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ASTER grandiflorus. 
Cateshy’s Star-wort. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
Nat.ord. Corymerrer®. Jussieu gen. 177. 
Div. IT, Receptaculum nudum. Semen papposum. Flores Tadiati; 
(in Tussilagine e¢ Senecione flores partim flosculosi. ) e 
ASTER. Supra vol. 3. fol. 183. 
Div. Herbacei foliis linearibus lanceolatisve integerrimis. 
A. grandiflorus, foliis linearibus rigidis acutiusculis subamplexicaulibus, 
ramcis reflexis, margine ciliato-hispidis, caule ramoso hirto, ramis uni- 
floris, calycinis squamis squarrosis lineari-lanceolatis. Pursh amer. sept. 
2. 550. é ~ 
Aster grandiflorus. Linn. sp. pl. 2.1231. Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 15. Hort. 
Kew. 3. 200. ed. 2. 5,55. Willd.'sp. pl. 3. 2033. Michaux bor. amer. 
2.111. Hoffm. phyt.1.65.t. A.fig. 1.  * > 
Aster caule corymboso, foliis lanceolatis reflexis, floribus solitariis, calyci- 
bus patulis. Adil. ic. 188. te 982. ; ! $=2 SS 
Aster caule corymboso, foliis lingulatis reflexis, floribus solitariis, calycibus 
squarrosis. Gron. virg. ed. 2. 124, é es ‘ 
Aster grandiflorus asper: squamis reflexis. Dill. elth. 41. t. 36. fig. 41. 
Aster virginianus pyramidatus, buglossi foliis asperis, calycis squamulig 
foliaceis. Aart. cent. 19. t. 19; (male). 
Radix perennis. Caulis herbaceus, erectus, strictus, 2-pedalis v. ultra, 
teres, hispidus, fusco-rubescens, paniculato-ramosus ; rami subthyrsoideo-digesti 
numerosi, striati, hispidi, axillares, patentes, foliosi, simplices 0. divisi, Jlore 
solitario terminati, rigidi. Yol. sparsa, numerosa, sessilia, lineari-lanceolata 
v. sublingulata, reflexa, acuta, hispida, subtis albicantia. Flores violaceo- 
purpuret, sesquiunciam vel circa transversi. Cal, subrotundus, squarrosus 
foliola dineari-lanceolata v. sublingulata, angusta, glanduloso-ciliata, apice rua 
bentia, mucronata cum nervo medio, interiora tenuiora, angustiora: flose. 
radii feeminet, obverse lanceolati, concaviusculi, 2-3-dentati, plicato-striati, tubus 
brevis subpilosus viridescens ; flosc. disci hermaphroditi, luteo-virentes, clavatj + 
limbus erecto-patens laciniis brevibus acutis extis pilosiusculis, tubus brevis 
gracilis parim angustior fauce. Anthere flavescentes stris apicibusque pure 
pureo-Juscescentibus acutis. Stig. in foem. 2 @qualia linearia sulcata erecta 
Sircata obliqua, viridi-lutescentia, subpubescentia; in hermaph. lutescentia, con- 
niventia, spathulata, pubescentia. Germen in utrisque oblongum densé pilosum 
pappus flosculis disci brevior, ad lentem subciliatus. Kecept. plantusculum, 
nudum, alveolatum; alveolarum marginibus acutis dentatis membranosis. 
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A 
Native of North America; first cultivated with us in 
1720, having been introduced from Virginia by Mr. Mark 
Catesby. It is a hardy perennial, and flowers in our gardens 
in November; but from the lateness of the season the flowers 
seldom appear in perfection, unless the stems have been cut 
