212 DESCRIPTION OF ASTER; DIVARICATI 
Division D. CLAYTONIAN ASTERS. 
Thickened firmer leaves, rough when dry, ovate-acuminate in 
principal form or broader; not large nor very narrow nor very 
long. Disks high, very fragrant of bee- bread, golden-yellow, soon 
becoming a warm rich brown (exc. nos. 33-35.) Petioles short, 
not rapidly lengthened below. 
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Aster chlorolepis 
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Subdivision A. BRACTS NARROW, OBLONG. 
Leaves chiefly smooth when fresh. Veins cord-like beneath, 
pale. Sp. 30. 
30. ASTER CLAYTONI Burgess. Clayton’s Aster. 
Pinnately percurrent 6-rayed plant, with sharp teeth and 
sinus, roughening leaves, broad-based axiles, long suberect pedun- 
. cles, small, subumbellate heads, attenuate inner and beveled outer 
bracts, and glowing sienna disks. 
