1921] Smiley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada of California 365 



A. Andersoni, A. pulchellus, and A. alpigemis Gray, the latter 

 described from Mt. Rainier, form a very close group of species, satis- 

 factory^ characters distinguishing the second and third being particu- 

 larly difficult to define, but the plant of Washington seems to con- 

 sistently show larger heads and broader leaves than the Great Basin 

 form. 



3. Aster foliaceus Lindl., in DC. Prodr., vol. 5, p. 228. 1836. 



Type locality. — ''In Unalaschka. " 



Range. — Alaska to California and east to northern New England 

 and Newfoundland. 



Zone. — Canadian and Hudsonian. 



Specimens examined. — Open places in woods near Summit, 7,000 

 feet, E. L. Greene 428 ; Mono Pass, Bolander 6146 ; Lake Tenaya trail, 

 Yosemite, Congdon, August 14, 1894; Kaweah meadows, Tulare 

 County, 9,400 feet, Purpus 5162. 



3a. Aster foliaceus var. apricus Gray, Syn. FL, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 193, 



1884. 



A. apricus Rydb., Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard., vol. 1, p. 396. 1900. 

 A. incertus A. Nels., Bot. Gaz., vol. 37, p 270. 1904. 



Type locality. — "High mountains of Colorado, at Union Pass, 

 Rothrock, and near Gray's Peak, at 11,000-12,000 feet, in open and 

 very dry places, Pattersan. On Mount Paddo, Washington Terr., 

 Suksdorf. Howell," etc. 



Range. — Washington to California and Colorado ? 



No specimen certainly referable to this variety has been seen from 

 our region, but No. 417 of the collection made on the Wheeler Survey 

 and collected near soda springs on Kern River is a very close match 

 for material referred to this variety. 



3b. Aster foliaceus var. frondeus Gray, Syn. FI., vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 

 193. 1884. 



Type locality. — ' ' Subalpine on the Cascade and Rocky Mountains, 

 from the borders of Brit. Columbia to those of Colorado and the 

 Wahsatch in Utah. " 



Range. — British Columbia to Colorado, and south to California? 



Specimen examined. — South Fork of Kern River, 9,850 feet, Roth- 

 rock 372. 



