TENNESSEE FLORA. 53 



Var. thyrsoideiis Gray. Pastures; open grounds. Hyclt's 

 Ferry, etc. 



Var. bifroiis Gray. With miioh larger heads, and h)ng 

 lanceolate acuminate foliage. Shady banks of Cumberland river. 

 September-October. 



A. Tradescanti L. Replaces in the siliceous soils aster eri- 

 coides in equal abundance. September-October. 



A. uiiibellatiis Mill. Highlands, Middle Tenn. September. 



A. inlinniis Michx. (Biplopappus cornifol. Darl.) Chilhowee 

 Mts., East Tenn. September. A. H. Curtiss. 



A. liuariit'olius L. Mountains of East Tenn. Also highlands 

 of Middle Tenn. Harpeth Hills, near Nashville. September. 



Eri^erou Canadensis L. Common weed. Angust-SejJtcmber. 



E. divaricatns Michx. Sandy barrens, Cedar Hill, Robertson 



Co. August. 



E. bellidifolius Miihlb. Highlands, and East Tenn. April- 

 May. 



E. Philadelphidis L. In meadows. May. 



E. aunuiis Pers. Dry glades. May-June. 



E. strigosus Miihlb. Pastures and waste ground. September- 

 October. 



Pliuhea caniphorata DC. Low, damp grounds. O. S. 'July- 

 September. 



Var. Beijris/u'i Torr. tfr Gray. West Tenn. 



Antennaria plautag'inifolia Hawk. Dry copses and hillsides. 

 Common. June. 



Gnaplialiuui polycephaluui Michx. Open woodlands, etc. 

 J u 1 y — Se p t e ra 1 )e r . 



G. decurreiis Ives. Highlands. June-August. 



Gr. nli^inosuin L. Swamps along Cumberland Mts., etc 



(j. purpnreuni L. Common. September. 



Polymnia Canadensis L. Deep ravines in the Cumberland 

 Mts.; Sewanee. Abundant. July. 



Var. radiata Gray looks very different and should perhaps 

 be counted as a species. Forsterville, at the edge of a cedar bar- 

 ren ; Cockrill's bend, in a dry barren; near Xashville. July. 



P. Uvedalia L. Rich woodlands. Abundant about Xash- 

 ville. July-August. 



