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POLYGAMIA, SUPERFLUA. . 
miser. 
pentlulus. 
divergens. 
diffusus. 
20. A. leaves sessile, lanceolate, serrate, gla- 
brous ; calices imbricated, folioles acute ; disk 
and rays equal ^ stem somewhat villous . — WilUL 
Small-fiowered Aster. Small Aster. 
A small species, seldom above a foot high, and often but 
six inches. Flowers yellowish-white. This plant is nearly 
allied in aspect to small specimens of Solidago latifolia. In 
the damp woods near Woodbury ; rare. Perennial. Sep- 
tember. 
21. A. leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrated, gla- 
brous : those of the branches somewhat remote ; 
branches very divaricate, pendulous | stem pu- 
bescent. — Willd. 
Drooping Aster. 
A bushy species of no great height, the branches pendulous ; 
flowers white, turning brown after a few days. In thickets/ 
common. Perennial. October, November. 
22. A. leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrate, gla- 
brous : those of the stem linear-lanceolate, elon- 
gated ; branches open ; calices imbricated ; 
stem pubescent. — Willd. 
Diverging Aster. 
About two or three feet high. ^Flowers small, rays white, 
disk reddish-brown. In thickets, not rare. Perennial. Sep- 
tember, November. 
23. A. leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrate, glabrous, 
proportionate^ branches open; calices imbri- 
cated ; stem pubescent. — Willd. 
Eed-florvered Aster. 
Resembles No. 22, very much. Flowers small, white, with 
a reddish disk. In similar places with the preceding. Peren- 
nial. September till November. 
