384 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



The var. amplifolius Porter (large-leaved) occurs at 

 Hampton (A. W. Driggs). 



Very variable as to form of leaf. A handsome species. 



Aster concinnus Willd. (neat; elegant). 



Rare. South ington, rock crevices of dry shaded ledges 

 at Meriden Mt. (Andrews). Sept. 



One of the rarest plants of North America. Three, or 

 doubtfully four, other stations only are known. See Rhodora 

 2 :i66. 



Aster ericoides L. (like Erica, the Heath), 



Common. Dry mostly open places. Sept. — Oct, 

 The var. villosus Torr. & Gray (hairy), var. pilosus 

 Porter, is occasional in New London County (Graves), and 

 occurs as far west as New Haven (J. A. Allen). A hybrid 

 with Aster undulatus occurs at Oxford (Harger). 



Aster amethystinus Nutt. (of the color of amethyst). 



Rare. Dry to moist open ground : New London and 

 Sprague (Graves), Oxford and Southbury (Harger), Salis- 

 bury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). Sept. 



Aster multiflorus Ait. (many-flowered). 



Common. Dry fields and roadsides. Sept. — Oct. 

 The var. exiguus Fernald (small; mean) sometimes oc- 

 curs with the typical form. 



Aster dumosus L. (bushy). 



Dry soil of open fields or in half shade. Southington 



(Andrews & Bissell), Farmington (Bissell), Manchester 



(Weatherby), Stafford (Graves), Old Saybrook (Bissell) ; 



becoming frequent in eastern Connecticut. July — Sept. The 



so-called Aster Gravesii Burgess is apparently a hybrid of 



Aster dumosus with some other species, probably Aster laevis, 



and occurs at Waterford (Graves), 



Aster dumosus L., var. coridifolius (Michx.) Torr. & Gray 



(having leaves like Coris, a genus of the Primrose Fam- 



ily). 



Rare. Sandy thickets or more open ground : Ellington 

 (Weatherby), Southington (Bissell). Aug. — Sept. 

 Aster dumosus L., var. strictior Torr, & Gray (more upright). 



