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I. ASTER fruticosus, foliis ovatis fubimbri- reflexus,catis recurvatis serrato - ciliatis , floribusterminalibus. Linn. Sp.pl. t*2j. *. Amem,acad. (. p. 1*2. *.

Aster africanus frutescens splendentibus par- 'vis 8 t reflexis foliis. Commel. Hart. r.p. jj. t. 2g. bona. Raj. Suppi, ijp. *.Oldenl. Afr, 2(.

Aster africanus purpureus, foliis brevibus, ri-gidis, recurvis. Herm. Afr. 4.

DESCR, Radix fibrosa. Caulis fruticosus,pedalis, erectus, teres, cinereus, fubpubefcenti-glabriusculus, inferne simplex, superne determi-nate ramosus. Rami subaggregati, erecti, viri-des, ramulosi. Ramuli aggregati, terni vel qua-terni, virides, simplices, erecti, superne hirsu-ti. Folia ovato-lanceelata, acutiuscula, margi-ne serraturis aculeatis ciliata, decurrentia: de-cursu ciliato; sparsa, approximata, glabra, re-voluta, duas lineas longa. Flores in ramulis ter-minales, solitarii, pedunculari. Pedunculi breves ,strigosi , squamis linearibus subciliatis vestiti.

CALYX communis polyphyllus, imbricatus : folio-lis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, concavis, dorsoscabris, evectis, contiguis, duplici serie; exte-rioribus paulo minoribus, glabriufculis. COROL-LA composta radiata, calyce paulo longior. Pro-pia disci hermaphrodita, lutea, infundibuliformis,tubo cylindraceo, limbo tubulato, quinquefido,erecto. Radii feminea, alba, ligulata, ' lineari -lanceolata, obtusiuscula, patens ; ungve tubu-lato, brevi. STAMINA Filamenta y„ capillaria.

Anthera tubulola, quinquedentata. PISTILLUM

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