32 Aster HIsTory 
Pappus.—Fuchs is perhaps the first to mention the pappus, — 
saying of the flower of his native Aster, ‘qui subinde in pappo q 
abit,” a phrase which had been the usual Latin version for Dios- 
corides’ remark of Conyza, bk. 3, c. 136, éxzazzwovpsvov. 
After flowering it becomes woolly, “lanuginosi,” making its 
seed just like that of an Endive—“ endiva,” Matthiolt. 
Flowers “which at length turn into downe or cotton, and the 
plume is carried away with the wind.” —Ly¢e. 
‘Which turne [in the time of seeding] into a woollie downe 
that fleeth away with the wind.’’—Gerarde. 
In pappos evanescunt.—J/orison. 
These flowers abide long in their beauty and in the end wither 
and turne into a soft downe, ... [and] seed, which with the downe 
is carried away with the wind.—/Farkinson. 
TASTE 
Dioscorides says nothing of any bitter quality in his Aster At- 
ticus but does so describe its relative Conyza, bk. 3, c. 136, as 570- 
mzxpov, subamarus. Vergil was first to ascribe bitterness to Aster 
itself. Asper in ore sapor.—V. 
The leaves of our wild Amello are bitterish.—Matthioli. 
The whole plant hath a drying, binding and bitter taste, Ge” 
arde ; harsh and binding, Parkinson. 
Sapore subamaro, Dalechamp ; sapor est asper, Bodaeus. 
Sapore subaromatico et subamaro ac siccante [of the leaves] 
—/. Bauhin, Ray. 
The leaves and stalks being rough and bitter, the cattle seldom 
grass is eaten bare, and making a fine appearance when they are 
full of flowers.—P. Miller, 1797. 
ASTER HABITATS 
LocaLitigs 
Type locality.—The Aster of Attica, "Aarinp ’ Accexds, D. 
The ancient Greeks add that the Aster Atticus is known 4 
Atheniensi agro, because there on account of the thinness of soi 
perhaps it grew better or more frequently.—Dalechamp, 1587: 
He calleth it Aster Atticus of the place no doubt where it g 
