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COMPOSITAE 

 37 



[Vol. HI- 

 Rush Aster. 



Aster junceus Alt. 



(Fig. 377 1 -) 



Ait Hort Kew. 3= *o4- V*>- 



Aster jnnceusMt.Ko min utely pubes- 



Stetn very slender S^ous ^ ^ 



cent above, simple or ^ e . linear , entire, or 

 Leaves firm, glabrous, narro^y & or 



sometimes with a few d tant ^ 



acuminate at the ape, sessile by ^ ^^ 

 and often slightly co|dfba S e 3 , 



^de; heads P ao1 ^' ^ about 3" ^\ l1 f 

 broad; involucre ^^^ very acute imb- 

 bracts glabrous, ^ ear 5 outer shorter- rays violet 



cated in 3 ^^fj^long; papP- P ale " , . 

 to nearly white, 4 5 & No rthwest 



P. 5 ^E^'S^ ^Wisconsin .nd 



,R Aster adscendens Lindl. 



birsute-pubescent, bra ^ r0 ugh-margmed, 



high. Leaves *>% th e stem lmear- 

 sometimes cmolate those ^ obtuslsb) 



lanceolate or bnear-oblon ^ by a more or 



x ,_ 3 / long, a"-*". -id e sess y ^^ nar . 

 less clasping base ; ba * ds n F ot numerous, 

 lowed into short P^ f sp beric, its bracts 



about 1' broad; involucre * * inear G r spatu- 



inabricated in 3-5 serves oWong ^^ 



late ' ^^h^neroft^nmucronulate; pappus 



S^wh'-te; achenes pubescent sn 



On prairies and mol ^ d b ^orthwest Territory, 



39 - A Aster. (Fig- 37730 



^fam"i%. .. mucU branched, glabrous 



Stem slender, usually mucu Leaves 



or slightly pubescent above 1 3 g lanceo late, 

 deflate, J^ **^J*JS 



and more or less clasping at the , corymbose . 



J/ S^ wide, the lowest petiolecin _ ^ 



P anUte, usuall 7 *%&*** bracts lin- 

 volucre hemispheric t J spread ing, i 3-5 

 ear acute, green, & me \ T ,_ 25) violet, 4 // -5 

 S ies, the outer .^f^^S glabrous or nearly so. 

 ^^Cte^2S>! Ma- and Oeor.a, 



' Ast er N6vi-Bel g u htow* A. 7 ^ 



I /4^D , branched; leaves shorter > ^fS't-niarshes, 



Leaves lanceolate, tapering from them 



