ASTER, 
Tiairy; flowers eorymbed; calyxes hairy’, ereft. Stems fe- 
yeral, ftrong, hairy, a foot and a half high, dividing into 
many finall branches at the top. Flowers large, blue, ex¬ 
panding at the end of July. Native ot the Alps and Py¬ 
renees. 42. After altiflimus, or lofty (larwort. 
43. After ramofiflimus, or branching ftarwort: leaves li- 
pear-lanceolate, ft iff; Item very branching fpreading, flow- 
•ers placed regularly one above another, peduncles leafy. 
Steins (lender, purplifh, about three feet high, fending out 
many iide-branches, fpreading lrorizontally, almoft the 
whole length. Flowers (jjiall, pale purple, appearing in 
November. Native of North America. 
44. After umbellatus, or umbelled llarwort: leaves lan¬ 
ceolate, drawn to a point at the bafe, quite entire, about 
the edge (cabrous; branches coryinbed, faftigiate. Steins 
(lift', channelled, about two feet high. Leaves placed al¬ 
ternately on every (ide. Flowers white, expanding at the 
end of September. Native of Philadelphia. Mr. Mil¬ 
ler defcribes its ftem fix feet high, ft iff, fmooth, branching 
only at top; ray of the flower white. Native of Nova 
Scotia, and flowers in July and Auguft. 
45. After nervofus, or three-nerved ftarwort: leaves li¬ 
near-lanceolate acute nerved, ftems limple, flowers termi¬ 
nal in a kind of umbel. This has much the appearance of 
the foregoing fort, but the leaves are narrower, whiter on 
their under (ide, and have three longitudinal veins: the 
flowers are alfo larger and whiter. It grows about the 
lame height, and flowers at the fame time wdth the former. 
46. After paniculatus, or panicled ftarwort: lower leaves 
ovate, half (lem-clafping at the bale ; upperleaves lanceo¬ 
late, fmall; ftem panicled, branches one-flowered, pedun¬ 
cles leafy. Height four feet; with large blue flowers, ex¬ 
panding about the end of October. Native of North Ame¬ 
rica. 
47. After latifolius: leaves linear-lanceolate fmooth, 
three-nerved; flowers eorymbed, terminal. Stems a foot 
and a half high. Grow s in Canada. 
48. After procumbens, or procumbent ftarwort: leaves 
ovate toothed, ftem procumbent, peduncles naked axillary 
one-flowered. Roots buftiy, fibrous, creeping in the ground, 
and fending out many (lender round ftems, which bend and 
incline to the ground : they are about four or five inches 
long, deftitute of leaves, each fuftaining one flower, the 
ihape and fize of the common field daily, of a w hitifti pur¬ 
ple colour, but the rays are nairower. I bis Ipecies was 
-difeovered by Dr. Houftoun, in the year 1729, about \ e- 
-ra Cruz in America: lie lent the feeds to England, fohie 
of w hich grew in the Chelfea garden, and the plants flow¬ 
ered the following fummer, but did not perfect their feeds. 
Perhaps fume of thefe may not be dilfinct from the fore¬ 
going ones: and there are doubtlefs many (pecies recited 
by authors, which have not yet taken their proper place 
in the fyfitem. In Gordon’s catalogue we have the follow¬ 
ing names, not to be found in Linnams : 1. After aliena- 
tus, or ftrange- flowered ftarwort. 2. After virgatus, or 
-fiender branched. 3. After falicifolius, or willow-leaved. 
4. After purpureus, or purple. 5. After aculeatus, or 
prickly-leaved. 6. After repers, or broad-leaved creep¬ 
ing. And 7. After corymbolus, or white ftarwort with 
heart-fhaped leaves. But the whole genus requires the 
hand of fome fagaciotts botanifl to extricate it from the 
confufion in which it lies at prelent. 
49. After holofericeus : herbaceous, leaves oblong-lan¬ 
ceolate ferrate, underneath filver-filky, (capes one-flower- 
-ed leafy. 30. After coriaceus: herbaceous, leaves ovate 
quite entire, funowed above, woolly underneath, (capes 
one-flowered leafy w oolly. Natives of New Zealand. 
Species from the Kew catalogue. 5 1. After cymbalariae, or 
cymbalaria-leaved ftarwort: (hrubby ; leaves ovate (innate 
rough with hairs, calyxes imbricate rough with hairs. It 
was found at the Cape by MalTon, introduced in 1786, and 
flowers 1110ft of the fummer. 
52. After memoralis, or wood ftarw’ort: leaves linear- 
lanceolate, drawn to a point at the bafe, fomewhat fca- 
iuousj branches filiform, one-flowered; calyxes lax im¬ 
z 99 
bricate, leaflets acute. Stem a foot high. Native of No-* 
va Scotia, and flowers in Auguft and September. 
