14 BRITTON: STUDIES OF WEST INDIAN PLANTS 
1. Aster Grisebachii Britton, nom. nov. 
Haplopappus marginatus Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 149. 1866. Not 
Aster marginaius H.B.K 
Sandy and gravelly pine-lands, Pinar del Rio and Isle of Pines, 
Cuba. 
A species with solitary heads on long, sparingly bracted scapes, 
the rootstocks much-branched, the rosulate linear-oblong leaves 
pilose, the rays bright white. 
2. ASTER ADNATUS Nutt. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 7: 82. 
1834 
Pine-lands, Great Bahama Island; southeastern United States. 
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ASTER LUCAYANUS Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 4: 143. 
4 1906 
Pine-lands, Great Bahama Island. 
4. Aster bahamensis Britton, sp. nov. 
Stout, fibrous-rooted, slightly fleshy, glabrous, 3-20 dm. high. 
Lower leaves and those of sterile shoots with sheathing petioles 
4-7 cm. long, the blades oblong to linear-oblong or oblong-lanceo-. 
late, obtuse or acute, 4-8 cm. long, 5-20 mm. wide, sparingly 
crenate-dentate or entire, narrowed into the petiole, the midvein 
prominent, the lateral veins obscure; upper stem-leaves linear, 
entire, 6 cm. long or less, those of the branches nearly subulate, 
3-12 mm. long; heads numerous, paniculate; involucre nearly 
cylindric, 6-8 mm. high, its bracts linear, acuminate, about 0.7 
mm. wide, green with scarious margins, or the inner merely green- 
tipped; rays purple, 4-5 mm. long; achenes columnar, 2.5 mm. 
long, the angles roughened; pappus brownish, twice as long as the 
achene. 
Moist grounds and marshes, Great Bahama, Andros, he ciers 
and Cat Island. Type from Barnett’s Point, Great Bahama 
(Britton & Mullspaugh 2621). 
5. Aster Burgessii Britton, sp. nov. 
Rootstock short, thick. Stems clustered or solitary, densely 
leafy, often with many short branches, pubescent, at least above, 
5 dm. high, or less. Lower and basal leaves oblanceolate or 
spatulate, obtuse or acutish, distantly low-serrate, 2-5 cm. long, 
