152 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



One of the tallest of the genus, reaching a height of 8 feet. It 

 is bushy and coarse-stemmed. Flowers scattered in irregular, 

 loose panicles. Common and variable in its leaves. 



32. New England Aster 



A. Novae Angliae is light varying to dark purple in color. 

 Leaves, lance-shaped, deep green. 



The common New England aster grows very tall, 6 or 7 feet. 

 The. flower — a shade of magenta purple — is many rayed. A dozen 

 or more crown the stout, hairy, coarse stem. Leaves, without 

 petioles, the lower with ear-shaped bases, clasping the stem. A 

 showy plant growing in moist ground. 



33. Aster jiinceus 



Color, light purple. Leaves, narrow, long. 



A slender, graceful, aster, found in wet soil. The leaves are 

 4 or 5 inches long, the upper ones entire. The flowers are rather 

 small, a few on the tips of simple stems, i to 3 feet high. 



I 34. Common Fleabane 



Er'igeron Philadelphicus. — Family, Composite. Color, 

 crimson, purplish, or pink. Leaves, thin, oblong, the upper 

 clasping the stem with heart-shaped bases, entire, the lower 

 toothed, narrowed downward, mid-rib prominent. Time, all 

 summer. 



Jiays, numerous and very thin. Stem, leafy to the top. The 

 flower heads are small, growing in corymbed clusters. Stem, 

 hairy, and coarse. 1 to 2 feet high. 



The flowers of this genus resemble both asters and daisies. 

 They may be distinguished by the narrow and numerous rays. 



35. Great Lobelia 

 Lobelia syphiliiica. — Family, Lobelia. Color, blue. Leaves, 



