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removed in the spring, will not flower so strong in the suc- 

 ceeding autumn. The roots should not be removed oftener 

 than every third year, if expected to produce many flowers. 



10. Aster Divarieatus ; Divaricate Starwort. Branches 

 divaricate ; leaves ovate, serrate ; floral leaves quite entire, 

 rather obtuse, stem claspihgj stems rough, about two feet 

 high, dividing towards the top into many forked branches, 

 diverging from each other. The flowers grow almost in an 

 umbel, and appear in the beginning of September.- Native 

 of Virginia. 



*** Herbaceous, entire-leaved: Peduncles scaly. 



11. Aster Hyssopifolius ; Hyssop-leaved Starwort. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, drawn to a point at the base ; quite entire, 

 stiff; branchlets corymbed, fastigiate; leaflets frequently 

 linear, imbricate; calices imbricate; sterna foot high; eight 

 purple florets in the ray; pistil fellow. Native of N. America. 



12. Aster Dumosus ; Bushy Starwort. Leaves linear, 

 quite entire, smooth, those on the branchlets very short ; 

 branches panicled ; caliees cylindric, closely imbricate ; 

 stems upright, two feet high ; flowers small, very white ; 

 disk yellow. Native of North America. 



13. Aster Erieoides; Heath-teaved Starwort. Leaves 

 linear, quite entire, very smooth, those of the branchlets 

 subulate, approximating, those of the stem elongated ; ca- 

 lices subsquarrose ; leaflets acute ; stem smooth, three feet 

 high. Native of North America. 



14. Aster Tennifolius ; Fine-leaved Starwort. Leave sub- 

 linear, quite entire ; peduncles leafy ; stem five feet high, 

 slender, angular, smooth, not branching much ; flowers 

 terminal, small, white. Native of North America. 



15. Aster Linarifolius ; Savory-leaved Starwort. Leaves 

 linear, entire, mucronate, scabrous, stiff, upper ones lax, re- 

 mote; calices imbricate; branches fastigiate; stem purplish ; 

 flowers terminal, solitary, few. Native of North America. 



16. Aster Linifolius ; Flax-leaved Starworh. Leaves linear, 

 entire, roughish ; branches corymbed ; fastigiate, with small 

 leaflets ; calices imbricate ; rays about equal to the disk : 

 stem two to three feet high, with many branches, terminated 

 by a blue flower. Native of North America. 



17- Aster Acris. Leaves lanceolate, linear, stiff, quite 

 entire, flat ; flowers corymhed, fastigiate, of a pale bluish 

 colour; peduncles leafy. It grows naturally in the south 

 of France, and in Italy, Spain, and Hungary. 



18. Aster Concolor. Leaves ovate, sessile, quite entire ; 

 stem simple ; raceme terminal ; flowers of a pale blue co- 

 lour. The whole plant tomentose. Native of Virginia. 



19. Aster Rigidus ; Stiff-leaved Starworl. Leaves linear, 

 alternate ; flowers terminal, solitary ; leaves small, stiff, 

 mahy ; stem woody, weak, not branching, terminated by 

 one specious flower. Native of Virginia. 



20. Aster Novae Angliae ; New England Starwort. Leaves 

 lanceolate, quite entire, cordate, stem-clasping, hairy ; 

 cnlices longer than the disk, loose ; leaflets linear lanceo- 

 late, nearly equal; stem hispid; stems many, five feet high, 

 brown, terminated by large purple violet flowers, growing 

 in a loose panicle, and expanding in August. The pedun- 

 cles are so short, as scarcely to appear among the flowers. 

 Native of New England and Virginia. 



21. Aster UndulatiU; Waned. Starwort. Leaves serrate, 

 hairy, waved, lower cordate; petioles winged, dilated at the 

 bdse; branchlets virgate ; calices imbricate ; stem hispid; 

 flowers pale blue, inclining to white. Native of N. America. 



22. Aster Grandiflorus; Catesby's Starwort. Leaves stem- 

 claping, linear, quite entire, hispid, ciliate, those of the 

 branches aivl ralix reflex; each branch is terminated by a 

 large blue flower. Native of Virginia. 



