ASTER

(Lat.),n.m. A?s(a?s)'tuSr(tar). Gen., as’teris. Gr., darép. Fr., aster (1st def.), étoile mère (Ist def.). Ger., Stern (1st def.), Steruform (1st def.), Stern blume (3d def.). 1. That phase or condition (star, mother-star, astral or stellate phase or figure) of a dividing nucleus in which the fibrils are in open loops and arranged around a common centre, thus producing the appearance of a star; also a star-like figure that appears in an ovum, in the vitelline plasma between the lacuna and the surface, after the disappearance of the germinal spot (Cf. AMPHIASTER). [A, 15; J, 30, 32; Flemming, “Arch, £. mikr, Anat.,” 1878, 1880 (J)]. 2. An ancient’ name for a very white earth, used as a hemostatic. [Aretæus (A, 322).] Cf. Teara samia. 3. A genus of composite plants, established by Tournefort, belonging to the tribe Asteroideæ, subtribe Hetero chromeæ, including lea‘ vetoed herbs with hemispherical or campanulate, sometimes oblong or turbinate, involucre, consisting of several rows of imbricated, unequal, generally herbaceous, bracts; flowers with numerous, not very narrow rays and slender-subulate, lanceolate, ar ovate-acute style-appendages; and fruit consisting) of compre ed 2 to 10-nerved achænia with abundant, usually simple pappus. The genus A, includes 2 series: (a) perennial herbs with many-headed rhizome, and (b) annuals or biennials. The first series includes the sections A mell a strum, with 2 to3rows of slightly unequal bracts, the outer foliaceous or herbaceous at the tip, and with broad, obovate, usually flat achænia with callous nerves at the margin only: Mega last rum; He least rum (the genus He least rum of De Candolle); Hes per a strum; Biotia (the genus Biotia of DeCandolle), having corymbosel; Gare heads, campanulate involucre of subcoriaceous, appre ed, obtuse bracts, 6 to 18 rays, subulate-lanceolate style-appendages, acheenia, usually linear, but little compre ed, and with 3 or more ribs and slightly rigid simple pappue, and having the radical and lower cauline leaves cordate and long-petiolate; Aster proper (Euaster), including most of the species, having bracts either folle” ceo us or with green herbaceous tips and non-scarious margins, obovate-oblong or linear achzenia with 3 or more nerves and usually fine, soft, simple pappus; Erigerastrum; Dællingeria; Tanthe; and Ortho meris, with imbricated, appre ed bracts without foliaceous or herbaceous tips and often scarious at the edge, and with fertile rays. The second series includes Oxytripolium, Conyzopsis, and Machlerunthera, [B, 215.]—A. acris [Linneus], See A. tripolium. —A. alpinus [Linnæus]. A species with violet rays belonging to the section A mell a strum, growing in Europe on the Alps and Pyrenees, in the Caucasian Mountains and Siberia, and in the Arctic reions of North America and the northern Rocky Mountains. [B, 214, Sa amelloides [Be er, Reichenbach, Römer]. Different varieties of A. amellus. [B, 214.]—A. amellus [Linnæus]. Gr., dorhp ärmixés. Fr., œil de Christ. Ger., blaue A. A species belonging to the section A mell a strum, growing in central and southern Europe and western Asia, of which several varieties are described. Its herb and root, radix et herb a bubonii (seu aster is attic i), were formerly employed in inflammatory buboes, hernias, and di ses of the eyes. [B, 180, 214.]—A. amœnus [Lamarck]. See A. puniceus—A. annuus [Linnæus]. See ERIGERON annuus. —A. argophyllus [Labillardidre). See OLFARIA argophylla,— A. artemisiæ folins [Poiret]. S A. Trade scant i.—A. at eus [Dod.]