780 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Aster obloiigifolius Nutt. Gen. 2 : 156. 1818. PRAIRIK ASTER. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 257. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 178. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 223. Coul- 

 ter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 194. 



Carolinian to Lonisiauian area. Illinois and Missouri to Minnesota and Nebraska; 

 Pennsylvania and Virginia south to Tennessee, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central prairies. Dry banks and hillsides. Madi- 

 son County, Hnntsville, sunny hillsides, flank of Montesano, 1,000 feet altitude. 

 Lee County, Auburn. Tuscaloosa County. Montgomery County, in the prairies. 

 Flowers azure; September, October. Infrequent. 



Type locality : On the banks of the Missouri. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster puniceus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 875. 1753. PURPLE-STEMMED ASTKR. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 263. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 195. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 2l>3. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia and maritime Canada to the 

 Rocky Mountains; New England west to Minnesota, Dakota, West Virginia, to 

 northern Illinois, mountains of North Carolina, and northwestern Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Swampy borders of woods. Lee 

 County, Auburn (F. S. Earle). Flowers violet to purple ; September, October. Rare; 

 only locality known in the State. 



Type localitv : "Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster concolor L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 1228. 1763. SOUTHERN SILKY ASTER. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 350. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 258. Chap. Fl. 200. Grav, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. pt. 2 : 

 180. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England and New York to 

 southern Ohio, Tennessee, and Florida, and west to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Metamorphic hills to Coast plain. Dry pine woods. Mobile County, 

 sandy pine ridges. Tallapoosa County (E. A. Smith). Lee County, Auburn, sterile 

 hills. Rays violet; October, November. Frequent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster gracilis Nutt. Gen. 2 : 158. 1818. SLENDER ASTER. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 256. Chap. Fl. 199. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 176. Britt. & 

 Br. 111. Fl. 3 : 373. 



Carolinian area. New Jersey, Kentucky, and Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Open woods. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 

 near Mentone. Flowers azure; September. Infrequent. 



Type locality: "In the Savannahs of Kentucky and Tennessee." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster adnatus Nutt. Jourii. Acad. Phila. 7 : 82. 1834-1837. SMALL-LEAK ASTER. 



Aster mici'ophyllus Torr. ; Lindl. in DC. Prodr. 5 : 244. 1835. 



Chap. Fl. 200. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 180. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region, barren pine ridges. Mobile County, Springhill 

 (Gates}. Flowers violet; October, November. Not infrequent. 



Type locality : " In Alabama and West Florida. Mr. Ware." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster patens Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 201. 1789. SPREADING ASTKR. 



Aster amplexicaulis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 114. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 361. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 258. Chap. Fl. 200. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 180. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 195. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario; Massachusetts \v-st 

 to Minnesota and Nebraska; south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas, and 

 from New Jersey to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Dry open copses, hillsides, borders of 

 woods. Ciilhnan County. Talladega County, Renfroe ; Alpine Mountain, 1,800 feet. 

 Not seen in the low country. 



Type locality : "Native of Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster patens tenuicaulis nom. nov. SLENDER SPREADING A^TKR. 



Aster paten* f/raciliB Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1 : 97. 1835. Not A. gracilin Nutt. 1818. 

 Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 180. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 195. 

 Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Tennessee (Gattinyer) to Louisiana arid Texas. 



