PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 755 



cc. Rays white (pink or bluish in dumosus), heads not over 20 

 mm. broad. 

 d. Heads soHtary at the ends of slender branchlets. 



A. dumosus, p. 760 

 dd. Heads paniculate or racemose. 



e. Paniculate, not in one-sided racemes, plants nearly gla- 

 brous. 



f. Leaves lanceolate, somewhat serrate in the middle ; 



heads 16-20 mm. broad. A. paniculatus, p. 760 



ff. Leaves linear lanceolate to subulate, entire or mostly 



so; heads 8-12 mm. broad. A. ericoidcs, p. 760 



ee. Heads racemose, one-sided on the branches. 



/. Stem leaves oval, oblong or lanceolate serrate or 

 chiefly so ; stem pubescent or glabrate. 



A. laterifiorus, p. 761 

 ff. Stem leaves linear lanceolate to linear, nearly entire, 

 stem glabrate. A. viminciis, p. 761 



aaaa. Leaves fleshy, narrow, entire, maritime plants. 



h. Heads 12-25 mm. broad. A. tenuifolins, p. 761 



b. Heads 6-10 mm. broad. A. siibulatus, p. 761 



Aster divaricatus L. White Wood Aster. 



Aster divaricatus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 873. 1753 [Virginia]. 

 Aster corymbosiis Willis 30. — Britton 136. 



Common in rich woods of the northern counties and occasional 

 or locally frequent in the Middle district. 

 PI. — Late August to early October. 



Middle 'District.— 1<Iqw Egypt, Pemberton (C), Medford (S), Oaklyn (S), 

 Springdale (S), Little Timber Creek (P), Mickleton (C), Swedesboro. 



Aster macrophyllus L. Large-leaved Aster. 



Aster macrophyllus Linnaeus Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 1232. 1763 [North America]. — 

 Willis 30. — Britton 136. — Keller and Brown 328. 



Frequent in rich woods of the northern counties, but rare 

 within our limits in the upper IVLiddle and Cape May districts. 

 Fl. — Early August to late September, probably. 



Middle District.— Colt's Neck, Mon. Co. (C), Timber Creek (P). 

 Cape May.— Rio Grande (OHB). 



Aster cordifolius L. Blue Wood Aster. 



Aster cordifolius Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 875 [America]. — Knieskern 17. — Britton 

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