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stem wand-like-panirled, very glabrous ; branches racemed ; scales of 
the calyx lax, lanceolate, equalling the disk, inner ones coloured at 
tlie apex. 3 — 4 f. Flowers many and large. This is the handsomest 
of all asters. S. 
2. Leaves more or less cordate and ovate , serrate , or toothed. 
diversifo’lius , (E. y. p. S. 2J-.) leaves nearly entire, undulate, pubescent, 
sub-scabrous; lower ones cordate, ovate, with winged petioles ; upper 
ones lance-oblong : panicle loose, the branches slender, racemose. 3 f. S. 
panicula'tus , (O. b-p. Au. to Nov. %..) leaves ovate-lanceolate, sub-ser- 
rate, petioled, glabrous; radical ones ovate-heart-form, serrate, rough, 
petioled ; petioles naked ; stem very branching, glabrous; branchlets 
pilose : calyx lax, sub-imbricate. 2 — 4 f. Flowers smallish, numer- 
ous. S. 
cordifo'lius , (O. w. S. 2J..) leaves heart-form, pilose beneath, sharp serrate, 
petioled ; petioles winged : stem panicled, smoothish : panicles divari- 
cate : calyx lax, sub-imbricate. Flowers small. 
corymbo' sus , (O. w. Au. 2|..) leaves ovate, sharp-serrte, acuminate, smooth- 
ish; lower ones heart-form, petioled; petioles naked : stem glabrous, 
level-top-corymbed above : branches pilose : calyx Oblong, imbricate : 
scales obtuse, very close-pressed. 12 — 14 i. Flowers rather large. 
3. Leaves lanceolate and ovate, lower ones serrate. 
amplexica'ulis, (O. b. S. %.) leaves ovate-oblong, acute, clasping, heart-form, 
serrate, glabrous : stem panicled, glabrous ; branchlets 1-2-flowered : scales 
of the calyx lanceolate, closely imbricate. Flowers middle-sized. 
v ersic'ulor, (y-w. Au. 'll.) leaves sub-clasping, broad-lanceolate, sub-serrate, 
glabrous ; radical ones serrate in the middle : stem very branching, glab- 
rous : scales of the calyx lanceolate, lax, shorter than the disk. Flowers 
many and large, elegant. S. 
tardijlo'rus, (b. Oc. 2j.) leaves sessile, serrate, glabrous, spatulate lanceolate, 
tapering to the base, deflected at the margin and both sides : branches di- 
varicate : calyx lax, the leafets lanceolate-linear, sub-equal, glabrous. 
Flowers not middle size. 
conyzo'ides, (O. w. Ju. 2J.) leaves oblong, 3-nerved, narrow and acute at the 
base ; upper ones sessile, sub-entire ; lower ones petioled, serrate : stem 
simple, corymbed at the top ; calyx cylindric, scurfy ; rays 5, very short. 
About 12 inches high : flowers small. 
Exotic. 
chinen"sis, (china aster. ©.) leaves ovate, thickly toothed, petioled: cauline 
ones sessile, at the base wedge-form ; floral ones lanceolate, entire : stem 
hispid : branches 1-flowered : calyx foliaceous. A variety has very full 
flowers, various coloured, and very short rays. Cultivated. 
3—2. AVENA. 4. 10. 
Exotic. 
sativa, (oats J. © •) panicled : calyx 2-seeded : seeds smooth, one of them 
awned. First discovered in the island of Juan Fernandez. A variety is 
awnlcss, and has black seeds. 
5—1. AZALEA. 18. 50. 
nudijlo'ra, (early honeysuckle, pinxter blomaehee. O. r. M. h>-) sub-naked- 
flowered : leaves lanceolate oblong, or oval, smooth or pubescent, uniform - 
coloured : nerves on the upper side downy, and beneath bristly ; margin 
ciliate . flowers abundant, not viscous ; their tubes longer than their divis- 
ions : teeth of the calyx short, oval, sub-rounded : stamens very much ex- 
Bert. A variety, coccinea, has scarlet flowers and lanceol ate leaves ; another, 
rutilans, has deep-red flowers, and minute calyx ; another, carnea, has pale- 
red flowers, with red bases and leafy calyx ; another, alba, has white flowers, 
