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Sulidago cordutu Short, Wilkes County, North Carolina, M. A. Curtis; Table 

 Mountain, North Carolina, M. A. Curtis. Both of these have received the label 

 BrachychiPta cordata in the handwriting of Dr. Gray. 



Solidago cordata Short. French Broad River, 1843. No collector's name. 



Bruchijcha'ta cordata Torr. and Gray. Curtiss, North American Plants, No. 

 1298; BlufTs of Cumberland River, near Nashville, Tenn. Legit A. Gattinger. 



An examination of the above data shows that this form can be reasonably 

 expected in the southwestern counties of the State. It is easily mistaken for a 

 Solidago, which genus it resembles closely in head and flower, except in the pap- 

 pus. Jt perhaps should be looked for in collections among the Solidagos. 



Aster polyphyUus Willd. "Grassy borders of low thickets. Whiting, Ind. 

 September 29, 1892." (E. J. Hill.) The range of this species being "northern 

 Vermont to Wiscon.sin, and southward," it is a little remarkable that this is its 

 only record for the State. It is possible that it has been mistaken for A. ericoides 

 L., which it resembles in many particulars. The extreme variability of this lat- 

 ter form renders such an error a natural one. It is probable that A. polyphyllus is 

 more widely distributed throughout the State than the single recorded station 

 would indicate. 



Aster umbellatus Mill. "Moist grounds. Pine Station, Ind. September 4, 

 189-3." (E. J. Hill.) This form, "common, especially northward," is only 

 recorded from four counties of the State. Additional stations are as follows: 

 Jefl'erson County (C. R. Barnes); Clark County (Baird and Taylor); .Jay County 

 (Dr. Phinney). The Jefferson County reference has its authentication in speci- 

 mens in the Purdue Herbarium; the Clark and .Jay County stations rest upon the 

 authority of the collectors. The plant may be confidently looked for in the 

 northern counties of the State, and many new stations should be added as a result 

 of the work of the ensuing season. 



Aster ptarmicoides Torr. and Gray. " Dry sands. Pine Station, Ind." (£. J. 

 Hill.) This form, occurring on "dry rocks, western New England to Min- 

 nesota, along the Great Lakes, and northward, "is another species that has entered 

 the State from the north. The Lake County station is the natural one for the 

 State. In the fall of 1894, Messrs. Conner and Laben collected this species at 

 Happy Hollow, Tippecanoe County. I withheld judgment upon the determina- 

 tion, until I was able to examine the type specimens in the Gray Herbarium. 

 There is no question that A. ptarmicoides occurs in Tippecanoe. The station in 

 which it is found is so secluded as to preclude the probability of its recent intro- 

 duction. The range of the species must therefore be extended somewhat. 



