646 Preer: NEw anp NoTEworTHY NORTHWESTERN PLANTS 
The species is allied to A. foliaceus Lindley. It is a very dif- 
ferent plant from A. foliaceus pubescens Gray. 
¥ Aster (MAcHAERANTHERA) glossophyllus sp. nov. 
Biennial or perhaps perennial from a stout root : stems branch- 
ing from the base, the whole plant finely puberulent ; leaves scat- 
tered, oblong-spatulate, obtuse but mostly cuspidate, the basal at- 
tenuate into broad petioles, the others sessile, 1-3 cm. long, only 
the midrib evident : heads mostly terminating few-bracted branches, 
these with the involucre glandular, about 1 cm. broad, 6-8 mm. 
high : involucre hemispherical, the rigid bracts in 3-4 series, linear, 
acute or acuminate, ciliate at apex, only the tips green, these more 
or less squarrose: rays violet, few, 1 cm. long: pappus sordid: 
style-branches subulate: akenes pubescent. 
Black Butte, eastern Oregon, 19 July 1901, Cusick, 2680. 
Most nearly related to A. Pattersoni Gray. 
/ Aster vaccinus sp. nov. 
Perennial, erect, .5—1 m. high: stems glabrous or sparsely 
pilose above: leaves distant, pale-green, glabrous, entire nes 
scabrous-ciliate, the lower ones broadly lanceolate, acute, nat- 
rowed at base into broad petioles, 10-15 cm. long, 3 cm. broad : 
cauline lanceolate, acute, sessile by broad bases, 2-8 cm. long : 
inflorescence loose, its leaves much reduced: heads scattered, 
mostly solitary, terminating the branches: involucre hemispher- 
ical, the bracts numerous in about three ranks, the outer succes 
sively shorter, linear-lanceolate, acute, minutely ciliate, green for 
the terminal half, not equalling the disk-florets, the outermost 
passing into the narrow bracts of the branches: rays blue oF a 
violet, 8-12 mm. long: pappus sordid. 
Stream banks, Cow Valley, Malheur county, Oregon, 4 sit 
1901, Cusick, 2782 (type); also no. 2785, head of Antone Creek, 
Blue Mts., Oregon, in moist soil, in black pine forests, 7,000 ie 
altitude, 26 Sept. 1901. 
This species is quite closely allied to A. adscendens Lindley. 
