THISTLE FAMILY. 785 



Alabama: Lower hills. Wooded bauks. Tuscaloosa Comity. October. 

 Type locality iiidetenuiiiate. 

 Flerb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



Aster lateriflorus pendulus (Ait.) Burgess iu Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 3 : 380. 1898. 

 Asler pendulus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 204. 1789. 

 Carolinian urea. New York, Virginia. 



ALAr..\:MA: Lower hills. Tuscaloosa Conuty. Flowers iu October. Not frequent. 

 Type locality : " Native of North America." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster tradescanti L. Sp. PI. 2: 876. 17.53. • Thadescant? Aster. 



Kll. Sk. 2 : 358. Gray, Mau. ed. 6, 261, in part. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 187. 



Canadian zoue to Caroliuian area. Ontario to Saskatchewnn; southern New Eng- 

 land, and throughout the States east of -the Mississippi to Carolina and Georgia. 



Alabajfa : So far known in Alabama only from Tuscaloosa County, there collected 

 by E. A. Smith. 



Type localit V : '' Hab. iu Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster salicifolius subasper (Liudl. ) Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 1, ])t. 2 : 188. 1881. 



EouGHiSH Willow-i.eaf Aster. 



Aster suhn><per Liudl. Hook. Corni>. Bot. Mag. 1 : 97. 1835. 



Gray, Mau. ed. 6, 261. Gray, 1. c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 196. 



Caroiiniau area. Illinois and Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Coast plain. Deep grassy bauks along streams. 

 Cullman County. Mobile County, Whistler, banks of Boguebo'^raa Creek. Flowers 

 white; October. Not frequent. 



Type locality: "St. Louis," Mo. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Aster paniculatus Lam. p]ncycl. 1:306. 1783. Pa>'Iculate Aster. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 261. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 222. 



Canadian zone to Louisiauiau area. Canada; from the Atlantic west to the Rocky 

 Mountains; from New England west to Nebraska, south to Florida and Louisiana. 



Alabam.a : Mountain region to Coast plain. Low grassj- banks. Cullman County. 

 Mobile County, Whistler, banks of Chickasaha Creek. Flowers pale pnrple; Octo- 

 ber. Not frequent. 



Type locality: " Cette Ast^-re croit dans I'Am^rique septentriouale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Aster tenuifolius L. Sp. PL 2 : 873. 1753. Salt-marsh Aster. 



Aster flexuosKS Nutt. Gen. 2 : 154. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2:343. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 264. Chap. Fl. 206; ed. .3, 224. Gray, Svn. Fl. 

 N. A.l. pt. 2:202. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauiau area. Coast of Massachusetts to PTorida, west to 

 Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast plain aud Littoral region, slightly brackish and saline marshes. 

 West shore of Mobile Bay, near Dog River; West Fowl River. Flowers, October; 

 rare. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster exilis Ell. Sk. 2 : 344. 1821. Seaside Aster. 



rripoJium diiarieatum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1 : 296. 1834. 



Aster diraric((tus Torr. & Grav. Fl. N. A. 2 : 163. 1841. Not L. 



Kll. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 205 ; ed. 3, 225. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. pt. 2 : 203. 



Louisiauiau area. Georgia and Florida, west to Texas. 



Alaba.ma: Coast plain. Low wet exposed i)laces, borders of ditches aud marshes. 

 ^Mobile aud Baldwin counties. P^lowers pale purplish blue (lilac). October, Novem- 

 ber. Common. 



Type locality: "Grows in damp soils iu the westeru districts of Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster subulatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 111. 1803. Spkeadixc Aster. 



Aster linifoUus Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 162. 1841. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. "2:345. Gray, Mau. ed. 6, 264. Chap. Fl. 205; ed. 3, 224. Gray, Svn. Fl. 

 N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 204. 



Carolinian to Louisiauiau area. Coast of New England to Florida. 



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