782 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry exposed rocky places, mountainous woods. 

 Talladega County, Alpine Mountains,' 1.800 i'eet ; Renfroe, 1,000 feet. Calhoun County, 

 Anniston, highest ridges, about 1,000 i'eet altitude. Flowers cerulean blue; Septem- 

 ber, October. Not infrequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. iii Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster undulatus loriformis Burgess in Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 3 : 365. 1898. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England, Pennsylvania, Virginia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain. Now York to 

 South Carolina. 



Type locality : "Eastern Massachusetts to Virginia and Pennsylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster cordifolius L. Sp. PL 2 : 875. 1753. HEART-LEAF ASTER. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 36i. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 259. Chap. Fl. 202. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 182. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, Ontario; New England west to 

 Minnesota and Nebraska; through the Ohio Valley to Missouri, Arkansas, and Ten- 

 nessee, and south along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Woodlands and thickets. Lau- 

 derdale County, Florence (M, C. Wilson}. Cullman County. Flowers pale purplish 

 blue; September, October. Not frequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America & Asia septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster cordifolius polycephalus Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 21: 120. 1894. 



"More robust and branched than the type; leaves smaller, the upper ones and the 

 bracts ovate and sessile; panicle ample ; heads usually smaller and very numerous. 

 Rays deep blue and the disk florets dark purple (as in A. laterijiorns), or both of 

 them sometimes pale or whitish." 



ALABAMA : Lauderdale County. 



Type locality: " Every where with the typical form in New Jersey and Eastern 

 Pennsylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Aster lowrieanus Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 121. 1894. 



Aster cordifolius var. laevigatus Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 16 : 67. 1889. Not A. laevi- 

 gatus Lam. 



Aster leiophyllus Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 20 : 254, 1. 151. 1893. Not Fraiich. & Sav. 



Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 3 : 363. 



Carolinian area. Southern Connecticut and southern New York to Pennsylvania, 

 Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky, and southward along the mountains to Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Open woods. Blutfs on the Tennessee River near 

 Florence ( J7. C. inison). September. Not frequent. 



Type locality: "Common in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as westward 

 and southward." 



Aster sagittifolius Wedem. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 2035. ARROW-LEAF ASTER. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 362. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 259. Chap. Fl. 202. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 182. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New Brunswick, Ontario; New England west 

 to Minnesota and Dakota; from New York to the Ohio Valley and along the moun- 

 tains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry open woods. Lee County, Auburn (Earle). 

 Talladega County, Alpine Mountain, l,800feet; Renfroe, 800 feet ; Chandler Springs, 

 1,500 feet. Cullmau County, 800 feet. Calhoun County, Anniston, 800 feet altitude; 

 cherty ridges. Rays sky-blue ; September, October. Not common. 



Type locality: <% Hab. in America boreali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster purpuratus Nees, Gen. & Sp. Ast. 118. 1833. WAND-LIKE ASTER. 



Aster rirgalus Ell. Sk. 2 : 353. 1824. Not of Moench. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 259. Chap. Fl. 201. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 

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



Louisianiau area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Along shaded grassy banks, pine- 

 barren streams. Escambia County, Wallace. Washington and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers cerulean blue. Not infrequent. 



Type local ity : ' ' Crescit in America septentrionali ? " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



