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but I have not observed its presence to the same degree. — A 
bee-bread fragrance is exhaled from the young disk-flowers, as 
from many Biotian species. 
Plants of considerable shade, usually in deep woods, growing 
commonly in small loose clusters, either on slopes or flat lands or 
in thin soil upon gneissic rocks. 
Latter half of September. Widely diffused through the Ap- 
palachian region, N. H., to Va. and Ky. Specimens seen include 
H. Ms», CL, N X, N. D, Pa, MED C, Ya, Ex ae 
pecially : 
M. V., Davistown, woods, Se. 4, '97. 
N. Y., Albany, Loudonville, in Hughson's Glen, Se. 11, '89. Catskills, 
Kaaterskill Mt., Se. 7, '99, near summit; Hunter Mt., Se. 5, 99, flat rock near 
Lossy Brook. 
N. , Ft. George, Se. 24, 96; Inwood, Se. 22, Car Mosholu woods, 
ë 20. 7908; F^ - Kings bridge, rich woods, Oc. 9, '98, Bi., as 4. divaricatus var. 
Yonkers, early planis i in rich woods west of Grassy apti dou Se. 12,798, Biz, 25 
E Mawr Park, Se. 17, 93, Bu., just vobi: Se. 26, '96, Se. 
18, '97, Se. 16, 99, Se. 15 and dp 1900, Se. 1901, 1902, 1903. 
Pa., ** Easton, ES , 86, in deep shade of woods, late-flowering, leaves 
thin," 7. C. Porter, in hb. 
D. C., Lack Crs sei sae Mill, Oc. 12, '88, Oc. 5, '90; Mintwood 
Bank, Oc. 22, '88; Mintwood Brook, Oc. '88; Lanier Heights Brook, Se. 24, 
'88, Oc. 6, '87; d Bridge, Bes 21, m. Lobelia Run, Se. 7,'86, W. 
Henshaw in hb. W. Deane. 
n near Spout Run, Oc. 29, '88, Rhododendron Run, Se. 5, '86, 
H. W. psi in hb. W. Deane 
‘N, C; mins, i^ querit ue ae in hb. U. S. N. Mu., No. 327,642. 
Ky., Licking R., C. W. Short in hb. 
Fa. Mone ae oe on Jas. A. Graves. 
4! Brancu Forms develop small suborbicular and rhomboid 
leaves enlarging upward, usually with three slight teeth toward the 
front, otherwise entire. 
* Aster 
Variant forms of A. persaliens include : 
4° AxiLLIFEROUs form; bearing nearly as much inflorescence 
in Kum of the 6—8 upper axils as at the summit; several different 
localities in woodlands near Bryn Mawr Park, N. Y. (esp. Palmer 
Av. rocks). 
Se. 25,97; Oc. 1, '98, Se. 16, ’99, etc. 
4' LoNG-PEDICELLED form ; differs from the type in its larger 
heads loosely borne on longer pedicels over 14 in. long, sometimes 
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