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COMPOSITAE 



Aster 



Map 2036 

 Aster Shortii Lindl. 



50 



Map 2037 



Aster cordifolius L. 



50 



Map 2038 



Aster sagittifolius Wedemeyer 



la. Aster niacrophyllus var. ianthinus (Burgess) Fern. This variety 

 is described as having thin leaves and minute glands, these rarely stipitate. 

 I reported it from Clark County. 



Maine to Ont., southw. to W. Va. and Ind. 



lb. Aster macrophyllus var. pinguifdlius Burgess. This variety is de- 

 scribed as having many of the basal leaves very smooth (almost greasy). 

 This form was reported from the dune area. I have a few specimens that 

 have this character. 



Maine to N. Y. and westw. 



lc. Aster macrophyllus var. velutinus Burgess. This variety is de- 

 scribed as having villous-pubescent stems and leaves pilose beneath, all 

 but the lowest truncate or tapering at the base. This form was reported 

 from the dune area. 



Throughout the range. 



2. Aster f urcatus Burgess. Forking Aster. Map 2034. My specimens 

 are from a bluff along Pine Creek in Warren County and from a moist 

 place near Wildcat Creek in Tippecanoe County. Lyon writes that his 

 specimen from Porter County is deposited in the S. F. Blake herbarium. 

 This species is evidently very rare in this state. 



Ind. to Mo. 



3. Aster azureus Lindl. Azure Aster. Map 2035. Infrequent to fre- 

 quent in sandy soil in open, black and white oak woods and in the dunes. 

 Found rarely in moist soil and once a specimen was found in a marly 

 marsh in Henry County. This species is easily distinguished from closely 

 related asters by the long, linear stem leaves just below the inflorescence 

 and the appressed, linear leaves of the branches. 1 believe reports for this 

 species from southern Indiana should be referred to some other species. 



Western N. Y. and Ont. to Minn., southw. to Ga. and Tex. 



