Genus 3L] 



THISTLE FAMILY 



12. Aster violaris Burgess. Violet-leaf 

 Aster. (Fig. 3746.) 



Caudex thick, fleshy; plant glabrate, bluish green, 

 minutely glandular. Stem slender, erect, or as- 

 surgent, 2 high, or less; basal and lower leaves 

 broadly reniform, abruptly acuminate-or apiculate, 

 often y long by \' wide, their slender petioles 6'- 

 S' long, the sinus very broad and shallow; middle 

 stem leaves similar, not cordate; the upper numer- 

 ous, long-elliptic, chiefly with narrowed bases, all 

 thin, firm, rough above; inflorescence leafy, small, 

 loose, rather narrow and high, paniculate-corym- 

 bose, nearly level-topped, its slender branches with 

 nearly opposite, oblong leaves; heads 6" high, or 

 more; rays 12-15, P a l e violet, narrow. 



In shaded moist places, sometimes in leaf-mold 

 among rocks, New York from the Hudson to Lake Rrie. 

 Sept.-Oct. 



13. Aster multiformis Burgess. 

 Various-leaved Aster. (Fig. 3747.) 



Deep green, minutely . glandular. Stem 

 erect, slender, i-2 high, angular-striate in 

 drying. Basal leaves usually 2, large, thick, 

 cordate-oblong, often accompanied by later 

 smaller oblong ones; stem leaves very thin, 

 sharply serrate, rough above, minutely puber- 

 ulent beneath, the lower, ovate, acuminate, 

 usually with a narrow sinus, the upper oval 

 to ovate-lanceolate, petioled, the uppermost 

 elliptic-lanceolate, serrulate, sessile or nearly 

 so; inflorescence small, its branches upwardly 

 curved; heads about 7" high, rays about 13, 

 rounded and retuse at the apex; bracts green, 

 glands few, almost hidden by the minutely 

 strigose pubescence of the peduncles. 



In moist shaded places, Maine to western New 

 York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. July-Aug. 



14. Aster nobilis Burgess. Stately 

 Aster. (Fig. 3748.) 



Tall, minutely glandular above, stem shining, 

 bright green, 4-5 high. Leaves thin, but 

 firm, smooth in growth, roughened in drying, 

 minutely puberulent beneath, dark green, basal 

 and lower leaves large, the blade often 0/ long 

 by 6 / wide, about as long as the stout petiole, 

 sharply toothed, the sinus deep, broad, or the 

 lobes overlapping; stem leaves similar, the up- 

 per oblong-lanceolate, sessile; inflorescence ir- 

 regularly cymose-paniculate, with small subu- 

 late recurved leaves; bracts long, acute, green; 

 heads 6" high, or less; rays 13-15, violet- blue or 

 pale violet; disk-flowers not numerous, their 

 corollas funnelform with a long capillary tube. 



In leaf-mold, Lake Champlain to Lake Erie. 

 Aug. 