. àoTyp àrmixés. See A. amellus—A. attic us lute us montan us villosus, mag no flore [Bauhin]. The Inula montana [Linnæus]. [B, 211.) —A. be arabicus [Bernhardi]. A variety of A. amellus. [B, 214.]—A. bifrons [All i on i]. See INULA i A. bland us [Todd.,. See A. puniceus.—A. bris [All i on i]. See INULA britanica—A’es call i me rid i [Nees]. See under Astrrna.—A. chinensis [Linnæus]. See CAL- LISTEPHUS chinensis.—A’es cinerariformes [Nees]. See under ÄSTEREX. —A. Collins on i i [Nuttall]. See SERIOCARPUS tortifolius. —A. confertus [Hort. par.]. The A. puniceus, var. lœvicaulis, [B,?15.]—A. conyzoides. See ERIGERON acris.—A. conyzoides flore luteo. See PULI CAR I A dysenteric a. —A. cordifolius. 1. Of Linnæus, the heart-leaved a., a species he longing to the section Aster proper, found throughout the eastern halt of the United States Having no cen- [ Ann. des sci. 5 ë and in Canada. 2. Of Michaux, the A. corymbosus. corymbosus [Aiton]. Syn.: Biotia (De Candolle] (seu Eurybia [Ca ini]) corymbosa. A species belonging to the section Biotia, found in the Atlantic United States and Canada. [B, 215.|—A. erlspus [Forskäl]. A species referred to Puli car i a GE v.). {B,42.]—A. divaricatus (Linnmus]. See A. corymbosus.— A. Durandi [Nuttall]. See A. Menziesit.—A. dysenteric us [Scopoli] See Puri CARIA dysenteric a.—A. ericoides Melilot i, agrariæ umbone jpitlenius). A variety of the A. vimineus. [B, 215.]—A. firm us Nees]. A variety of A. puniceus. [B, 215.]—A. flexuosus [Nuttall]. The 4.fentifolius[Linnæus]. BEE folio los us [Aiton]. A variety of the À. vimineus [Lamarek]. (B, 215.]—A. fragilis. 1. Of Willdenow, the A. Trade scant i. 2. Of Nees, the A. vimineus [Lamarck].—A. fruticosus [Linnœus], A. fruticulosus [Willdenow]. Syn.: Diplopappus fruticulosus (Le .] (et obtusatus [Le .]). A species growing at the Cape of Good Hope. [B, 214.]—A°es genuini [Nees]. See under AsTEREÆ—A. helenium [Scopoli]. See INULA helenium. + heterophyilus [Willdenow]. The A. cur folius [Linneeus B. 215.)—A. hirtus [Scopoli). See INULA hirta. DA. hispid us [Lamarck]. See A. puniceus.—A. iberieus [Stev.]. A variety of A. amellus. [B, 214.)\—A. indicus [Linnæus]. See LoTONIA indica.—A. inguinal is. See ERYNGIUM campestre.—A. javanensis [Gac.]. See BoLTONIA indica.—A. latifolius glaber [Moris.], A. latifolius autumnal is. The A, cordifolius [Linnœus]. ‘[B, ui. A. leu can them us [Desfontaines]. See A. Trade scant i.—A. linosyris [Bernhardi]. Fr, doretie. Syn.: Linosyris vulgar is [Ca ia] (et folios a [Ca ini], seu nuperorum [Lob.}), Chrysocoma [Linnæus] (seu Crinitaria [Le .], seu Erigeron [Clairo.]) linosyris. A perennial European species said to be anthelminthic and deobstruent. [B, 42, 173, 214.|—A. lucid us [Wenderoth]. The A. puniceus, var. lucidulus. [B, 215.]—A. lute us radice odor a. The Inula (Puli car i a) odor a. [B, pe « Menziesii Lindley]. Syn.: A. Durandi [Nuttall]. A’ California species, belonging to the section A. proper, enumerated among the medicinal plants. [B, 215; Proc. of the Am. Phar. A oc.,” xix, p. 302 (B).]— A. miser. 1. Of Aiton, the A. Trade scant i, 2. Of Linnæus, a variety of the A. vimineus [Lamarck]. [B,215.]—A. odor us [All i on i]. See PULI CAR I A odor a.—A. officinal is ate See INULA helenium.—A. omnium maximus. The Inula helenium. [B, 211.]— A’es paleigeri [Nees]. See under AsTEREÆ—A. palustris [Lamarck]. See A. tripolium.—A. paniculatus. 1. Of Nees and Willdenow, the À. cordifolius. 2. Of Lamarck, a species, belonging to the section A. er, growing throughout the United States and Canada. [B, 215.) —A. pannonicus [Jacquin]. A variety of A. tripolium. [B, 214.)—A. parviflorus [Nees]. See A. Trade scant i. —A. per so ono ides [Cum.]. See OLEARIA argophylla.