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fruit compressed, not beaked ; pappus of many rows of stiff hairs. 

 (Name from the Greek aster, a star.) 



1. A. Tripolium (Sea Starwort). — A stout, succulent plant, 

 1 — 3 feet high, with lanceolate, smooth, fleshy leaves, and 

 corymbs of large handsome heads of -flowers, the .inner florets 

 yellow, the outer purple. — Salt marshes ; abundant. Often 

 rendered unsightly by being covered with mud ; but in higher 



Aster tripolium {Sea Starwort). 



situations a highly ornamental plant. — Fl. July — September. Pe- 

 rennial. 



* Other species occur occasionally, such as A. salignus, natural- 

 ised at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire ; but they are probably 

 garden escapes. 



5. ERfGERON (Flea-bane). — Differing from Aster mainly in 

 having 2 or more rows of ray-florets. (Name from the Greek 

 eri, early, germ, old, from the early appearance of the grey 

 pappus.) 



1* E. canadensis (Canadian Flea-bane). — An erect, corymb- 



