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pale under surface and more blunt and oppressed serratures. 

 The flower-heads are generally less numerous and larger than in 

 the type. Professor Porter remarks that perhaps it is a good 

 species, and also that it is suggestive of a hybrid between Aster 

 cordifolius and A. Icevis. 



Aster vimineus Lam. 



This species anH A. diffusus are not easil}^ separated in some 

 of their forms. Near Wells, Hamilton countj^, an Aster is com- 

 mon which has the narrow leaves of A. vimineus, but the hairy 

 stem of A. diffusus. 



Aster Novi-Belgii L. 



A form was collected at North ville in which the heads are 

 unusually small, being about three lines long. They are about 

 the size of the heads of A. dtcmosus. 



At Lake Pleasant, a small form occurs in which the stem is one 

 to two feet high, rarely branched and bearing from one to six 

 flowers of usual size. At Wells is a form like this in all respects 

 except that the stem and midvein of the leaves are hairy as in 

 A. puniceus^ to which, on this account the specimens have been 

 referred, although the leaves are much more narrow than in 

 ordinary forms of A. puniceus. It may be a question whether 

 these should be considered as a narrow-leaved, few-flowered 

 form of ^. J? i*w*cet^«, or a hairy-stemmed, few-flowered form of 

 A. Novi-Belgii. Both forms are apparently due to poor soil. 



A form was collected near Wells, having the long linear 

 leaves of variety elodes. They are four to four and a half 

 inches long and not more than three lines wide. 



Erigeron strigosus Muhl, var. discoideus Bobbins. 



Roadsides and pastures. Alcove. C. L. Shear. Menands and 

 Grafton. June and Swij. 



This variety appears, at first sight, as if its rays had been 

 closely eaten by insects. 



Lactuca leucophaea Gr. var. integrifolia Gr. 



Along the railroad near Carrolton. September. Probably 

 introduced from the west. 



