Excerpt from Phytologia, Vol. 77: September, 1994 Both of the recent taxonomic overviews of Aster (jones 1980a; Semple Brouillet 1980a) included within the genus all of its previously proposed North American generic segregates, as well as several Old World ones, both studies beginning with the assumption that such a broadly conceived Aster is indeed' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.