CALLISTEPHUS

(Lat.), n. m. Kaal(kal)-lis'te9f-us(us). From xaAAot, beauty, and crre'<o?, a crown. Fr., call i step he. Of Ca ini, a genus of composite plants of the tribe Asteroidece, subtribe Heterocliromece. [B, At, 42.] C. chinensis [Nees], C. hortensis [Ca ini]. Fr., reine-marguerite. Syn.: Aster chinensis [Linnaeus], Call i stemma hortense [Ca ini], Diplopappus chinensis [Le ing]. The China aster - an erect annual herb indigenous to Asia and much cultivated in gardens. The leaves are said to be vulnerary and resolvent. [B, 34, 42, 173, 214.] [s. 32]