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var. viLLOSA (Pursh) Fernald. Common in moist 

 tliickets and open woods. 



SoLiDAGO XEMOKALis Ait. Abundant in dry sterile soil. 

 SoLiDAGO CA?f ADEN SIS L. Common in damp thickets and 



open woods. 

 SoLiDAGo sEROTixA Ait. Eare. Roadside tliickets near 

 Torrey Pond, Deer Isle (Xo. 3037). 



var. GiGANTEA (Ait.) Gray. Moist alder thicket, Gray's 

 Cove, Deer Isle (Xo. 1907). 



SoLiDAGO GRA:\riNiFOLiA (L.) Salisb., var. Nuttallii 

 (Greene) Fernald. Very common. Dry fields and road- 

 sides. 



Aster macrophyllus L. Common in dry open woods and 

 clearings. 



Aster radttla L. Common in bogs and wet woods. 



var. STRicTus (Pursh) Gray. Occasional in bogs and 

 exposed situations along the shore. 



*AsTER coRDiFOLius L. Infrequent. Wooded banks, Isle 

 au Haut (J. C. Arthur). 



Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton. Very common in dry 

 fields, clearings and thickets. A very variable species 

 often closely approaching var. hirsuticaulis (Lindl.) Por- 

 ter. Isle au Haut (X. T. Kidder). 



Aster paniculatus Lam., var, bellidiflorus (Willd.) 

 Burgess. Rare. Open places in dry woods near Head 

 Harbor, Isle au Haut (Xo. 2410). 



*AsTER EoxGiFOLirs Laui. Isle au Haut (J. C. Arthur, X. 

 T. Kidder). 



Aster novi-beegii L. Very abundant in wet meadows, 

 usually near the shore. Common on headlands, rocky 

 shores and borders of salt marshes. 



