DEM. 
1915]  Fernald,— Some new or unrecorded Compositae 17 
Stem solitary, 4 dm. high, subflexuous, glabrous: leaves coriaceous, 
linear-lanceolate, attenuate to both ends, the base subcordate, the 
margin entire scabrous; the median 1.2-1.6 dm. long, 1 em. wide: 
branches strongly ascending; pedicels mostly 2-5 em. long, 1-headed, 
leafless or with 1 or 2 leaves: involucre hemispherical, 1 em. high; 
the bracts strongly imbricated in 3-4 series, oblong, 1.5-2 mm. wide, 
hard or somewhat leathery, yellowish, subherbaceous at tip: ligules 
violet, about 1.5 cm. long: pappus l-seriate, the setae barbellate: 
achenes setose.— QuEBEC: river banks and grassy slopes, Jupiter 
River, Anticosti, July 20, 1880, J. Macoun, no. 6 (TYPE in Gray Herb., 
distributed as A. paniculatus). 
A puzzling plant, in its monocephalous elongate pedicels simulat- 
ing A. foliaceus but with very slender elongate leathery leaves like 
those of extreme A. longifolius. In the involucre, with its very broad 
firm bracts strongly imbricated, unlike any Eastern Aster, but some- 
what suggesting some extreme specimens referred to the North- 
western A. Douglasti Lindl. In habit and involucre A. anticostensis 
strongly suggests the subarctic A. spathulatus Lindl., but that little- 
known plant has spatulate-oblanceolate leaves and the involucre less 
imbricated. When better known the two may be found to have 
closer affinities than are at present evident. 
ASTER PUNICEUS L., var. perlongus, n. var., caule tenui hispido 
4—5.5 dm. alto; foliis tenuibus sublucidis utrinque glabris lineari-lanceo- 
latis vel -oblanceolatis acuminato-attenuatis basi valde cordato- 
amplexicaulibus minute serratis vel subintegris, mediis 1-2 dm. 
longis 1.2-2.2 cm. latis; ramis brevibus; involucri bracteis lineari- 
attenuatis laxis. 
Stem slender, hispid, 4-5.5 dm. high: leaves thin, somewhat 
lustrous, glabrous on both sides, linear-lanceolate or -oblanceolate, 
acuminate-attenuate, strongly cordate-clasping at base, minutely 
serrate or subentire; the median 1-2 dm. long, 1.2-2.2 cm. wide: 
branches short: involucre with loose linear-attenuate bracts.— 
QUEBEC: springy spots in coniferous forest along “Low’s Trail,” 
altitude about 675 m., western base of Table-top Mountain, Gaspé 
County, August 14, 1906, Fernald & Collins, no. 737 (TYPE in Gray 
Herb.). 
A very distinct extreme in its exceedingly slender and thin almost 
entire leaves. 
ERIGERON HYSSOPIFOLIUS Michx., var. villicaulis, n. var., humilis 
5-15 em. altus vix caespitosus; caulibus simplicibus vel subsimplicibus 
pedicellisque dense villosis; foliis plus minusve villosis longe ciliatis. 
Low, 5-15 cm. high, scarcely caespitose: the simple or subsimple 
stems and the pedicels densely villous: leaves more or less villous, 
