COMPOSITA. 121 
4, Aster divaricatus, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 163. 
SoutH Caroiina and Fioripa to Texas.—Nortu Mexico, along the Rio Grande and 
in Sonora (Wright), San Luis Potosi (Parry & Palmer, 380, 382); SoutH Mexico, 
Zimapan (Coulter, 294), Chapultepec (Schaffner), Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 915); 
GuaTEMALA, Volcan de-Fuego, at 5500 feet (Salvin)—Southward to Perv, SoutH BraziL, 
and Urvuauay, and in the West Inpiges. Hb. Kew. 
5. Aster ehrenbergii, Schz. Bip. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ p. 302. 
Nortu Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2003), without locality (Ehrenberg, 791, 947). 
Hb. Kew. 
6. Aster ericefolius, Rothr. in Coulter's Bot. Gaz. 1877, p. 70, et in Bot. 
Wheeler’s Exped. p. 152. . | 
Diplopappus ericoides, Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 182. © 
Texas, New Mexico.—NortH Mexico, Chihuahua and Buena Vista (Gregq), region 
of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 387). Hb. Kew. 
7. Aster gymnocephalus, A. Gr. Pl. Wright. i. p. 97, adnot., et in Proc. Am. 
Acad. xv. p. 32. 
Aplopappus gymnocephalus, DC. Prodr. v. p. 346. 
Macheranthera setigera, Less. in Linnea, xix. p. 792? 
NortH Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 379), 
Zacatecas to Real del Monte (Coulter, 303); Sour Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 302), 
near Tacubaya (Schaffner), around the city of Mexico (Berlandier, Alaman), without 
localities (Tate, Bates). Hb. Kew. | 
8. Aster incanus, A. Gr. Bot. Calif. i. p. 322. 
Diplopappus incanus, Lind]. Bot. Reg. t. 1693; Bot. Mag. t. 3382. 
Dieteria incana, Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. ui. p. 100. 
Catirornia.—Norra Mexico, Sonora (Smith). 
9. Aster inconspicuus, Less. in Linnea, v. p. 143. 
Erigeron expansus, Pepp. in Spreng. Syst. iii. p. 518. 
SoutH Mexico, near Los Cocos, Vera Cruz (Schiede & Deppe).—CuBa. 
10. Aster jamaicensis, Less. in Linnea, v. p. 144. 
Erigeron jamaicense, Linn. Ameen. Acad. v. p. 406; DC. Prodr. v. p. 288. 
Sourn Mexico, near Vera Cruz (Schiede & Deppe).— West INDIEs. 
11. Aster lima, Lindl. in DC. Prodr. v. p. 230. 
MEXICO. | 
This was founded upon a specimen in Bentham’s herbarium, which we have been 
unable to determine. Dr. Gray refers Parry and Palmer’s nos. 385 and 386 to this 
species. Whatever name is adopted, the species to which A. lima belongs should 
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