600 COMPOSITAE 



6. S. erecta Pursh. In dry soil: N. Y. and Pa. to Ga. and N. 



Car. 



N. Y. Recorded from L. I. but distribution not known. 



N. J. Very rare in Sussex and Bergen counties, thence wanting to 



the coastal plain, thence increasing southward, especially in the 



pine-barrens. 



The sporadic distribution is as yet not fully known. 



7. S. speciosa Nutt. In rich soil: N. S. to N. Car., west to 



Minn., Ky., Kan. and Ark. 



Conn. Throughout the state, more common southward than 



elsewhere. 

 N. Y. On L. I., but not recorded on S. I., also up the Hudson 



Valley to Westchester Co. ; unknown elsewhere. 

 N. J. Middlesex, Hunterdon, Essex, Bergen, Morris, Sussex and 



Warren counties. 

 Pa. Northampton, Bucks, Delaware, Philadelphia and Chester 



counties. 



Not fully understood as to its distribution. 



8. S. uliginosa Nutt. In swamps and bogs: Newf. to N. N. J. 



and Pa., west to W. Ont., Minn, and Wise. 



Conn. Known only from Salisbury, Litchfield Co. 



N. Y. Very rare in northern Westchester Co., thence increasing 



northward, especially in the Catskills. 

 N. J. Known only from Warren, Passaic and Sussex counties. 

 Pa. Monroe Co. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, increasing north- 

 ward. Not south of the moraine. 1 17-138 days. 667-4,020 ft. 



9. S. puberula Nutt. In sandy soil: P. E. I. to Fla. and Miss. 



Throughout most of the range, sometimes locally rare, unknown 

 in the Bronx, or in N.J. between the coastal plain and the sandy 

 areas of the northwestern part of the state. 



10. S. macrophylla Pursh. In rocky woods: N. Y. to Lab. and 



Hudson Bay, west to Lake Superior. 



Known in our area only at elevations in excess of 1,000 ft. in the 

 Catskills of Ulster and Greene counties, N. Y., a region north of the 

 moraine and with a growing season of 1 17-123 days. 



11. S. stricta Ait. In wet sandy pine-barrens : N. J. to Fla. and 



La. Also in Cuba. 



