7«S2 TLANT LIKK <>K ALA MAMA. 



Alabama: Mountain rcfiion. I'ry cxixmcd mcky places, iiKninlainmiH woodH. 

 T:illa«lr<xa County, Alpine Mountains. l.SOO feet; Krufroc. 1,(1(10 feet. ( aliioun ("oniity, 

 Anniston, lii^ihest ri(ij:;es, about 1,000 leet aliitiMJe. Flowins cerulean l)iuo; Septem- 

 ber, Octolier. Not iufieiiueut. 



'I'V])0 locality : '•Hah. in Caiolina." 



ll'erl). tJeol. Sur\ . I Inli. Moln . 



Aster undulatus loriformis Hurgess in Hritt. it Br. 111. Fl. 3:.S()r>. 1K98. 



Aileglieniau and C.iroliniau areas. New Kngland, I'enn.sylvania, Virginia. 



Alabama : Mountain region. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain. New York to 

 South Carolina. 



Type locality: "Kastern Massacluisclts to Virginia and Pennsylvania." 



Herb. (Jeol. Snrv. Herb. Molir. 



Aster cordifolius L. Sp. PI. 2 :«75. 1753. Hkart-leak Astkk. 



Kll. Sk. 2 : 3(51. <iray. Man. ed. G, 259. Chap. Fl. 202. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 182. 



Alleglicuian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, Ontario; New Fnglaud west to 

 Minnesota and Nebr.islca ; tlirough tiie ()liio Valley to Missouri, Arkansas, and Ten- 

 nessee, and south along the mountains to (Jeorgia. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Woodlands and thickets. Lau- 

 derdale County, Florence {.y.C. Il'ilxoii). Cullman County. Flowers pale purplish 

 blue; September. October. Not frequent. 



Ty]ie locality: "Ilab. in America A- Asia septentrionali." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



Aster cordifolius polycephalus Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 120. lSlt4. 



"More robust and branched than the type; leaves smaller, the upper ones and the 

 bracts ovate and sessile; panic le ample; lieails usually smaller and very numerous. 

 Kays dee]» blue and the disk tlorets dark purple (as in J. laleri floras), or )>oth of 

 them sometimes pab^ or whitish." 



Alai5a^l\ : Lauderdale County. 



Type locality : "Everywhere with the typical form in New Jersey and Eastern 

 Pennsylvania." 



Herl). GeoL Surv. 



Aster lowrieanus Porter, Bull. Torr. (Jlub, 21 : 121. 1894. 



Aster cordij'olins var. laeriyatus Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 16 : 67. 1889. Not ./. laeri- 

 gaiiiH LanL 



Julcr leio2}hyUiis Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 20 : 254, 1. 157. 1893. Not Franch. & Sav. 



Britt. & Brown, HI. Fl. 3 : 363. 



Carolinian area. Southern Connecticut and southern New York to Pennsylvania, 

 Virginia, ()hi(), and Kentucky, and southward along the nu)untaiu8 to Tennessee. 



Alabama: Tennessee A^alley. Ojten woods. Blull's ou the Tennessee Kiver near 

 Florence (.1/. C. IVihon). September. Not frequent. 



Type locality : "Common in New Jersey and I'ennsylvauia, as well as westward 

 and southward." 



Aster sagittifolius Wedem.; Willd. Sp. I'l. 3:2035. Akkow-leaf A.ster. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 362. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 259. Chap. Fl. 202. Gray, Svn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 182. 



Alleghcnian and Caroliiuan areas. New Brunswick, Outaiio; New England west 

 to Minnesota and Dakota; from New York to the Ohio Valley and along the moun- 

 tains to tJeorgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Dry open woods. Leo County, Auburn (luirle). 

 Talladega County, Ali)iu(!Mountaiu, l,S00feet; Ken froe, 800 feet; Chandler Springs, 

 1,.")00 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. Calhoun ( 'onnty, Anniston, 800 feet altitude; 

 cherty ridges. Kays sky-blue; September, October. Not common. 



Ty]>e locality: '"Hab. in America boreali." 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster purpiiratus Nees, Gen. A Sp. Ast. 118. 1833. Wand-like Astek. 



Aster rirgatus Ell. Sk. 2 : 353. 1824. Not of Moeneh. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. (;ray, Man. ed. 6, 259. Cha]). Fl. 201. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt.2: 

 183. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 195. 



Louisianiau area. Coast of North Carolina to I'lorida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Along shaded grassy banks, pine- 

 barren streams. Escambia County, Wallace. Washington and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers cerulean bine. Not infrequent. 



Type locality : "Crescit in America septentrionali?" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



