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POLYGAMIA, SUPERFLUA. 
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Imariifolius. 
ericoides. 
eoncolor. 
ones petiolate, serrate ; stem simple, corymbose 
at the top; calices cylindrical, squarrose ; rays 
5, short— Willd. and Furslu 
A. Maryiandiciis, Mich. 
Conyza Asteroides, Sp. PI. 1S06. 
Plowmanstwort. 
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Resembles No. 1, somewhat in habit, but may be easily dis- 
ting'uished by the difference in the leaves, they being much 
broader in the present plant. Flowers white. In similar 
places with No. 1; common. Perennial. August, September. 
3. A. leaves linear, mucronate, without nerves and 
without dots, carinated, rough and stiff ; bran- 
ches recurved ; stem sub-decumbent ; branches 
fastigiate, 1-flowered; calices imbricate, the 
length of the disk.— Willd. Mt. and Fursh. 
A. squarrosus, Herb. Banks. Mss. (Pursh.) 
Savoury-leaved Star-wort. 
From ten to twelves inches high. Leaves narrow and stiff. 
Flowers pale-blue. On the edges of sandy woods in Jersey, 
abundant. Perennial. August, October. 
4. A. leaves linear, very smooth, those of the 
branches subulate, close together ; those of the 
stem elongated ; calices subsquarrose ; folioles 
acute; stem glabrous. — Willd. 
Heath-leaved Jlster. 
This is by far the commonest species in this vicinity, grow- 
ing every where on barren ground, even among the turn- 
pike stones, and along the edges of fences. It is diffuse or 
spreading. Flowers small, white. Perennial. All summer. 
5. A. leaves oblong-lanceolate, covered all o^er 
with a white pubescence ; stem quite simple, 
erect, pubescent ; raceme terminal ; calices im- 
bricated ; scales lanceolate, silky, adpressed.— ^ 
Willd. 
Soft-leaved Aster. 
A very elegant species, well worthy of cultivation in gar- 
dens. I have transplanted it into my garden where it thrived 