—A. peru an us, A. peruvianus. The Helianthus tuberosus. [B, Bop Ares plamigeri [Nees]. See under ASTEREX.—A, pratensis autumnal is conyzæ follo. The Puli car i a dysenteric a. [B, 211.J—A. pseudo-ainellus [De Candolle]. A variety of A. amellus, [B, 2i4.] ZA. puli car i a [All i on i], A. pulicarins {Beopoli See PULI CAR I A vulgar is À. pumice us [Linneus]. Rough-stemmed a. red-stalked a,; à species belonging to the section A. proper, growing in Canada and the northern, central, and Atlantic districts of the United States. It has a stem from 3 to 7 feet in height, covered with spreading bristles and often red or purple in color. The A. puniceus, var. lev i caulis, is lower, and the stem, which is usually green, is almost Gr devoid of bristly appendages; and the A. puniceus, var. lucidulus, which is also lower and has a glabrous stem, has somewhat lucid leaves. This species is counted among the medicinal plants. [B, 215: “Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.,” xxix, p. 442 (B).]—A. salicilifolius [Scholler]. A variety of. A. paniculatus [Lamarck]. [B, 215.]—A. salicin us [Scopoli].” See INULA salicin a. —A. salinus [Schrader]. A variety of the À. tripolium. [B, 214.] —A. samius. See A. (2d def.).—A. scabrosus [Bertol.]. See SERIOCARPUS tortifolius.—A. secund i flor us [Desfontaines]. The À. vimineus [Lamarck]. [B,215.]—A. simplex [Torrey and Gray. The A. paniculatus |Lamarck]. [B.215.|—A. spars i flor us |Pursh]. The A. poeme | [B, 215.]—A’es tenelli [Nees]. See under AsTEREÆ—À. tenuifolius. 1. Of Linnæus, a species belonging to the section Ortho meris, growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States. 2. Of Nees, in part, the A. i = niculatus [Lamarck]. 3. Of Elliott, the A. vimineus [Lamarck]. [B, 215.]—À. thala ius. Gr., aorip @addoouos. Syn.: stella marina. 1, A certain marine zoophyte which, together with a species of Bra ica and aromatic wine, was recommended by Hippo crates for the so-called ascent of the womb and for hysterical pains. [A, 325] 2. An ancient name for a medicament used for catarrh and for various pains. [Galen (A, 325).]- A’es thalattii. See A. thala ius.—A, tortifolius [Michaux]. See SERIOCARPUS tortifolius.— A. Trade scant i [Linnæus]. The Michael mas daisy; a species belonging to the section 4. proper, growing throughout the United Stat It is enumerated among the medicinal plants. [B, 215; “Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.,” xxix, p. 442(B).]—A. tripolinm. Syn.: Tripolium vulgare [Nees]. 1. Of Linnæns, a species of which several varieties are enumerated, growing in Europe and northern Asia, Its ash contains a large amount of soda, potash, and LB, 215. sodium chloride. 2. Of Walter, the A. tenuifolius [Linnæus]. [B, 196, 214, 215.) A. undulus [Mönch]. See PULI CAR I A dysenteric a.— A. vimineus. 1. Of Nees, the A. puniceus, var. lœvicaulis. 2. Of Lamarck, a species belonging to the section A. proper, found in moist ground throughout the eastern half of the United States and in Canada. [B, 215.) A. virginia nus parvis floribus Trade scant i [Moris.j. See“A. Trade scant i.—lBlane A. (Ger.). See A. amellus.—China a. Ger.,chines is che 4. See CALLISTEPHUS chinensis.—Heart-leaved a. See A. cordifolius.—Herba as tic i. The herb of A. amellus. [B, 180.]—Herba a nyzoidis. The herb of Krigeron acris. [B, 180.]—J& (Ger.). See ERIGERON heterophylius,—Radix aster is attic i. root of A. amellus. [B, 180.|—Radix aster is conyzoidis flore luteo. ‘The root of Puli car i a dysenteric a, [B, 180.]—Radix aster is Inguinal is. The root of Eryngium campestre. [B, 180.)— Red-stalked a., Rough-stemmed a. See A, puniceus.