284 DESCRIPTION OF ASTERS ; CURVESCENTES 
here, and as Torrey and Gray mentioned it as an equivalent of 
their A. macrophyllus 8 in 1841, in their Flora of North America. 
Most subsequent collections have appeared under the name A. 
corymbosus, but some as A. macrophyllus. 
1898. Revived as A. Schreberi, in Br. and Br., Ill. FI. 
oh pipe ee aaa of A. Schredert claimed for herbaria 
Hb. Mees; now in hb. Brit. Mus. qi gk scis s tirada about 4$, in. high; 
called Schreberi by Nees and by Schultz ; — d Sch 
Hb. Mees, now in hb. Gray, was from ageret s type of 4. TET at 
Erfurt and Breslau; was by Nees labelled a variant of 4. Schreberi and by Gra 
macrophyllus; was given by Nees to Seana, by him to Klatt, by him to Ts : 
ad 
s small, =>; in. high ; == 4. ambigi 
. Be VEA. now in hb. pes Bot. Gar. Pad labelled 4. ScAreberi; 
a red-stemmed plant with dense dome of heads; heads +, in. high ; — A. ambiguus. 
Hb. ZernAardi, a different species on same s shad, adgindite labelled 4. cor- 
datus, and then endis Schreberi ; heads remote, 19 in, high ; = 4. macrophyllus pin- 
gutfolius. 
** Hort. Paris, 1828," in hb. Gray, originally labelled Biotia Schrebert ; = 
A. Schrebert. 
** Hort. Berlin, 1839,” in hb. Gray, cult. in Berlin as Biotia Schrebert DC.; by 
Gray deemed 4. veta is B; 2 glandular plants, perhaps hybrid and — A4. 
Schreberi nm macrophy. 
b. Zorrey, ** aem Schreberi fide Boott," scr, Torrey ; from Dr. Pitcher at 
Ft. ues Detroit, 1829; — A. Schreberi ? 
Hb Pie ** Biotia Schreberi fide Boott,’’ scr. Torrey, apparently from 
near N: Y.; — A. cu 
I|] Radical leaves dieci eun moderately veis of rather 
thick texture, with tall, stout stem. Species 50 an 
50. Aster rectifolius sp. nov. 
Robust plants with some lower leaves large and with some- 
what straight parallel sides, crenate margin, acute apex and deep, 
broad sinus; with winged axiles, small heads, pale oblong-acutish 
bracts and about 10 rays. 
Na ie L., from the tendency to parallel sides in some lower leaves. 
G. 65, from plant of Yonkers, N. Y., near Caryl, Au. 3, '99, in hb. Bu., 
reduced to p natl. size; rays omitted ; 4, characteristic leaf-form, seen among both 
lower caulines and radicals; 4, radical group; e, e’, primordia 
Stem smooth, purplish-brown or greenish, 2-3 ft. high or less, 
terete.  Rootstocks and surculi strong and robust, with long inter- 
nodes. Primordials ovate-cordate, 1⁄4 in. or P in. long, aquiline- 
crenate. Radicals about 4, quite uniform, 6 x 4 in. or less, 
strongly resembling those of 4. macroph hyllus (which is glandular, 
while this its counterpart is non-glandular), with short-acuminate 
