ASTER FURCATUS 247 
hispidulous, with a fine rough subappressed whitish pubescence, 
which becomes spreading on the veins. Texture firm, thickened. 
Color pale green, veins paler still. Petioles slender and 174 in. 
long or less, for the lowest cordate leaves; for the middle leaves 
usually broadly winged, often 34 in. broad and long, deeply 
gashed, contracted at the stem and again at the leaf, finally in the 
upper leaves merging gradually into the leaf. Teeth conspicuous, 
chiefly long, shallow, sharp, dorsally straight; occasionally cur- 
vescent, sometimes short, irregular and salient. 
Aster furcatus L al 
Fic. 50. 
Involucre chiefly turbinate with straight divergent sides from 
a small distinctly rounded base, conspicuously quincunx-cheq- 
uered, little pubescent but with strong ciliation. Rays % in. 
ong, 4l, in. wide, when dry. Achenes sometimes still quite pu- 
bescent at maturity, covered with short upward-directed silky brown 
hairs especially on the angles and intermediate striae. Pappus 
golden-ferruginous in 10 years, ecru in 5. 
Plants long confused, vibrating in collections between “ 4. 
corymbosus” and A. macrophyllus, sometimes even appearing in the 
