COMPOSITAK. [Vol. III. 



65. Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton. 

 Starved Aster. Calico Aster. (Fig. 3799.) 



Solidago lalerifloia L. Sp. PI. 879. 1753. 

 Aster diffusHS K\\.. Hort. Kew. 3: 205. 1789. 

 Asler niiier Nutt. Gen. 2: 158. 181S. 

 A.lalfiiflortis Britton, Trans. N. Y. .Vcad. Sci. 9; 10. 1889. 

 Stem puberulent, or nearlj- glabrous, slender, di- 

 vergently branched, i°-5° higb. Basal leaves ovate, 

 slendcr-petioled; stem leaves broadly lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, mostly acuminate, serrate, 2'-5' 

 long, 6"-i2" wide, those of the branches smaller, 

 oblong or linear-oblong; heads 3"-5" broad, race- 

 mosely unilateral on the branches, sbort-peduucled 

 or sessile, usually numerous aud crowded; involucre 

 turbinate, its bracts linear-oblong, obtuse or acutish, 

 imbricated in about 4 series, their short green tips ap- 

 pressed or slightly spreading; rays numerous, short, 

 white or pale purple; disk-flowers purple; pappus 

 white; achenes minutely pubescent. 



In dry or moist soil, Nova Scotia to western Ontario, 

 south to North Carolina, Louisiana and Texas. Called in Maryland Rosemary. Aug.-Oct. 



Aster lateriflorus glomerellus (T. & G. ) Burgess. 

 Asler miser \2lT. glomerellus 't. & G. Fl. N. .\. 2: !3o. 1841. 



Chiefly unbranched, with the liabit of Solidago caesia ; leaves hispidulous above, oblong-lance- 

 olate, dull green, the teeth very sharp and straight: heads glomerate in the axils, often somewhat spi- 

 cate toward the summit of the plant, sometimes also on short branches. In deep woods, New York 

 to Virginia. 



Aster lateriflorus thyrsoideus ( A. Gray) Sheldon, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 286. 1895. 

 Asler diffnsusvar. Ihyrsoideus A.. Gray, Syn. Fl. i: Part 2, 187. 1884. 



.\shy-pubescent; leaves ovate to lanceolate; branches ascending, rather stiff, mostly short: heads 

 usually densely thyrsoidpaniculate, less markedly secund than in the type. New York and Ontario 

 to Illinois. 



Aster lateriflorus grandis Porter, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 324. 1894. 

 Asler bifrons Lindl.; DC. Prodr. 5; 243. 1S36. Not All. 1785. 

 Asler diffusus var. bifrons .-V. Gray, Syn. Fl. i: Part 2. 187. 1SS4. 



Taller and larger-leaved than the type, the branches spreading: leaves lanceolate, sometimes 6' 

 long and nearly i' wide; heads mostly larger, rather loosely paniculate. In shaded places, southern 

 New York to Kentucky and Illinois. 



Aster lateriflorus pendulus (Ait.) Burgess. 

 Asler pendiihis Wi. Hort. Kew. 3: 205. 1789. 



Leaves linear-elliptic, conspicuously drooping, remotely appressed-serrulate, often with nar- 

 rowly margined petioles, roughish when dry; branches long, slender, often pendulous; heads long- 

 peduncled; rays and bracts often purple-tinged. In thickets, New York to Virginia. 



Aster lateriflorus horizontalis (Desf. ) Burgess. 

 Asler horisonlalis Desi. Cat. Hort. Paris. Ed. 3, 402. 1829. 



Branches long, slender, widely spreading; leaves firm, those of the branches very small, mostly 

 entire; heads very numerous; rays rather large. Southern New York to Virginia. 



66. Aster hirsuticaiilis L,indl. 

 Hairy-stemmed Aster. (Fig. 3800.) 



Asler hirsulicaulis Lindl. ; DC. Prodr. 5; 242. 



1836. 

 Asler lateriflorus hirsuticaiilis Porter, Mem. 



Torr. Club, 5: 324. 1894. 



Stem slender, erect, i^^°-3° high, pubes- 

 cent nearly or quite to the base, the usually 

 short branches spreading or ascending. 

 Leaves thin, glabrous above, usually pubes- 

 cent on the midvein beneath, serrate with a 

 few appressed teeth, or entire, linear-lanceo- 

 late to lanceolate, sometimes 5' long, 2"--" 

 wide, sessile, or the basal ones spatulate and 

 petioled; heads more or less secund on the 

 branches, densely or loosely clustered, often 

 also solitary or few in the lower axils; bracts 

 of the involucre in 3 or 4 series, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate or acute; rays white, 

 about 2" long. 



In woods and thickets. New York and Penn- 

 sylvania to Kentucky. 



