134 PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



1-2 feet high, branching considerably, more leafy below ; flowers 

 smallish, white, with the scales of the calyx yellowish, and finely 

 green on their tips, giving a variegated appearance to the flower ; 

 in clearings and by fences ; July. 



A. cordifolius. L. Heart-shape-leafed Star Flower. Stem 

 often 2 feet or more high, erect, branching, rather smooth, with 

 deeply heart-shaped leaves, acutely toothed, and on rather long- 

 winged leaf-stalks, especially on the lower part of the plant, and 

 bearing numerous whitish-purple flowers ; open woods, in light, 

 dry soils ; September. A fine species. 



A. corymbosus. Ait. Closely allied to the preceding, and 

 equally handsome, with heart-form leaves below, and ovate above, 

 and many whitish-blue flowers in corymbs ; woods ; July. 



A. meter ophyllus. Ait., and A. paniculatus, Ait. Nearly re- 

 lated to the two preceding, but clearly different ; grow in similar 

 situations, and flower in September and October. 



A. Tradcscanti. W. Stem 4-6 feet high, erect, smooth, 

 with long, narrow leaves, tapering to the base and sessile, branch- 

 ing at the summit, and full of purplish-white flowers. Grows 

 beside fences in wet situations, and is an elegant species with 

 middle-sized flowers ; September. 



A. recurvatus. W. Seems to be only a variety of this, form- 

 ing a tall, bending, or arched stem, with wider leaves ; in similar 

 situations. 



A. Novce-Anglice. L. New England Aster. The most 

 beautiful of our species ; erect, 2-5 feet high, branching, leafy ; 

 leaves lanceolate, sessile, and slightly lobed or auriculate at the 

 base ; flowers numerous, terminal, nearly level-top-corymbed, 

 deep purple, larger than the common size ; fields, in moist or dry 

 soils, and beside fences ; August to October ; the plant has a 

 fine aromatic odor. 



Used by Dr. O. Partridge of Stockbridge, with gratifying sue- 



