256 DESCRIPTION OF ASTERS ; CURVESCENTES 
I* 4. oviformis > A. curvescens ; an intermediate in leaf-form, 
shorter and broader than the former, and not so dull green. 
W.N. Y., Silver Cr., near High Br., Au. 6, ’97. 
42. Aster vittatus sp. nov. 
Small plants with ovate-acuminate leaves, close sharp teeth, 
broad shallow sinus below, loose-domed inflorescence, and long- 
attenuate obtuse bracts with whitish scarious edges and upright 
green medial band (whence the name). 
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7 Aster vittatus Cc A 
Fie, 55. 
Fic. 55, plant of Colonel’s Chair Mt., Catskills, Se. 6, ’99, in hb. Bu., % 
natl. size, with radicals Hs à, characteristic leaf-form, radicals and lower caulines. 
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