410 COMPOSITAE. Vor. III. 
4. Aster furcatus Burgess. Forking Aster. 
Fig. 4285. 
eae ores Burgess; Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. 3: 358. 
1898. 
Stem leafy, 13° high, or less, loosely forked above. 
Leaves hispid above, hispidulous beneath, firm, sa- 
liently cut-toothed, the lower ovate, short-petioled, 
with a small or shallow sinus, the upper sessile, with 
broad laciniate winged bases, often 5’ long by 23’ 
wide, the uppermost elliptic-oblong, often 33’ long; 
teeth long and low, sharp; heads few (5-20), slender- 
peduncled; involucre turbinate to campanulate, with 
a truncate or rounded base; rays 3-toothed; disk 
turning brown, the florets funnelform with rather 
broad lobes; pappus long, straight; achenes pubes- 
cent, subangular, not constricted at the summit. 
In woods, especially on shaded cliffs, Indiana, Illinois , 
and Missouri. Aug.—Oct. 
sg Sigs 
ASSr2 
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5. Aster glomeratus (Nees) Bernh. Bern- 
hardi’s Aster. Fig. 4286. 
Eurybia glomerata Nees, Gen. & Sp. Ast. 139. 1832. 
Aster glomeratus Bernh.; Burgess in Britt. & Brown, 
Ill. Fl. 3: 358. 1898. 
Loosely clustered, dull green. Leaves not 
large, mostly short-pilose beneath, thickish, 
rough above; basal leaves present, these and the 
lower stem leaves cordate with a deep, narrow 
sinus, the teeth sharp, rather close and small; 
petioles slender, ciliate; upper leaves much 
smaller, ovate, truncate with a short broadly 
winged base, or the uppermost ovate to lanceo- 
late, sessile, entire; inflorescence compact, of 
many glomerate clusters, round-topped; heads 
about 4” high; bracts pubescent, obtuse, green, 
the inner twice as long as the outer; rays about 
6, cream-white, short, soon deciduous; disk 
turning brown. 
In moist thickets or swamps, especially in ravines, 
Maine to New York and Virginia. July. 
5 
Q Wy, BS 9 SP 
6. Aster Claytoni Burgess. Clayton’s 
Aster. Fig. 4287. 
Aster Claytoni Burgess; Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. 3: 
358. 1898. 
Similar to A. divaricatus,- stems red, tough. 
Leaves chiefly ovate-lanceolate, not large, rough, 
thick, slender-petioled, coarsely serrate, pale, or 
dull, the apex incurved-acuminate, the upper 
spreading or deflexed, sessile by a broad base, 
lanceolate-triangular, serrulate; inflorescence high, 
with percurrent axis, the long suberect branches 
peduncles filiform, as long as the heads, 3’-4 
long; bracts pale; rays short, narrow, chiefly 6, 
snow-white; disks at first golden-yellow, finally 
sienna-brown; florets about 20, achenes densely 
short-hairy. 
In sunny or slightly shaded rocky places, Maine to 
New York and the mountains of Virginia. Sept. 