53. After paludofus, or marfh ftarwort: leaves linear 
(lem-clafping eredt, quite entire, very fmooth ; peduncles 
almoft naked, calyxes fquarrofe. Leaves three or four 
incheslong, and twoorthree lines broad, remote. Native of 
the fwampsof Carolina: flowers in September and October. 
54. After patens, or fpreading hairy-ftalked ftarwort: 
leaves oblong entire acute cordate, almoft (lem-clafping, 
fcabrous; branches fpreading, elongated, few-flowered; 
calyxes imbricate, fubfquarrofe ; ftem rough with hairs. 
Stem three feet high. Native of Virginia; and flowers in- 
September and October. 
55. After foliolofus, orleafy ftarwort: leaves lanceolate- 
linear quite entire fmooth, thofe on the branchlets fpread¬ 
ing very much ; calyxes imbricate, leaflets acute, ftem pu- 
befeent. Native of North America, and flowers in October. 
56. After multiflorus, or linall-leaved ftarwort: leaves 
linear quite entire, fmoothifti; branches one-ranked, ca¬ 
lyxes imbricate fquarrofe, feales fomewhat leafy acute, ftem 
pubefeent. Native of North America, and flowers in Sep¬ 
tember and October. 
37. After falicifolius, or willow-leaved ftarwort: leaves 
linear-lanceolate quite entire fmooth, calyxes imbricate lax, 
ftem glolly. The height of a man : is a native of North 
America, and flowers in September and Odlober. 
38. After seftivus, or Labrador ftarwort: leaves lanceo¬ 
late, almoft ftem-clafping, quite entire, fmooth, fcabrous- 
about the edge; calyxes lax, with equal leaflets. Is two 
feet high, a native of North America, and flowers in Ju¬ 
ly and Auguft. 
39. After junceus, or (lender-(talked ftarwort: leaves 
lanceolate-linear (elide fmooth, the lowed fubferrate, thofe 
of the branchlets lanceolate; branches virgate, calyxes 
imbricate, ftem fmoothilh, four feet high. 60. After pen- 
dulus, or pendulous (Uuwort: leaves elliptic-lanceolate 
ferrate fmooth, thofe of the branchlets rather remote; 
branches very much divaricated, pendulous; ftem pubef¬ 
eent. 1 hele are natives of North America, and flower in- 
O^lober. 
61. After diflufus, or dill life ftarw'ort: leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate ferrate fmooth proportioned, branches fpread¬ 
ing, calyxes imbricate, ftem pubefeent. Native of North 
America, and flowers in September. 
62. Alterdivergens, or fpreadingdowny-ftalked ftarwort: 
leaves elliptic-lanceolate ferrate Imooth, thofe on the ftem- 
linear-lanceolate elongated, branches fpreading, calyxes- 
imbricate, ftem pubefeent-. It is five feet high and up¬ 
wards, a native of America, and flowers in Otdober. 
63. After corymbolus, or eorymbed ftarwort: leaves- 
cordate (rnooth acuminate all finely ferrate, petioles Am¬ 
ple, branches faftigiate, (tern fmooth. Native of North 
America, and flowers in September. 
64. After lpeCiubilis, or (liovvy ftarwort : leaves lanceo¬ 
late fomewhat fcabrous, the lower ferrate; branches co- 
rymbed ; calycine leaflets lax leafy, nearly wedge-fliaped,. 
(harpifh, fquarrofe. Stem two.feet high, it is a native of 
North America, and flowers in Auguft and September. 
63. After radula, or rough ftarwort: leaves lanceolate 
ferrate acuminate wrinkled very fcabrous, calyxes imbri¬ 
cate, leaflets lanceolate obtufe. Native of Nova Scotia ; 
flowers in September. 
Propagation and Culture. In this numerous genus, the 
far greater part of the (pecies are hardy, herbaceous, fi¬ 
brous-rooted, autumn-flowering, (liowy, perennials, with, 
annual ftems, from one to five feet in (iattire. America 
has furnifhed a confiderable number of them; and they 
are particularly adapted to adorn large borders and plan¬ 
tations of (limbs in the latter feafon. Two only, No. 25 
and 35, are annual; and no. more than five. No. 6, 8, 9, 
17, and 25, natives.of Europe. Some fpecies from the 
Cape are (hrubby plants, of the greenhoufe. The fpecies 
from the Cape, No. 1-5, and No. 31, together with the 
Indian ftarwort, No. 27, and the two Japanefe fpecies, No. 
37, 38, not producing feeds in England, are propagated by 
cuttings. 
