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rymbed at the top, calyx !;tx imbricate ; 
scales lanceolate, obtuse ; rayti large. , 
nov(i-ang'li<B, (b-p. Au. 11.] leaves linear- : 
lanceolate, pilose, clasping, auricled at the j 
base ; stem sub-simple, pilose, straight, and j 
BtifF; flowers sub-sessile, terminal, crowd- j 
ed ; .scales of the calyx lax, colored, lance- 1 
olate, longer than the disk. In rich soil it j 
grows 10 feet high. Flowers lartre. 
cya'neus, (b. p. Au. 11.) leaves linear- 
lanceolate, clasping, smooth ; stem wand- 
like, panicled, very glabrous ; branches 
racemed ; scales of the calyx lax, lance- 
olate, equalling the disk, inner ones col- 
ored at the apex. 3-4 f. Flowers many 
and large. This is the handsomest of the 
asters. 
tennifo'lin^, (w. Au. 2^.) leaves linear- 
lanceolate, tapering to both ends, margin 
hispid; stem glabrous, branching, erect; 
branchlets 1-flowered; involucre imbricate; 
scales oblong, acute, lax. 
hy^wpifo lins, (star-flower, w. y. p. Au. 
Oc. 2-f .) leaves linear-lanceolate, 3- nerved, 
dotted, acute, margin scabrous ; branches 
fastigiate, rlustered ; rays about 5 flow- 
ered ; involucrum imbricate, twice as short 
as the disk. 1-2 f. Sandy fields and 
woods. 
}ivmil"is, (w. Au. 14..) leaves sub-rhom- 
boid, oval-lanceolate, acuminate at both 
ends, sub-petioled, glabrou.s, margin his- 
pid ; corymb divergingly dichotomous, na- 
kcdish ; few-tiowered ; involucre lax-im- 
bricate ; rays 8-flowered ; a foot high. 
Flowers large. 
amygdaWnua, (w. 2S..) leaves lanceolate, 
tapering to the ba.se, acuminate, margin 
rough ; stem simple, level-top-corymbed ; in- 
volucre lax-iinbricate ; scales lanceolate, 
obtuse ; rays large. 
ericoi'des, (w y. Au. ll) leaves linear, 
very glabrous ; those of the branchlets sub- 
ulate, approximate ; cauline ones elonga- 
ted ; involucre scurfy ; leaves acute ; stem 
glabrous ; flowers small. 
B. Leaves more or less cordate and ovate, 
serrate, or toothed. 
diversifo'lius, (E. y. p. S. li) leaves 
nearly entire, undulate, pubescent, sub-sca- 
brous ; lower ones cordate, ovate, with 
winged petioles; upper ones lance-oblong ; 
panicle loose, the branches slender, race- 
mo.se. 3 f. 
panicuh/tus, (b-p. Au. to Nov. 2^.) leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, sub-serrate, petioled, gla- 
brous ; radical ones ovate, heart-form, ser- 
rate, rough, petioled ; petioles naked ; stem 
very branching, glabrous; branchlets pi- 
lose ; calyx lax, sub imbricate. 2-4 f. Flow- 
ers smallish, numerous. 
cordifo'lius, (w. S. 2/.) leaves heart-form, 
pilose beneath, sharp -serrate, petioled ; pet- 
ioles winged; .stem paaicled, smoothish; 
panicles divaricate ; calyx lax, sub-imbri- 
cate ; flowers small. 
corymbo'sus, (w. Au. 11.) leaves ovate, 
sharp-serrate, acuminate, smoothish ; lower 
one heart-form, petioled ; petioles naked ; 
stem glabrous, level-top-corymbed above ; 
branches pilose ; calyx oblong, imbricate , 
scales obtiise, very close-pres.sed. 12-14 i. 
Flowers rather laige. 
undula'tus, (Zj!.) stem-leaves heart-ob- 
long, clasping, undulate, scabrous, toothed 
near the summit; branches of the panicle 
expanding, few-flowered; involucre sub- 
squarrose ; flowers large. 
macro fhyl" his, (w. b. Au. 2^.) leaves 
ovate, petioled, serrate, rough ; upper ones 
ovate heart-form, sessile ; lower ones heart 
form, petioled ; petioles sub-margined ; stem 
branching, diffused ; involucre cylindric, 
closely imbricate ; scales oblong, acute. 
1-2 f. Flowers largish. 
C. Ixaves lanceolate and, ovate, lower ones 
serrate. 
ampJe.ricav'lis, (b. S. IX-) leaves ovate- 
oblong, acute, clasping, heart-form, serrate, 
glabrous ; stem panicled, glabrous; branch- 
lets 1-2-flowered ; scales of the calyx lan- 
ceolate, closely imbricate ; flowers middle 
sized. 
ocrnd'olor, (y-w. Au. 2J[.) leaves sub- 
clasping, broad-lanceolate, sub-serrate, gla- 
brous; radical ones serrate in the middle 
stem very branching, glabrous ; scales of 
the calyx lanceolate, lax, shorter than the 
disk ; flowers many and large, elegant. 
tardiJlo'riLS, (b. Oct. 11.) leaves sessile, 
serrate, glabrous, spatulate-lanceolate, ta- 
pering to the base, deflected at the margin 
and both sides ; branches divaricate ; calyx 
lax, the leafets lanceolate-linear, sub-equal, 
glabrous ; flowers not middle size. 
coriyzo'ide^, (w. Ju. 11) leaves oblong, 3- 
nerved, narrow and acute at the base ; up- 
per ones sessile, sub entire ; lower ones pe- 
tioled, serrate ; stem simple, corymbed at 
the top ; calyx cylindric, scurfy ; rays 5, 
very short. About 12 inches high. Flow- 
ers small. 
carolinia'nus, (p. Oct. 11.) stem shrubby, 
flexous, much branched, pubescent; leaves 
sessile, oblong-lanceolate, tapering at each 
end ; scales of the calyx lance-linear, very 
pubescent, .sub-squarrose. 10-12 f S. 
cliinen" sis, (china aster, @.) leaves ovate, 
thickly toothed, petioled; cauline ones ses- 
sile, at the base wedge-form ; floral ones 
lanceolate, entire ; stem hispid ; branches 
1-flowered ; calyx foliaceous. A variety 
has very full flowers; various colored, and 
very short rays. Ex. 
prenan"t.hoi'd^s, (b. 11.) leaves clasping, 
spatulate lanceolate, acuminate, serrate in 
the middle, heart-form at the base ; branch- 
lets pilose; scales of the involucre lanceo- 
late, scurfy. 
em"imiis, (y-r. S. 24-) leaves lance-linear, 
acuminate, scabrous at the margin ; lower 
ones sub-serrate ; stem panicled ; branch- 
lets 1-flowered ; involucre lax-imbricate, 
with lanceolate leaflets. 
^rand,iJio'rus, (p. y. Oct. 2^.) leases 
sub-clasping, linear, subulate, rigid reflex, 
with the margin ciliate and hispid ; stem 
hairy; branches 1-flowered; involucre squar- 
rose ; tlie scales linear-lauceolato. f. 
