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ASTER CLAYTONI 217 
particularly bright glowing golden disks. — In half sun, in thin 
grassy turf on rocks. Frequent near N. Y. City, with the type; 
examples : 
. Y. vic., Znwood, Dyckman Ave. Rock, Se. 27, '97, etc. Ft. Washing- 
ton, foot of 170th St., Oc. 6, "98. 
N. Y., Palisades, Woodcliff, Se. 12, '98. Ft. Lee, Oc. 17, '99. Undercliff, 
Se. 16, 'g9. 
Bro own-top form 
of Aster Claytoni 
FIG. 40. . 
a 
30? Brown-top form. 
Fic. 40, from plant of Orange Mt., N. J., Oc. 24, '96, in hb. Bu. 
Low, bushy-branched, small-flowered, floriferous brownish 
aen with very numerous large oblong or spatulate taper-based 
meals. Stem green or brownish, often beginning to branch 
ree at the ground. Branches green, numerous, long and 
ascending, sometimes 12-20 on a plant and vien 8-12 in. long, 
themselves soon similarly and repeatedly rami 
Leaves brownish green, much blotched with deeper brown in 
autumn, their veins often paler and whitish beneath. Caulines 
