Aster 



COMPOSITAE 



943 



" 50 



Map 2057 



Aster puniceus L 



~30 



Map 2058 



Aster exiguus (Fern) Rydb. 



21a. Aster puniceus var. demissus Lindl. This variety has elongate- 

 lanceolate leaves that are usually as long as or longer than the branches. 

 Peattie reported it from La Porte County and I have it from Grant, La- 

 grange, and Owen Counties. Buhl (Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 5: 9. 1934) 

 was in error in reporting Peattie's collection as from Porter County. Peat- 

 tie's report was from Trail Creek, Michigan City, which is in La Porte 

 County. 



21b. Aster puniceus var. compactus Fern. This is a form with sub- 

 rhomboidal leaves that are usually as long as or longer than the branches. 

 I have it from only Parke County where I found it in the remnant of 

 Nigger Legs Prairie about a mile east of Rosedale. 



22. Aster exiguus (Fern.) Rydb. (Rydberg. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 

 505. 1901.) {Aster multiflorus var. exiguus Fern, and Aster multiflorus 

 Ait., in part.) Map 2058. Infrequent along roadsides in prairie habitats. 

 I have one specimen from a high, gravelly, wooded bank on the north 

 side of Diamond Lake in Noble County. 



Vt. to Wash., southw. to Pa., Ariz., and Mex. 



23. Aster ericoides L. (Blake. Rhodora 32: 138. 1930.) (Aster multi- 

 florus Ait., of Gray, Man., ed. 7 and Aster multiflorus, in part, of Britton 

 and Brown, Illus. Flora, ed. 2.) Wreath Aster. Map 2059. An infrequent 

 plant in dry soil, mostly in prairie habitats, in the western part of the 

 state. 



Maine to Mont., southw. to Ga. and Mex. 



24. Aster sericeus Vent. Silky Aster. Map 2060. All of our specimens 

 and reports come from the six counties shown on the map. Found in 

 very sandy soil on wooded slopes or low dunes. Restricted mostly to the 

 dunes near Lake Michigan. 



Ind. to Minn, and Man., southw. to Tenn. and Tex. 



