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misery, 
pendulus. 
divergens. 
diffusus. 
POLYGAMIA, SUPERFLUA. 
20. A. leaves sessile, lanceolate, serrate, gla- 
brous; calices imbricated, folioles acute; disk 
and rays equal; stem somewhat villous.— Willd. 
Small-flowered Aster. Small Aster. 
A small species, seldom above a foot high, and often but 
six inches. Flowers yellowish-white. This plant is nearly 
allied in aspect to small specimens of Solidago latifolia. In 
the damp woods near Woodbury; rare. Perennial. Sep- 
tember. 
21. A. leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrated, gla- 
brous: those of the branches somewhat remote ; 
branches very divaricate, pendulous ; stem pu- 
bescent.— Willd. 
Drooping Aster. 
A bushy species of no great height, the branches pendulous ; 
flowers white, turning brown after a few days. In thickets, 
common. Perennial. October, November. 
22. A. leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrate, gla- 
brous: those of the stem linear-lanceolate, elon- 
gated; branches open; calices imbricated ; 
stem pubescent.— Willd. 
Diverging Aster. 
About two or three feet high. Flowers small, rays white, 
disk reddish-brown. In thickets, not rare. Perennial. Sep- 
tember, November. 
23. A. leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrate, glabrous, 
proportionate; branches open; calices imbri- 
cated; stem pubescent.— Willd. 
& 
Redflowered Aster. 
Resembles No. 22, very much. Flowers small, white, with 
a reddish disk. In similar places with the preceding. Peren- 
nial. September till November. 

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