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12. A. leaves oblong-lanceolate, ciliate, cordate, patens, 
amplexicaule, every where rough, hairy ; stem 
branched, hairy ; branches spreading, elonga- 
ted, few-flowered, with small leaves ; calicine 
scales imbricated, lanceolate, spreading. — 
JVilkL and Pursh. 
A. patens, Willd. and Pers. 
A. diversifolius, Mich. 
A. undulatus, /3., Ait. 
Spreading or various-leaved Aster. 
A very fine species, blooming with a profusion of flowers 
for a long time. From six inches to four feet high. Lower- 
leaves panduriform, all of them of a greyish-green. The 
plant when vigorous is very much branched or bushy. Flow- 
ers small, pale-blue or purple. In the woods of Jersey this 
species is found, at the roots of trees, flowering with a simple 
stem scarce six inches high. In more favourable situations 
it becomes as large as above described. I have cultivated it 
ill my garden, and found it a hardy, showy, perennial, con- 
tinuing in full flower for two months. It is therefore deserv- 
ing of cultivation. In woods and thickets, every where com- 
mon. Perennial. September till November. 
13. A. leaves ovate-lanceolate, sub* serrate, petio- panicuiatus. 
late, glabrous ; those at the root ovate-cordate, 
serrate, rough, petiolate : petioles naked ; stem 
very much branched, glabrous, small : branches 
hairy ; calices loose, nearly imbricated. — Willd. 
Icon. Corn. Canad. 65. (Pursh.) 
Panicled Aster. 
A well-marked species, from eighteen inches to four feet 
high. Flowers reddish and white, small, numerous, not hand- 
some. In thickets, but scarce; seems to like a mosit soil. Pe- 
rennial. August, September. 
14. A. leaves cordate, hairy beneath, narrowly conUfoiius. 
serrate, petiolate : petioles winged ; stem pani- 
culate, somewhat smooth : panicle divaricate ; 
calices loose, somewhat imbricated. — Willd.mA 
Pursh. 
A. cordifolius, L., Mich., and Pursh. 
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