116 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



Var. lucidulus, Gray. 



Frequent in wet places and moist ground. Seal Harbor (Red- 

 field); —Town Hill; Emery Cove; Youngs District; Eden P. 

 0., etc. (Rand). Apparently more abundant in the northern 

 part of the Island. 



Var. laevicaulis, Gray. 



Infrequent. Beech Mt. Notch (Rand) ; — stream south of 

 Bubble Pond (R. & R.). 



A. umbellatus, Mill. Diploj^appus umhellatus. T. & G. 



Roadsides, fields, wood clearings, and dry places ; very 

 common. 



A. acuminatus, Mx. 



Woods and clearings; common. 



A. nemoralis, Ait. 



Peat bogs and open swamps; common. Also summit of 

 Green Mt. in boggy depressions (Rand.) 



Var. Blakei, Porter. 



Stems l°-2^° high, simple, or often branched, inclined to 

 be flexuous; leaves not crowded as in the type, 2^-3' long, 

 ^'_|' broad, lanceolate, coarsely toothed or entire, margins not 

 revolute, thinnish; heads few or several, sometimes solitarj^, 

 showy; rays lilac-purple. — Intermediate between A. ne77ioralis 

 and A. acuminatus, to both of which some of its forms make a 

 near approach. North border of Somes Pond (Rand). 



ERIGERON, L. Fleabane. "'' 



E. Canadensis, L. Horseweed. Butterweed. 



A common weed by roadsides and in waste places, becoming 

 yearly more abundant everywhere on the Island. 



E. strigosus, Muhl. Smaller Daisy Fleabane. 



Fields and waysides ; common. Rays sometimes more or less 

 deeply tinged with violet. 



