756 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Common in rich woods of the northern counties, rare within 

 our limits and confined to the upper part of the Middle district. 

 Fl. — Mid-September to mid-October. 

 Middle District. — New Egypt. 



Aster undulatus L. Wavy-ieaved Aster. 



Aster undulatus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 875 [North America], Britton 137. 



Dry woods; common throughout the State. 

 Fl. — Early September to mid-October. 



Middle District. — Birmingham, W. Deptford, Swedesboro, Merchantville 

 (P). 



Pine Barrens. — Manahawkin, Atco, Cedar Brook, Malaga, Landisville, Egg 

 Harbor City. 



Cape May.— Bennett (S). 



Aster patens Ait. Late Purple Aster. 



Aster patens Alton, Hort. Kew. III. 201. 1789 [Virginia]. — Barton, Fl. Phila. 

 I. 113. 1818. — Knieskern 17. — Britton 137. 



Dry soil ; apparently common throughout the State. 

 Fl. — Mid-August to early October. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Medford (S), Orchard (S), Blackwood, 

 Ashland, W. Deptford. 



Pine Barrens. — Barnegat, Whitings (S), Atsion (S), Taunton (S), Cedar 

 Brook, Newtonville, Landisville (T), Vineland (S), Hammonton, Batsto, 

 Egg Harbor City (S), Weymouth (T), Mays Landing (S), Seaville (S). 



Aster novae-angliae L. New England Aster. 



Aster novce-anglice Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 875 [New England]. — Britton 139. — Keller 

 and Brown 329. 



Common in the northern district, but rare within our limits, 

 occurring only in the Middle, Coast and Cape May districts, 

 escaping from cultivation in some localities. 



Fl. — Early September to mid-October. 



Middle District. — New Lisbon (C), Pemberton (C), Mannington (C), 

 Daretown (C), Camden (CP). 

 Pine Barrens. — Toms River (P), Ancora (CP), (Escapes?). 

 Cape May.— Rio Grande (OHB). 

 Coast Strip.— Wildwood (UP). 



* A. phlogifolitis has been reported from Atco by Britton on authority of 

 Parker, but there is no specimen in his herbarium, and I can find no evidence 

 of the occurrence of the species within our limits. 



