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2, 2: 1226, he added to it the words (applying to the foliis floral- 
ibus) obtusiusculis amplexicaulibus ; an afterthought doubtless due 
to noticing the foliose inflorescence. In this strengthened form 
the Linnaean description long remained, as in Sf. p/i. ed. 3, in 
1764, and in Syst. vegetabilium, ed. 14, in 1784.  Houyttuyn's 
German translation of 1783, Pfl. Syst. 9: 377 added the German 
translation-name Awsgebreitete Sternblume. 
AITON’s DESCRIPTION, Dryander in Ait. Hortus 
Kewensts, 3: I 
** Aster corymbosus. Aster foliis cordatis glabris acuminatis omnibus argute ser- 
ratis petiolatis, petiolis simplicibus, ramis fastigiatis, caule glabro." 
WILLDENOW's DESCRIPTION, Sp. f. 3°: 2036. 
1804. Arranged as character and description, 
as follows : 
** Aster corymbosus. Aster foliis ovatis argute serratis acuminatis, inferioribus 
cordatis Duci nudis, caule supern OSE ramis pilosis, calycibus 
i. 
** Habitat in America boreali, perennis (v. v. 
lis glaber purpureus aut viridis superne ramosus, ramis corymboso-fastigiatis 
pilosis. Folia inferiora cordata petiolata serrata glabra, quandoque ad venas pilis raris 
obsita, petiolis nudis, superiora acute argute serrata petiolata, summa ovate acum minata 
subpetiolata et subserrata. Ca/yx oblongus imbricatus, squamis scie obtusis 
arcte adpressis. Corod/ae radii albae, 
To the above, Schulze, editing Willdenow, added, p. 128.? 
Folia nostri pilosa. 
BicELow, Florula Bostoniensis, ed. i, 202. 1814; 
and ed. ii, 314. 
** Aster corymbosus Ait. Corymbed Aster [Willdenow’ s character is quoted, with 
upper ones ovate, acuminate, subsessile. Flowers Mns in a large flat-topp ed 
corymb, the branches of eon are bie icai pubescent. Woods and shades, Roxbury, 
Brookline. — Aug. — Perennia 
Barton, WM. P. C. Prodromus Florae Philadel- 
Phicae, 81. 1815; and Compendium Pl. Plut. 
2t Iia 8 
* p Aster corymbosus Ait. Corymbous-flowered Aster. From 14 in. to 2 ft. 
high. owers white, in a large corymb. On the shaded rocks baiati e 
ad. ; in shaded woods and thickets, everywhere common. Perennial. July.’ 
[For the variety a/a/us which he adds, see infra.] 
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