ASTER LMARLFOLITJS-AZURE STAR FLOWER. 



LINN. CLASS, SYNGENSIA ; ORDER, POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 

 NATURAL ORDER, ASTEREjE. 



The involucre of this variety of the Aster is imbricate ; the 

 inferior scales generally spreading ; egret simple, pilose ; leaves 

 thick-set, nerveless, linear, mucronate, rough, stiff, those on the 

 branches recurved ; stem sub-decumbent ; branches one- 

 flowered ; involucre of the length of the disk ; rays about 

 ten-flowered, reflexed ; stem rough and yellowish. 



This pretty little flower blooms during the months of Sep- 

 tember and October, delighting in a dry, rocky soil. Its color 

 is a delicate blue, sometimes inclining to a purple. In height 

 it seldom exceeds eight or ten inches, and it is altogether one 

 of the most graceful of all the varieties of the Aster tribe. 



VIEW ON THE SUSQUEHANNA, NEAR NINEVEH. 



The Susquehanna, the " winding river," of the Indian, no 

 longer re-echoes to his hunting cry or battle shout. Long 



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