PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 761 



Aster lateriflorus (L.). Starved Aster. 



Solidago lateriflorus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 879. 1753 [North America]. 



Aster lateriflorus Britton 138. 



Aster lateriflorus thyrsoideus Keller and Brown 331. 



Common in various situations in the northern counties and 

 on the coast, locally elsewhere, except in the Pine Barrens, where 

 it does not occur. 



Mr. Long thinks our coastal material is probably referable to 

 var. thyrsoideus. It is low, with a dense inflorescence, but very- 

 variable. 



Fl. — Early September to mid-October. 



Middle District. — Birmingham. 



Coast Strip. — Waretown, Barnegat City (L), Surf City (L), Ship Bottom 

 (L), Sea Isle City, Wildwood. 

 Cape May.— Cold Spring (S), Cape May (OHB). 



Aster vimineus Lam. Small White Aster. 



Aster vimineus Lamarck, Encycl. L 306. 1783 [Canada]. — Keller and Brown 

 332. 



Frequent throughout our region, except in the Pine Barrens, 



where it is absent ; also occasional in the northern counties. 



Fl. — Late August to mid-October. 



Middle District. — Locust Grove (S), Lindenwold, Camden, W. Deptford, 

 Riddleton. 

 Pine jBorr^Kj.— Landisville (as a weed). 

 Coast Strip. — Como, Barnegat City (L), Wildwood. 

 Cape Ma3;.— Cold Spring (S), Town Bank (OHB). 



Aster tenuifolius L. Large-flowered Salt Marsh Aster. 



Aster tenuifolius Linnasus, Sp. PL 873. 1753 [North America]. — Britton 139. 



— Keller and Brown 332. 

 Aster flexuosus Nuttall, Gen. IL 154 [Salt Marshes of N. J. and N. Y.].— 



Knieskern 18. — Willis 31. 



Salt marshes of the coast and lower Delaware Bay frecjuent. 

 Fl. — Early September to early October. 



Maritime. — Pt. Pleasant (S), Seaside Park (S), Barnegat Pier, Forked 

 River, Ship Bottom (L), Beach Haven (L), Absecon, Atlantic City, Ocean 

 City, Palermo (S), Avalon, Wildwood, Anglesea, Cape May. 



Aster subulatus Michx. Small-flowered Salt Marsh Aster. 



Aster subulatus Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. H. 11 1 [Maritime Swamps, Penna. 

 and Carolina]. — Nuttall, Gen. H. 155. 1818. — Britton 139. — Keller and 

 Brown 332. 



