CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 115 



A. longifolius, Lam. Not of Gray, Manual, 5th ed. 



Low grounds; infrequent. Roadside thicket near Juniper 

 Cove; Cliff walk, Seal Harbor; Meadow Brook, Oak Hill; 

 roadside between Town Hill and Emery District; Eden P. 0. ; 

 Somes ville (Rand). 



A. Novi-Belgii, L. 



Abundant everywhere in both wet and dry ground. Very 

 variable in foliage, size of heads, color of ray flowers, etc. The 

 common form has smooth, thick leaves. A form with very 

 narrow leaves, Somesville; Bass Harbor; Emery Cove; foot of; 

 Western Mt. ; Pond Heath, etc. (Rand). Forms of this species 

 apparently pass into A. puniceus, L., var. lucidulus, Gray. 



Forma albifloms. 



Ray flowers pure white. Cliffs east of Seal Harbor (Rand). 



Forma roseus. 



A salt marsh form, low, only 1 high; stems dark purple; 

 leaves linear, thick, with purple midrib, the lower stem leaves 

 bearing abundant axillary clusters of small leaves; rays bright 

 pink. Near Bass Harbor (Rand). 



Var. litoreus, Gray. 



Salt marshes or wet shores; infrequent or rare. Month of 

 Northeast Creek; Somes Harbor; Great Cranberry Isle (Rand). 

 Forms approaching this variety are abundant, but the variety 

 itself is seldom found. 



A. patulus, Lam. 



Rare. Meadow, head of Northeast Creek (M. L. Fernald) ; 

 Town Hill road, Somesville (Rand). 



A. tardifloms, L. 



Rare. Wood road to Broad Cove; road from Town Hill to 

 Thomas Bay (Rand). 



A. pnniceus, L. 



Common in wet ground. 



