92 Aster linariifolias. 



point. Branches beginning near the top, very numerous. Leaves very 

 small, sharp-pointed, close together, and also very erect, often con- 

 cealing the branches entirely. Ray flowers of a pale campanula-pur- 

 ple. Disk florets yellow. Pappus abundant. Grows on dry sandy soils, 

 on the edges of woods, throughout the Union, flowering in October. 



This very beautiful species of the numerous genus Aster I have 

 here figured that a doubt may be removed whether it be the A. lina- 

 riifolius of Michaux. 



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