ASTER DIVARICATUS ; 109 
NEES, Genera Asterearum, 143. 1832. 
** Eurybia corymbosa, Cass 
. foliis ovatis, inferiori ibus cordatis, serratis rper caule dichotomo-corym- 
boso, periclinii foliolis imbricatis obtusis, exterioribus ovatis 
Crescit in sylvis umbrosis a Canada usque " Meise Flore ab erga in 
Novembrem ; apud nos in Septembre ineunte. X. . V. C. et sicc. spont. 
** Habitu quodam proprio inter jaan distincta. Caulis gracilis, sehn pur- 
pureus, nitens, glaber, apicem versus ramosus ; rami apice corymbiflori ; superiores ipsi 
saltem corymboso-fastigiati. Folia primordial minora, subtus purpurea, cordato-ovata ; 
reliqua cordata sinu rotund ginali cincto (trinervata), acuminata, inaequal- 
iter grosse patenti-serrata, ut in urtica; quorum inferiora utrinque, superiora in facie 
superiori omis setuloso-scabra. etioli longi, canaliculati ; inferiores sparse 
ciliati, basi pu In centia arcuato-dichotoma, foliosa, ramis trichotomis, 
basi nudis, apice bi. wrens inferior us superiores plerum que excedentibus. Calathia 
mediocris magnitudinis. Periclinium ovatu am, arctissi me sp ditur ats peni obtusis, 
perangusta, haec quidem tota membranacea, omnia autem pallida, nervo gef sur- 
sum modice dilatato divisa, longe ciliata. Radius periclinii longitudine, pauciflorusa 
albus ; "m lanceolato-linearibus. Discus periclinium excedens, e flavo purpuras, 
n veolorum clinanthii dentes parvi, subulati. Achaenia lineari-cuneata, glabra- 
ecostata. Pappus scaber, inaequalis, rufescens 
** Adnot. varietatem caule humili, vix folia, quae pleraque sunt radicalia, superante, 
ex horto Parisiensi, in herb. cl. Mougeot vidi. [Probably a sprout from a tuft of radicals. ] 
LINDLEY in Botanical Register, A. 7532. O 1832. 
A good representation of typical Aster divaricatus, the plate 
drawn by Drake, engraved by Watts, and published by Pickering. 
Lindley furnished two pages of accompanying text, consisting 
chiefly of Nees' description of 1832, with the following remarks : 
** Very common in [botanical] gardens, 1-2 ft. high, Aug. to Sept. ; from shady 
woods, Canada to Virginia; wild it bears only 6-10 heads [in fact often 40] but 
numerous heads when cultivated, as shown in the figure [which has about 30 heads 
X in. broad] 
** By favor of M. Achille Richard we possess a specimen from the herbarium of 
Michaux from which we have ascertained that this 4, corymdosus is his 4. cordifolius. 
We have received it under the same name [4. cordifolius) from Dr. Torrey ; and it is 
probably that of other American botanists, not however of Nuttall, who evidently, by 
pei, it [4. cordi Sar, with A. heterophyllus, was aware of the true [relation- 
p of] A. cordifofius." J. L 
De CaNpoLrE, Prodr. 5: 256. 1836. 
** Biotia corymbosa, caule glabro gracili ae laxe corymboso, foliis petiolatis 
serratis. acuminatis subtus secus nervos subsetosis, infer. petiolatis cordatis, mediis 
ovatis, sup. alato-petiolatis aut subsessilibus, cantata m apes invol. squamis imbri- 
catis obtusis, exter. ovatis, ligulis invol. dupló longioribus. n sylvis mon- 
tanis à Canada ad Aw OMNE B. alata dum r; Phil. 2: 114) pesoi latius et fre- 
quentius alatis. Varietas ex cl. auct. permanens. 
