THISTLE FAMILY. 785 



ALABAMA: Lower hills. Wooded banks. Tuscaloosa County. October. 

 Type locality indeterminate. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mokr. 



Aster lateriflorus pendulus (Ait.) Burgess in Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 3 : 380. 1898. 

 Aster pendulus Ait. Hout. Ke w. 3 : 204. 1789. 

 Carolinian area. New York, Virginia. 



ALABAMA : Lower hills. Tuscaloosa County. Flowers in October. Not frequent. 

 Type locality : " Native of North America." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster tradescaiiti L. Sp. PL 2 : 876. 1753. TKADESCANT'S ASTER. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 358. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 261, in part. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 187. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Ontario to Saskatchewan; southern New Eng- 

 land, and throughout the States east of the Mississippi to Carolina and Georgia. 



ALABAMA : So far known in Alabama only from Tuscaloosa County, there collected 

 by E. A. Smith. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster salicifolius subasper (Lindl. ) Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 188. 1884. 



ROUGHISH WILLOW-LEAF ASTER. 



Aster sulyasper Liudl. Hook. Coiup. Bot. Mag. 1 : 97. 1835. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 261. Gray, 1. c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 196. 



Carolinian area. Illinois and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Coast plain. Deep grassy banks along streams. 

 Cullman County. Mobile County, Whistler, banks of Bogueho^ma Creek. Flowers 

 white; October. Not frequent. 



Type locality : " St. Louis," Mo. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Aster paniculatus Lain. Encycl. 1:306. 1783. PANICULATE ASTER. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 261. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 222. 



Canadian zone to Louisianiari area. Canada; from the Atlantic west to the Rocky 

 Mountains; from New England west to Nebraska, south to Florida and Louisiana. 

 . ALABAMA : Mountain region to Coast plain. Low grassy banks. Cullman County. 

 Mobile County, Whistler, banks of Chickasaha Creek. Flowers pale purple; Octo- 

 ber. Not frequent. 



Type locality : " Cette Astere croit dans 1'Amerique septeutriouale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Aster tenuifolius L. Sp. PI. 2 : 873. 1753. SALT- MARSH ASTER. 



Aster jiexuosus Nutt. Gen. 2 : 154. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2:343. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 264. Chap. Fl. 206; ed. 3, 224. Gray. Syu. Fl. 

 N.A.l,pt.2:202. 



Alleghenian to Louisianiau- area. Coast of Massachusetts to Florida, west to 

 Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain and Littoral region, slightly brackish and saline marshes. 

 West shore of Mobile Bay, near Dog River; West Fowl River. Flowers, October; 

 rare. 



Type locality : " Hab; in America septeutrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster exilis Ell. Sk. 2 : 344. 1821. SEASIDE ASTER. 



Tripolium diraricatum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1 : 296. 1834. 



Aster dicaricatus Torr. & Gray. Fl. N. A. 2 : 163. 1841. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 205 ; ed. 3, 225. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 203. 



Louisianiaii area. Georgia and Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Low wet exposed places, borders of ditches and marshes. 

 Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers pale purplish blue (lilac). October, Novem- 

 ber. Common. 



Type locality: "Grows in damp soils in the western districts of Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aster subulatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 111. 1803. SPREADING ASTER. 



Aster linifoUus Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 162. 1841. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 2:345. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 264. Chap. Fl. 205; ed. 3, 224. Grav, Syn. Fl. 

 N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 204. 



Carolinian to Louisiauian area. Coast of New England to Florida. 



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