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t!i2 Leaves ar^ of a dufky green, fpotted very delicately with a ftrong 
brown. They rife in pairs ; but the opening Bads in their bofoni 
give them a cluflery appearance on the Plant. The Flowers are 
white ; they blow in July. 
24. SI BE Pv IAN ASTER. 
Plate 55. Fig, 24. 
• Character of the Species. After Sibcricus-. 
The Leaves have high Ribs, and are notched toward the 
ends. The Footftalks oFthe Flowers are woolly. 
Fig. 24. a i. 
This is a native of Siberia, a Perennial ; a lingular, and not un- 
handfome Plant. The Stalk is brown, rough toward the bottom, 
and flriated on the upper part. The Leaves are of a deep green, and 
are fomewhat rough and uneaven on the furface. The Flowers are 
large and of a pale blue : they Hand fingly on their naked Footftalks, 
and make a kind of Umbel at the fummit of the Plant. They blow 
in September. 
25. SEA-SIDE ASTER. 
Plate 55. Fig. 25. 
Character of the Species. After Tripolium Di(ftus. 
The Leaves are flelFiy, lanced, undivided, and fmooth; 
the Branches rife irregularly, and the Flowers are eJuf- 
tered at the ends. 
Fig 26. a b . 
This is a Perennial, an European After : lingular in its Place of 
growth, onground wet with fait water j and is the only Species we 
have wild in our country. Tho’ it requires land moiftened with fait 
water, yet a very fmall portion of the fait will anfwer. Wherever 
rivers are fait at the high tides, this Plant will grow upon their 
banks : we lee it by the Thames. 
The Plant is four feet high ; the Stalk is Oxften red : the Leaves 
are of a pale green : the Flowers are of a delicate blue, with fome 
flight tindt of crimfon. 
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