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me to add to our New York flora several species which were 

 formerly supposed to be varieties of Aster divaricatus, 

 A . m a c r o p h y 1 1 u s and other closely related species. 



Aster biformis Bu. 



Rathboneville, Steuben co. and Voorheesville, Albany co. August 

 and September. In this species the lower stem leaves are petiolate 

 and cordate with a deep narrow sinus, the upper leaves are abruptly 

 reduced to a smaller size and are nearly or quite sessile. This dif- 

 ference between the upper and lower leaves is suggestive of the 

 specific name. 



Aster camptilis Bu. 



Low rocky ground. Lake Minnewaska. September. A slender 

 aster with a weak stem which is often reclined or bent as if too 

 feeble to support its own branches or hold itself erect. This char- 

 acter is suggestive of the name bent stemmed aster. 



Aster claytoni Bu. 



Open places. Menands, Albany co. September. A large and 

 variable species belonging to the group Divaricati. Specimens are 

 sometimes 3 feet tall. 



Aster elaeagnus Bu. 



North Elba, Essex co. August. A northern species having 

 orbicular or ovate radical leaves and variable stem leaves which are 

 pale and hairy on the under side. This gives a scurfy appearance 

 suggestive of the scurfy character of Elaeagnus leaves. The species 

 belongs to the group Macrophylli. 



Aster fragrans Bu. 



Round Lake, Saratoga co. September. This species differs 

 from A . divaricatus, to which it was formerly referred, 

 in its more persistent fragrance, more compact panicle of flowers 

 and more truncate base of its leaves. 



Aster multiformis Bu. 

 Lake Minnewaska, Ulster co. September. A species remark- 

 able for its long slender rootstocks and the many fonns shown by 

 the leaves of the same plant. 



