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A S T E R Tripolium.
Sea Star-wort.
S T N G E N E S I u i Polygamia Superflua.
G e n . C h a r . Receptacle naked. Seed-down fimple. Cor.
with more than ten rays. Cal. imbricated, its
lowermoft fcales fpreading.
S p e c . C h a r , Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, flefhy,
fmooth, obfcurely three-nerved. Scales of the
calyx fomewhat membranous and obtufe. Flowers
corymbofe.
Syn . After Tripolium. Linn, Sp. P l. 1226, HudJ.
F l. An, 368. Ait. Hort. Kew. V. 3. 199. With.
Bot. Arr. 915. Relh. Cant. 318.
A. maritimus csruleus, Tripolium di£tus. Rail
Syn. 175.
A N A T I V E o f muddy fea-fhores and mouths o f rivers in
e v e ry pa rt o f ou r co a ft, g a th ered on W o ld h am marfh b y L o rd
V if c o u n t L ew ifh am A u g . 29.
R o o t perennial, w ith lo n g fibres. S tems from fix inch es to
th re e fe e t h ig h , le a fy , branched, and p ro du cin g abundance o f
flow e rs , w h ich are n o t unornamental. S ometimes th efe flow e rs
are p e rfed tly deftitute o f ra ys, as fou nd at P u r fle e t b y M r . T . F .
F o r fte r , ju n io r , and at L y n n b y D r . Sm ith .— -See the annexed
fp ec im en. T h e ra y s , w h en p re fen t, as is comm on ly the c a fe ,
a re g en e ra lly o f a delicate pale p u rp le ; fometimes th e y are
w h ite .
D r . Stoke s ha s ob ferved th is p lant in inland falt-ma rlh es , and
th e re fo re fup p ofe s, w ith g r e a t p ro b ab ility, its prefence ma y b e
an indication o f fait fprings.