1915] Fernald,— Some new or unrecorded Compositae 9 
the Northeast —from Newfoundland and Gaspé to Montmorenci 
County, Quebec and Aroostook County, Maine — but is found some- 
what generally across the continent: in Ontario, Michigan, Saskatche- 
wan, British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, &c., where it has 
passed variously as S. canadensis L., S. serotina Ait., S. serotina, var. 
salebrosa Piper, and S. elongata N utt. 
In all their essential characters: pubescence of stem, foliage, ascend- 
ing or barely recurved branches of the inflorescence, and in the texture 
and size of the involucre, these plants are all obviously of one species 
for which the earliest name is S. lepida DC.; but as varieties they are 
fairly marked and are here proposed as 
S. LEPIDA DC., var. molina, n. var., caule 3.5-4.5 dm. alto dense 
cinereo-tomentuloso subviscoso; foliis confertis oblongo-lanceolatis 
grosse serratis supra scabris subtus dense cinereo-pilosis subviscosis; 
panicula erecta terminali rhomboideo 5-9 cm. longo. 
Stem 3.5-4.5 dm. high, densely cinereous-tomentulose, somewhat 
viscid: leaves crowded, oblong-lanceolate, coarsely serrate, scabrous 
above, densely cinereous-pilose and somewhat viscid beneath: pani- 
cle erect, terminal, rhomboid, 5-9 cm. long.— QuEsEc: limestone 
detritus of Cap Barré, Percé, August 16, 1904, Collins, Fernald & 
Pease (TYPE in Gray Herb.); gravelly slopes, Les Murailles, Percé, 
August 17, 1904, Collins, Fernald & Pease (Pease, no. 6220). 
Cited in the 7th edition of Gray’s Manual under S. canadensis, var. 
gilvocanescens Rydberg, but on account of its larger involucre and 
dense upright panicle better placed with S. lepida. 
S. LEPIDA, var. elongata (Nutt.),n. comb. S. elongata Nutt. Trans. 
Am. Phil. Soc. vii. 327 (1840). 
S. LEPIDA, var. fallax, n. var., caule 0.5-1.5 m. alto, supra minute 
piloso; foliis lanceolatis vel oblanceolatis 0.5-1.5 dm. longis argute 
serratis acuminatis supra glabris vel plus minusve scabris, subtus ad 
nervos scabris; panicula erecta subcorymbiformi vel pyramidali 
1-3 dm. longa, 0.7-2 dm. lata, ramis adscendentibus vix vel paulo 
recurvatis inferioribus foliis elongatis suffultis; involucro 3-5 mm. 
longo, bracteis circa 3-seriatis lineari-lanceolatis tenuibus. 
Stem 0.5-1.5 m. high, minutely pilose above: leaves lanceolate or 
oblanceolate, 0.5-1.5 dm. long, coarsely sharp-serrate, acuminate, 
glabrous or more or less scabrous above, scabrous on the nerves be- 
neath: panicle erect, somewhat corymbiform or pyramidal, 1-3 dm. 
long, 0.7-2 dm. wide; the branches ascending, not at all or only 
slightly recurved, the lower subtended by elongate leaves: involucre 
3-5 mm. long; bracts about 3-seriate, linear-lanceolate, thin.— 
Newfoundland to British Columbia, south to northern New Bruns- 
wick, northern Maine, northern Michigan, Utah and Washington. 
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