Plante Lindheimeriane. 219 
burg; and in the same region, by Mr. Wright. — Stems 
numerous, from a woody perennial root, two to four feet 
high. Heads 7 lines long. — Differs from Clavigera only in 
the merely serrulate pappus. Can it be C. dentata, DC.? 
413. Evparortum aGeratirotium, DC.,. 8. Trxensn. 
Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2. p. 90. — E. Lindheimerianum, Scheele, 
in Linnea, 21. p. 599. Rocky, Cedar woods, New Braun- 
fels. October. Also gathered by Mr. Wright in Western 
Texas. — A shrubby plant, with slender branches, from four 
to ten feet high. In the cultivated plant the copious and 
showy blossoms are pure white. 
+ E. serorinum, Michx. Margin of woods, New Braun- 
fels. August. 
+ Aster sericeus, Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 33. Banks of the 
Upper Pierdenales. October. 
(249.) A. Drummonnu, Lindl.; DC. Prodr. 5. p. 234; 
Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2. p. 121. Thickets, on rocky banks of 
the Upper Pierdenales. October. 
{ A. muttirtorus, At.; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2. p. 124. 
Dry prairies of the Upper Guadaloupe and Pierdenales. Oc- 
tober. 
A. vireatus, Ell. Sk. 2. p. 253; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2. p. 
116. Thickets on the Cibolo River. October. 
+ A. carnevs, Nees.; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2. p. 133. Up- 
per Pierdenales. October, 1845. 
7 A. carneus. Nees. Var. foliis angustioribus linearibus. 
On the Pierdenales. 
(624.) A. carneus f. suBasper, Torr. & Gray, l. c. 
Thickets and along streamlets, on the Pierdenales and Liano. 
October. 
t A. simptex, §. Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2. p. 182. Rocky 
soil, margin of thickets. October. 
+ A. pivaricatus, Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2. p. 163. On the 
Pierdenales and Liano; in moist, fertile soil. Stems 2-4 
feet high, sometimes leafless. Rays light blue. 
(623.) A. spinosus, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 20; Torr. & 
