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fynib'id at the top , cal>x lax-imbricate ; 
scales lanceolate, obtuse ; rays large. j 
nooa-an<r'li(B, (b-p. Au. Z.f.)' leaves linear- i 
lanceolate, pilose, clasping, auricled at the 
base ; stem sub-simple, pilose, straight, and ^ 
stilf ; flowers sub-sessile, terminal, crowd- 1 
ed; scales of the calyx lax, colored, lance- j 
olate, longer than the di.«k. In rich soil it 
grows 10 feet high. Flowers large. 
cya'neus, (b. p. Au. If.) leaves linear- j 
lanceolate, clasping, smooth; stem wand- 
like, panicled, very glabrous; branches 
rjw^«imed ; scales of the calyx lax, lance- 
olate, equalling the disk, inner ones col- 
rred at the apex. 3-4 f. Flowers many 
and large. This is the handsomest of the 
asters. 
tennifo'lius, (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, 
h7/ssop/fo li7is, (star-flower, w. y. p. Au. 
Oc. 11.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved, 
dotted, acute, margin scabrous ; branches 
fastigiate, r lu.stered ; rays about 5-flow- 
ered ; involucrum imbricate, twice as short 
as the disk. 1-2 f. Sandy fields and; 
woods. 1 
hnmiV'is, (w. Au. 2X-) leaves sub-rhom- : 
boid, oval-lanceolate, acuminate at both j 
ends, sub-petioled, glabrous, margin his- 
pid ; corymb divergingly dichotomous, na- 1 
kedish ; few-flowered ; involucre lax-ira- 1 
bricate ; rays 8-flowered ; a foot high, j 
Flowers large. 
amygdali'nua, (w. 2i..) leaves lanceolate, 
tapering to the ba.se, acuminate, margin 
rough ; stem simple, level-top corymbed ; in- 
volucre lax-imbricate ; scales lanceolate, 
obtuse ; rays large. 
ericoi'des, (w-y. Au. 2i.-) 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. 11) 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- 
mose. 3 f. 
panicula'tus, (b-p. Au. to Nov. 11) leaves 
:>vate-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. 11.) leaves heart-form, 
pilose beneath, sharp-seiTate, petioled ; pet- 
ioles winged ; stem panicled, smoothish ; 
panicles divaricate ; calyx lax, sub-imbri- 
cate ; flowers small. 
corymho'ms, (w. Au. 2^.) leaves ovate, 
eharp-serrate, acuminate, smoothish ; lower . 
one heart-form, petioled ; petioles naked ; ' 
«tem glabrous, level-lop-corymbed above ; I 
branches pilose ; calyx oblong, imbricate , 
scales obtuse, very close-pressed. 12 14 i 
Flowers rather large. 
uiulaln'tns, (2^.) 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'phyV'hLR, (w. b. Au. 11) leaves 
ovate, petioled, serrat rough ; upper ones 
ovate heart-fonn, sessile ; lower ones heart 
form, petioled ; petioles sub-margined ; stem 
branching, diffused ; involucre cylindrie, 
closely imbricate ; scales oblong, acute. 
1-2 f. Flowers largish 
C. Leaves lanceolate and ovate, lower ones 
serrate. 
amplexicau'b's. (b. S. 11.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, acute, clasping, heart-form, serrate, 
glabrous ; stem panicled, glabrous ; branch- 
lets 1-2-flowered ; scales of the calyx lan- 
ceolate, clo.sely imbricate; flowers middle 
sized. 
ver-nc'oJor, (y-w. Au. 2^.) leaves sub- 
clasping, broad-lanceolate, sub-sen-ate, gla- 
brous ; radical ones serrate in the middle 
atem very branching, glabrous ; scales of 
the calyx lanceolate, lax, shorter than the 
disk ; flowers many and large, elegant. 
tardijlo'nis, (b. Oct. 2^.) leaves sessile 
serrate, glabrous, spatulate-lanceolate, ta 
poring to the base, deflected at the margm 
and bcLh sides ; branches divaricate ; calyx 
lax, the leafets lanceolate-linear, sub-equal, 
glabrous ; flowers not middle size. 
conyzo'ides, (w. Ju. 21.) 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. 2^.) stem shrubby, 
flexous, much-branched, pubescent ; leaves 
sessile, oblong-lanceolate, tapering at each 
end ; scales of the calj'x lance-linear, very 
pubescent, sub-squarrose. 10-12 f S. 
chinen"sis, (china aster, 0.) 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"thoi'des, (b. 2^.) leaves clasping, 
spatnl ate lanceolate, acuminate, serrate in 
the middle, heart-form at the ba.se ; branch- 
lets pilose ; scales of the involucre lanceo- 
late, scurfy. 
em"inens, (y-r. S. 2^.) leaves lance-linear, 
acuminate, scabrous at the margin ; lower 
ones sub-serrate; stem panicled; branch- 
lets 1-flowered ; involucre lax-imbricate, 
with lanceolate leaflets. 
^randiflo'rns, (p. y. Oct. 2i.) leavea 
sub-clasping, linear, subulate, rigid reflex, 
with the margin ciliate and hispid; stem 
hairy; branches 1-flowered; involucre sqnar 
rose; the scales linear-lanceolatfi. '* 
S. 
