THISTLE FAMILY. 783 



Aster laevis L. Sp. PI. 2 :876. 1753. Smooth Aster. 



Ell. 8k. 2:352. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 259. Chap. Fl. 200; ed. 3. 220. In part, (iray, 

 Syn. Fl. X. A. 1, pt. 2 : 183. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 195, in part. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Canada to north Intitnde 53-, we.st tf) the 

 Rocky Mountains; New England west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to the Ohio 

 Valley and Tennessee, and along the mountains to Ucorgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Dry open woods. Talladega County, Chandler 

 Springs. Lee County. Auburn. Septeuil)er, October; not freciuent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America scptentriouali. Kalm." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster laevis amplifolius Porter, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 :324. 1894. 



Astir laevis vSbY.l at ifoU us Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 121. 1894. Not A. latifoliits 

 Desf. 



Leaves glaucous, broadly ovate, strongly amplexicaul. 



Distribution as in the type. 



ALABAiMA: Mountain region. ISoi'dera of woods, copses. Madison Comity, Mou- 

 tesano, calcareous hillsides, about 1,000 feet altitude. Flowers cerulean blue; 

 October. A])parently not frequent. 



Type locality: "8pecimeus of this variety exist in the Torrey Herbarium, and it 

 has also been collected in the neighborhood of Eastou, Pennsylvania." 



Herb. Geol. .Surv. 



Aster ericoides L. Sp. PI. 2 :875. 1753. Heath-like A.stek. 



Ell. Sk. 2:348. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 260. Chap. Fl. 202. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:184. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Ontario and New England, west to 

 Minnesota, south to Florida and Mississippi. 



Alabama: Over the State. Light exposed soil, fence rows, roadsides, borders of 

 woods. Madison, Cullman, and Clay counties, Rays white; October, November. 

 Common. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America septeutrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster ericoides pilosus ( Willd.) Porter, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 323. 1894. 



Haiky Aster. 



Aster rillosus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 113. 1803. Not Thunb. 1800. 



Aster pilusHS Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 2025. 1803. 



A. ericoides var. rillosus Torr. iV Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 124. 1841. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 2(30. Chap. Fl. 202. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, ]>t. 2 : 184, 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to Minnesota; New York, West Vir- 

 ginia, Ohio, Tennessee, and North Carolina. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Coast ])lain. Poadsides, fence rows. Cullman 

 County. Lauderdale Comity, l-'loience (M. C. JCilson). Lee Cotinty, Auburn. Mobile 

 County. Frequent north oi the Coast Pine belt. 



Type locality of Aster pilosna Willd. : " Hab. in America boreali in regione Illinoen- 

 sium." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster ericoides platyphyllus Torr. & Graj', Fl. N. A. 2 : 124. 1841. 

 Chap. Fl. 202. Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 3 : 379. 

 Carolinian area. Indiana to North Carolina and Georgia. 



Alabama: Metamorphic and Lower hills. Light sandy or gravelly soil, borders of 

 fields. Lee County, Auburn (Hakcr ,\- Earle). Tuscaloosa County. Flowers white; 

 October. 



Type locality : "North Carolina, Schwcinitz! Mr. Curtis! Indiana, Dr.Clapp.^' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster multiflorus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3:203. 1789. Many-floweked Aster. 



Aster mnltittorus var. sti-icticaulis Torr. «.t Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 125. 1841. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : '349. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 260. Chap.' Fl. 202. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 

 1»5. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 195. 



Mexico. 



Canadian zone and Caroliuiiin area. Ontario to Saskatchewan and the Rocky 

 Mountains to north latitude 49; Kew Euglaiid, west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and 

 Montana; I'rom New York S(juth to (Jeorgia, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and 

 Arizona. 