**** Herbaceous 5 Leaves serrate, Peduncles smooth. 



23. Aster Cordifolius ; Hart-leaved Starwort. Leaves 

 heart-shaped, acute, finely serrate, underneath hairy; petioles 

 almost simple; branches panicled ; stem rough with hairs. 

 Native of America, and of the northern parts of Asia. 



24. Aster Puniceus ; Red-stalked Starwort. Leaves stem- 

 clasping, lanceolate-serrate,subscabrous; branches panicled; 

 calices surpassing the disk; leaflets linear-lanceolate, nearly 

 equal ; stem hispid ; flowers on single peduncles, forming a 

 corymb at top, and of a pale blue colour ; they appear in 

 September. Native of North America. 



25. Aster Animus ; Annual Starwort. Leaves somewhat 

 hairy, the lower ones subovate, serrate, the upper lanceo- 

 late ; calices hemispheric ; leaflets subequal, strigose. The 

 seeds of this plant will scatter, anil come up without care : 

 annual. A native of North America. 



26'. Aster Vernus ; I'ernal Starwort. Root-leaves lanceo- 

 late, quite entire, obtuse; stem almost naked, filiform, a lit- 

 tle branching; peduncles naked. Native of Virginia. 

 ***** Herbaceous; Leave serrate, Peduncles scaly. 



27. Aster Indicus ; Indian Starwort. Leaves ovate-ob- 

 long, serrate ; floral leaves oval-lanceolate, quite entire ; 

 branchlets one-flowered ; flowers terminal, solitary. Native 

 of Japan and China, flowering from August till October. 



28. Aster Lsevis ; Smooth Aster. Leaves stem-clasping, 

 oblong, quite entire, shining ; root-leaves subserrate ; 

 branches simple, bearing about one flower ; calices imbri- 

 cate ; peduncles leafy, subdivided ; leaflets somewhat wedge- 

 shaped, acute, thickened at the end ; stem smooth ; ray of the 

 corolla blue. Observed by Kahu in North America. 



29. Aster Mutabilis ; Variable Starwort. Leaves almost 

 stem-clasping, lanceolate, serrate, glossy, drawn to a point 

 below ; branchlets virgate ; calices somewhat leafy, lax ; 

 stem smooth ; disk yellow to purple. Flowers at the end 

 of October. 



30. Aster Tradescanti ; Tradescant's Starwort. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, serrate, sessile, smooth ; the middle branches vir- 

 gate; calices closely imbricate ; stem round, smooth. The 

 ray of the corolla is first white, and afterwards becomes pur- 

 plish. Native of Virginia. 



31. Aster Novi lielgii ; New Holland Starwort. Leaves 

 almost stem-clasping, lanceolate, smooth, but scabrous 

 about the edge, the lower serrate ; branches subdivided ; 

 calices loosely imbricate, leaflets linear-lanceolate ; stem 

 round, smooth; disk yellow; ray purple. The flowers ap- 

 pear at the latter end of August. Native of Virginia and 

 Pennsylvania. 



32. Aster Tardiflorus ; Late-flowering Starwort. Leaves 

 sessile, lanceolate, drawn to a point at the base, serrate, 

 smooth ; calices lax ; leaflets lanceolate-linear, subcquul. 

 smooth. Flowers in England, from July to September. 

 Native of North America. 



33. Aster Miser ; Small Wldte-ftowered Starwort. Leaves 

 sessilejlanceolate,subserrate,smooth ; calicivs imbricate j leaf- 

 lets acute ; disk equal to the rays. Native of N. America. 



34. Aster Macrophyllus ; Broad- leaved Blue Starwort. 

 Leaves serrate, oblong; the upper ovate, sessile, those on 

 the stem cordate, petioled ; upper petioles winged. Na- 

 tive of North America. 



35. Aster Chinensis ; Chinese Starwort, China Aster. 

 Leaves ovate, angular, toothed, prtiolate; calices expanding, 

 leafy, terminal. The flowers of this species are the largest 

 and handsomest of any belonging to the genus : the disk 

 yellow, at first flat, then convex ; the floscules of the ray 

 broad and Ionic, and scarcely notched at the end. It came 

 originally from China to Europe, and is ail annual phint, pro- 



