254 DESCRIPTION OF ASTERS ; CURVESCENTES 
acuminate than they remain ; the hairs at first whiter, almost floc- 
cose on the midrib below. 
In first development, a few thin triangular bracteose scales are 
succeeded by 1 or 2 little primordial leaves, these by about 3 sub- 
orbicular leaves respectively about 1 in., 214 in., and 4 in. across, 
the first subcordate, the second somewhat hastate at the deep 
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FIG. 54. 
narrow sinus, the third similar, but with the basal lobes thrown 
wide apart. The characteristic leaf-form, resembling an ostrich- 
egg, is then assumed by about 3 leaves, and in diminished size by 
2 or 3 more. Then follows the first axile leaf (often the ninth 
permanent leaf on the plant), this and 2 or 3 more being ovate- 
