
POLYGAMIA, SUPERFLUA. itt 
exceedingly well. Flowers deep-purple. Leaves soft, small. 
In Jersey, along the edges of woods towards Woodbury, and 
immediately near that village, abundant. I have not found it 
west of the Delaware. Perennial. August, September. 
6. A. leaves lanceolate, attenuated at the base, umbeliatus. 
acuminate ; rough on the margin; stem simple, 
corymbose-fastigiate at the top; calices loosely 
imbricated ; scales lanceolate-obtuse—Lamark. 
A. umbellatus, Ait. and Muhl. 
A. amygdalinus, Mich., Lamark, and Pursh. 
Umbelledflowered Star-wort. 
From two, to three and a half feet high. Flowers large, 
white. Leaves remarkably dry, and become brittle if not pre- 
pared for the herbarium with care. In the boggy ground of 
the Woodlands, close to the Darby road. In a swamp near 
Woodbury. Rare. Perennial. September. 
7. A. leaves ovate-oblong, acute, amplexicaule, amplexicao- 
cordate, serrate; stem paniculate, glabrous ;~ 
branches 1-2-flowered; calicine scales lanceo- 
late, closely imbricated.— Willd. and Pursh. 
A. amplexicaulis, Willd., not Mich. 
A. cyanzus, var. y, according to Muhl. 
A. Pennsylvanicus, Lamark ? 
About three feet high. Flowers blue. On the edges of woods 
a thickets; not uncommon. Perennial. August, Septem- 
r. 
8. A. leaves linear-lanceolate, nearly entire, gla- salicivotius. 
brous ; stem smooth, panicled at the top; calices 
loose, imbricated ; scales acute, spreading ; open- 
ing at the apex.— Willd. and Pursh. 
A. prealtus, Lamark. 
Icon. Rob. ic. 307. (Pursh.) 
Willow-leaved Aster. 
From three to five feet high. Leaves resembling exceeding- 
ly those of the willow tree. Flowers blue or reddish-blue. On 
the margins of ditches and in boggy thickets; rare. Near a 
