THISTLE FAMILY. 783 



Aster laevis L. Sp. PI. 2 :876. 1753. SMOOTH ASTER. 



Ell. Sk. 2:352. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 259. Chap. Fl. 200; ed. 3. 220. In part. Gray, 

 Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 183. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 195, in part. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Canada to north latitude 53, west to the 

 Rocky Mountains; New England west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to the Ohio 

 Valley and Tennessee, and along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry open woods. Talladega County, Chandler 

 Springs. Lee County, Auburn. September, October; not frequent. 



Type locality : "Hal), in America septentrional!. Kalm." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster laevis amplifolius Porter, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 324. 1894. 



Aster laevis var. lalifolius Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:121. 1894. Not A. latifolius 

 Desf. 



Leaves glaucous, broadly ovate, strongly amplexicaul. 



Distribution as in the type. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Borders of woods, copses. Madison County, Mon- 

 tesano, calcareous hillsides, about 1,000 feet altitude. Flowers cerulean blue; 

 October. Apparently not frequent. 



Type locality : " Specimens of this variety exist in the Torrey Herbarium, and it 

 has 'also been collected in the neighborhood of Eastou, Pennsylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Aster ericoides L. Sp. PL 2 : 875. 1753. HEATH- LIKE ASTEK. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 348. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 260. Chap. Fl. 202. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:184. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Ontario and New England, west to 

 Minnesota, south to Florida and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Light exposed soil, fence rows, roadsides, borders of 

 woods. Madison, Cullman, and Clay counties. Rays white; October, November. 

 Common. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentrional!." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster ericoides pilosus (Willd.) Porter, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 323. 1894. 



HAIRY ASTER. 



Aster HMoswsMichx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 113. 1803. Not Thunb. 1800. 



Aster pilosus Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 2025. 1803. 



A. ericoides vnr. rillosm Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 124. 1841. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 260 Chap. Fl. 202. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 184. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area, Ontario to Minnesota; New York, West Vir- 

 ginia, Ohio, Tennessee, and North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Coast plain. Roadsides, fence rows. Cullman 

 County. Lauderdale County, Florence (M. C. Wilson). Lee County, Auburn. Mobile 

 County. Frequent north of the Coast Pine belt. 



Type locality of Aster pilosus Willd. : " Hab. in America boreali in regione Illinoen- 

 sium." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster ericoides platyphyllus Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 124. 1841. 

 Chap. Fl. 202. Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 3 : 379. 

 Carolinian area. Indiana to North Carolina and Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Metamorphic and Lower hills. Light sandy or gravelly soil, borders of 

 fields. Lee County, Auburn (Baker 4'- Earle). Tuscaloosa County. Flowers white; 

 October. 



Type locality : "North Carolina, Schweinitz! Mr. Curtis! Indiana, Dr. Clapp." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster multiflorus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 203. 1789. MANY-FLOWERED ASTER. 



Aster multi floras var. stricticatiliti Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 125. 1841. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 349. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 260. Chap. Fl. 202. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 

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



MEXICO. 



Canadian zone and Carolinian area. Ontario to Saskatchewan and the Rocky 

 Mountains to north latitude 49; New England, west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and 

 Montana; from New York south to Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and 

 Arizona, 



