424 COMPOSITAE. Vor. III. 
46. Aster grandifldrus L. Large- 
flowered Aster. Fig. 4327. 
Aster grandiflorus L. Sp. Pl. 877. 1753. 
Stem rather stiff, divaricately much branched, 
hispid with short hairs, 1°-23° high. Leaves 
oblong, linear, or somewhat spatulate, rigid, 
sessile by a broad, sometimes slightly clasping 
base, reflexed, entire, obtusish, hispid, the 
larger 2’ long and 4” wide, those of the branches 
very numerous, 2-5” long; heads about 2’ 
broad, terminating the branches; involucre 
hemispheric, its bracts very squarrose and 
foliaceous, imbricated in 5-7 series, linear, or 
linear-oblong, glandular, the outer obtusish, 
the inner acute; rays very numerous, deep 
violet, nearly 1’ long, 13’”” wide; pappus brown- 
ish; achenes ribbed, canescent. 
In dry soil, Virginia, east of the mountains, to 
Florida. Sept. 
47. Aster spectabilis Ait. Low showy 
Aster. Seaside Purple Aster. 
Fig. 4328. 
Aster spectabilis Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 209. 1789. 
Stem stiff, simple, or corymbosely branched 
above, puberulent, or rough below, more or 
less glandular above, 1°-2° high. Leaves firm, 
thickish, the basal and lower ones oval, acute 
or acutish, 3’-5’ long, 1’-13’ wide, sparingly 
dentate with low teeth, narrowed at the base 
into slender petioles; upper leaves sessile, en- 
tire or very nearly so, acute, linear-oblong; 
heads several or numerous, about 13’ broad, 
corymbose, very showy; involucre nearly hemi- 
spheric, its bracts linear-oblong or slightly 
spatulate, glandular, viscid, imbricated in about 
5 series, their green obtusish tips spreading; 
Tays 15-30, bright violet, 6-10” long; pappus 
whitish; achenes slightly pubescent. 
In dry sandy soil, Massachusetts to Delaware, 
mostly near the coast. Aug.—Oct. 
48. Aster surculosus Michx. Creeping 
Aster. Fig. 4329. 
Aster surculosus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 112. 1803. 
Stem slender, from elongated-filiform root- 
stocks, minutely scabrous-pubescent, 10’-18’ 
high, corymbosely branched above. Leaves 
firm, lanceolate or linear, the lower petioled, 
2’-3' long, 4”-8” wide, rough-margined, slightly 
scabrous above, sparingly dentate, the upper 
narrower, sessile, entire; heads few, or some- 
times solitary, about 15” broad; involucre tur- 
binate-hemispheric, its bracts coriaceous, im- 
bricated in about 5 series, ciliate, but scarcely 
glandular, their green tips spreading; rays 15—- 
0, violet; pappus whitish; achenes nearly gla- 
rous. 
f In sandy or gravelly soil, Kentucky, North Caro- 
lina and Georgia. Erroneously reported from New 
Jersey. Sept.—Oct. 
