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ASTER LINARIIFOLIUS.
SAVOURY-LEAVED STAR-WORT.
Polygamia Superflua, Linn. Corymbiferæ, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix imbricated, the lower scales partly foliaceous, and often spreading. Radical
florets generally more than 10, rarely fewer, violaceous or white. Receptacle
naked. .Pappus simple, pilose.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaves linear, mucronate, without nerves and without dots, carinated, rough and
stiff; branches recurved; stem sub-decumbent; branches fastigiate, 1-flower-
ed ; calices imbricate, the length of the disk. Willd., Ait. and Pursh.
Root perennial. Plant about one foot or fourteen inches high.
Stem suffruticose, erect, of a pale purplish colour. Leaves all of a
greyish-green, erect, very stiff, the under disk generally most conspicuous
by reason of their erectness. Apex terminating in a sharp stiff
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