CLASS XIX. ORDER II.
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Tips united. Superfluous Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Recept. nudom. Pappus simplex. Cor. radii plures 10. Cal. imbricati squamæ interiores patulæ.
Recept. naked. Feather simple. Florets of the circumference 10 or more. Cup tiled, the innermost scales spread outward.
See Aster dentatus, Pl. LXI.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Aster fruticosus, foliis ovatis sub-imbricatis, recurvatis, serratis; floribus solitariis, terminalibus, sessilibus.
Starwort with egg-shaped leaves, almost tiled, bent backward and sawed; flowers grow solitary, terminal, and sit close to the ends of the branches.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.