An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . s, whichpartly clasp the stem. Upper leaves without leaf-stalks, tapering at eachend. Heads numerous in a loose broad cluster; rays 12 to 15, violet towhite; bracts of the involucre linear, acute, green and spreading. Moistsoil, Maine to New Hampshire. 30. A. prenanthoides, IMuhl. (Fig. 2, pi. 181.) Crooked-stem or downy, stem 1 to 3 ft. higli, bending zig-zag. Jxaves rough above,smooth below, egg
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . s, whichpartly clasp the stem. Upper leaves without leaf-stalks, tapering at eachend. Heads numerous in a loose broad cluster; rays 12 to 15, violet towhite; bracts of the involucre linear, acute, green and spreading. Moistsoil, Maine to New Hampshire. 30. A. prenanthoides, IMuhl. (Fig. 2, pi. 181.) Crooked-stem or downy, stem 1 to 3 ft. higli, bending zig-zag. Jxaves rough above,smooth below, egg-shaped to lance-shaped, with sharp teeth at margins,slender taper-pointed at apex, abruptly dilated at the base which claspsthe stem. Heads numerous. 1 in. broad; rays 20 to 30, violet; scales ofthe involucre linear, spreading, green. Moist soil, Mass., and westwardand southward. Leaves not clasping the slmi, not heart-shaped at hnse and icith ctitiretnargins or with very few remote teeth Plants not fleshy 31. A. concolor, L. (Fig. 7, pi. 181.) Eastern Silvery slender, Htriiight, scarcely branched, smooth or sliglitly downy above. THISTLE FAMILY 6G1. Plate 1801. Aster patens. 2. A. laevis. 3. A. novae-ungliae. 4. A. Claytoni, 662 COMPOSITAE Leaves crowded, oblong or broad lance-shaped, the upper reduced to bracts,the lower IJ to 2 in. long, half as broad, the apex rather blunt, both sidesof tlie leaf covered with a dense whitish silky bloom. Heads arranged ina narrow spike-like cluster; rays 10 to 15, lilac. Scales of the involucreoverlapping in several rows, lance-shaped or linear, silky, the tips acute,green. Dry sandy soil near the sea coast. One of our most pleasing 32. A. ptarmicoides, T. and G. (Fig. 4, pi. 180.) Upland WhiteAster. Stems 6 to 20 in. high, growing in clusters or tufts, smooth orroughish. Leaves linear lance-shaped, rigid, acute at apex tapering to thebase, somewhat 3-nerved, the margins rough with, in some cases, a fe
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