COMPOSITAK. 



[Vol. III. 



65. Aster lateriflorus (L,. ) Britton. 

 Starved Aster. Calico Aster. (Fig. 3799.) 



Solidago lateriflora L. Sp. PI. 879. 1753. 



Aster diffusa s Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 205. 17S9. 



Aster miser Nutt. Gen. 2: 158. 1818. 



A. lateriflorus Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 9: 10. 1889. 



Stem puberulent, or nearly glabrous, slender, di- 

 vergently branched, i-5 high. Basal leaves ovate, 

 sleuder-petioled; stem leaves broadly lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, mostly acuminate, serrate, 2'-$ r 

 long, 6 // -i2 // wide, those of the branches smaller, 

 oblong or linear-oblong; heads 3 // -5 // broad, race- 

 mosely unilateral on the branches, short-peduncled 

 or sessile, usually numerous and crowded; involucre 

 turbinate, its bracts linear-oblong, obtuse or acutish, 

 imbricated in about 4 series, their short green tips ap- 

 pressed or slightly spreading; rays numerous, short, 

 white or pale purple; disk-flowers purple; pappus 

 white; acheues minutely pubescent. 



In dry or moist soil, Nova Scotia to western Ontario, 

 south to North Carolina, Louisiana and Texas. Called in Maryland Rosemary. Aug.-Oct. 



Aster lateriflorus glomerulus (T. & G. ) Burgess. 

 Aster miser var. glomerellus T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 130. 1841. 



Chiefly unbranched, with the habit of Soli dago caesia ; leaves hispidulous above, oblong-lance- 

 olate, dull green, the teeth very sharp and straight; heads glomerate in the axils, often somewhat spi- 

 cate toward the summit of the plant, sometimes also on short branches. In deep woods, New York 

 to Virginia. 



Aster lateriflorus thyrsoideus 1 A. Gray) Sheldon, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 286. 1S93. 

 Aster diff'usus var. thyrsoideus A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1: Part 2, 187. 1884. 



Ashy-pubescent; leaves ovate to lanceolate; branches ascending, rather stiff, mostly short; heads 

 usually densely thyrsoid-paniculate, less markedly secund than in the type. New York and Ontario 

 to Illinois. 



Aster lateriflorus grandis Porter, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 324. 1894. 

 Aster bifrons Lindl.; DC. Prodr. 5: 243. 1836. Not All. 1785. 

 Aster diff'usus var. bifrons A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1: Part 2, 187. 1884. 



Taller and larger-leaved than the type, the branches spreading; leaves lanceolate, sometimes 6 

 long and nearly 1' wide; heads mostly larger, rather loosely paniculate. In shaded places, southern 

 New York to Kentucky and Illinois. 



Aster lateriflorus pendulus (Ait.) Burgess. 

 Aster pendulus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 205. 1789. 



Leaves linear-elliptic, conspicuously drooping, remotely appressed-serrulate, often with nar- 

 rowly margined petioles, roughish when dry; branches long, slender, often pendulous; heads long- 

 peduncled; rays and bracts often purple-tinged. In thickets, New York to Virginia. 



Aster lateriflorus horizontalis (Desf. ) Burgess. 

 Aster horizontalis Desf. Cat. Hort. Paris, Ed. 3, 402. 1829. 



Branches long, slender, widely spreading; leaves firm, those of the branches very small, mostly 

 entire; heads very numerous; rays rather large. Southern New York to Virginia. 



66. Aster hirsuticaulis Lindl. 

 Hairy-stemmed Aster. (Fig. 3800.) 



Aster hirsuticaulis Lindl.; DC. Prodr. 5: 242. 



1836. 

 Aster lateriflorus hirsuticaulis Porter, Mem. 



Torr. Club, 5: 324. 1894. 



Stem slender, erect, i*4-3 high, pubes- 

 cent nearly or quite to the base, the usually 

 short branches spreading or ascending. 

 Leaves thin, glabrous above, usually pubes- 

 cent on the midvein beneath, serrate with a 

 few appressed teeth, or entire, linear-lanceo- 

 late to lanceolate, sometimes 6' long, 2 / '-~" 

 wide, sessile, or the basal ones spatulate and 

 petioled; heads more or less secund on the 

 branches, densely or loosely clustered, often 

 also solitary or few in the lower axils; bracts 

 of the involucre in 3 or 4 series, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate or acute; rays white, 

 about 2 // long. 



In woods and thickets, New York and Penn- 

 -ylvania to Kentucky. 



