " blue," 

 or rather violet, or dark lilac. — Borders of woods and fields. 

 — August, September. 



^^ster multijldnis Many flowered Aster. Stem two feet 

 high, very hairy, diffusely branched, having the branchlets 

 on one side; leaves grass-formed, undivided, nearly smooth, 

 and somewhat ciliate or eyelashed. Flowers small, very 

 numerous, with white rays, and yellow centre. — Rocky fields, 

 &c. — September. 



^ster jyov(e-angk(e. New England Aster. A very beau- 

 tiful plant, growing three feet, or, in rich soils (it is said), 

 ten feet high. Stem brown, straight, very hairy. Leaves 

 very numerous, grass-formed, lanceolate, sharp-pointed, and 

 continued at base into small rounded lobes, clasping the 

 stem. Flowers large, bluish purple, or common thistle col- 

 ored, crowded at the top of the stem; calyx scales linear, 

 lanceolate, of a dark brown on the inside. — Road-sides, &c. 

 — South Boston, Brookline, Brighton, &c. — September. 



^ster puniceus Red-stalked Aster. A tall, handsome spe- 

 cies, from three to six feet high. Stem rigid, or stiff, zig- 

 zag, covered with stiff" hairs, and often, but not always, red, 

 or purple. Leaves lance-formed, somewhat clasping (that 

 is, at the shoulders), tapering at both ends, acuminate or 

 long-pointed, with large serratures (like saw teeth) in the 

 middle ; also rough on the margin and upper surface. 

 Branches panicled (like oats, &c.), and bearing slightly red- 

 dish blue flowers, rather above the middle size. — Common 

 in damp localities. — September. 



Calla. 

 Calla palustris Northern Calla. A handsome, curious 

 aquatic plant, which may be known by its resemblance to 

 the Calla aethiopica of our green-houses. The proper flowers 

 grow on a spadix, or a sort of conical spike, just below which 

 is a spathe, or one-leafed, flat, oval, white calyx (about an 

 inch long), tipped with a bristle, and united to the main 

 stalk by a sheath at the shoulder. Berries scarlet, appear- 

 ing like a bunch of grapes in miniature. Leaves smooth, 

 entire or undivided, acuminate, heart-shaped, and having 

 long stalks. — In wet places, Newton, Cambridgeport, &c. — 

 July. 



Calopogon. 

 '' Calopogon pulchellus, or Cymbedium pulchellum Grass Pink. 

 This fine plant is about one or two feet high, with a single, 

 grass-like, sheathing leaf. Root bulbous. Flowers several 

 (on a sort of spike), with five spreading, purple, or rather 

 flesh, or pink-colored petals. — Common in meadows, among 

 grass. — July. 



