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jniit comi)ressed, not beaked ; pappus of many rows of stiff hairs. 

 (Name from the Greek aster, a star.) 



r. A. TripoUum (Sea Starwort). — A stout, succulent plant, 

 I — 3 feet high, with Lanceolate, smooth, fleshy leaves, and 

 corymbs of large handsome heads of flowers, the inner florets 

 yellow, the outer purple. — Salt marshes ; abundant. Often 

 rendered unsightly by being covered with hiud ; but in higher 



.4STER TKiruLlu^l (Sca S t arZi'O ' ■ t). 



situations a highly ornamental jjlant. — Fl. July — September. Pe- 

 rennial. 



* Other species occur occasionall\", such as A. saligiius. natural- 

 ised at U'icken Fen, Cambndgesfiire ; but' they arc probably 

 garden escapes. 



5. Eta'c.ERON (Flea-bane). — Differing from Aster mainly in 

 having 2 or more rows of ray-florets. (Name from the Greek 

 eri, early, geron, old, from the early appearance of the grey 

 pappus.) 



t.* E. canadensis (Canadian Flea-bane). — An erect, corymb- 



