. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 56. Aster multiflorus Ait. Dense-flowered Aster. White Wreath Aster. Fig. 4337. Aster multifiorus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 203. 1789. A. multifiorus stricticaulis T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2 : 125. 1841. A. multifiorus exiguus Fernald, Rhodora 1: 187. 1899. A. exiguus Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 28: 505. 1901. A. polycephalus Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 33: 153. 1906. Stem strict,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 56. Aster multiflorus Ait. Dense-flowered Aster. White Wreath Aster. Fig. 4337. Aster multifiorus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 203. 1789. A. multifiorus stricticaulis T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2 : 125. 1841. A. multifiorus exiguus Fernald, Rhodora 1: 187. 1899. A. exiguus Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 28: 505. 1901. A. polycephalus Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 33: 153. 1906. Stem strict, much branched and bushy, rough- pubescent or scabrous, i°-7° high, the branches as- cending or spreading. Leaves rigid, linear or linear- oblong, entire, mostly obtuse, sessile or slightly clasping at the base, rough and ciliate, those of the stem i-ii' long, those of the branches very small and crowded; heads 3"-4" broad, densely crowded, nearly sessile, sometimes slightly secund on the branches; involucre 2"-3" high, its bracts coriaceous, mostly ciliate or pubescent, in 3 or 4 series, their short green tips obtuse or mucronate, spreading; rays 10-20, white, ii"-2" long; pappus brownish white; achenes puberulent. In dry open places, Maine and Ontario to Alberta, Georgia, Texas and Arizona. Consists of many slightly differing races. Fall-flower. 57. Aster commutatus (T. & G.) A. Gray. White Prairie Aster. Fig. 4338. Aster ramulosus var. incanopilosus Lindl. in DC. Prodr. 5: 243. 1836. Aster multifiorus var. commutatus T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 125. 1841. Aster commutatus A. Gray, Syn. 1: Part 2, 185. 1884. A. incanopilosus Sheldon, Bull. Torr. Club 20: 286. 1893. Similar to the preceding species, except inflores- cence, the stem rough-pubescent, or sometimes nearly glabrous, li°-2i° high, with ascending or divergent branches. Leaves linear or linear-oblong, obtuse, entire, sessile or slightly clasping at the base, tho
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