320 DESCRIPTION OF AsrERS; MACROPHYLLI 
toward the apex, with broad shallow aculeate teeth directed for- 
ward; the apex either rounded or acute on the same branch. 
Leaves finely granular above, rough when dry. Minute downy 
and glandular hair on the upper six inches of branches and on 
the leaves beneath. Heads numerous and small with narrow im- 
poverished rays ; or fewer and larger, to ṣẹ% in. high. 
Examples 
Ms., Zaconics, Mt. Ethel, Au., 1901, 1903; Mt. Everett, Au., 1901 ; Guilder 
Hollow, mes I9OI, 1903. 
UNS Y. y Rathboneville, Mi nd Con Ang., Ferk in JV. Y. St. Hb. Catta- 
raugus resn., Little Ind an Cr., Au. 20, ’96, great hemispherical plant radiately branched 
from the ground ; dosha road, n Š Li ew line road, Au. 13 Au., ’98- 
1903. yes Co., Silver Cr., cud 6. 
Pa. rcersburg, 1845, Dr. "ous in hb, Porter, with raves! long branches 
18 in. Mir: B Dieii Au. '95, and later; 4. Pun ryeyt,' fas. A. Graves 
hanna, Kotz's newly cleared land, Se. 4, 96," Jas. A. Graves in hb. Forter (** A 
macrophyllus, but peculiar," 7; C. P.), with branches to 15 in. length, Swsguchanna, 
same locality as the two last, Se. 10, '97, /as. 4. Graves in hb. Bu. 
55c. ASTER MACROPHYLLUS SEJUNCTUS Burgess 
More pubescent plants, subsolitary in grassy borders, with 
shorter broader more slowly-diminishing leaf-type. 
tage: L., separated, from the subsolitary habit. 
». 73, plant from Perrysburg. N. Y., Au. 29,'96, in hb. Bu.; 4, character- 
istic leaf ; m occasional acuminate leaf. 
A. macrophyllus sejunctus Burgess in Br. and Br. Ill. Fl. 3: 360. 1898, 
with original description : 
* Strigose-pubescent; glands numerous; leaves apple-green 
above, pale beneath, chiefly cordate-orbicular, abruptly short- 
acuminate, thick, spongy, commonly minutely-wrinkled ; basal 
leaves few ; bracts narrow, obtuse; peduncles slender ; inflores- 
cence dense, convex, 4-8 in. broad, not leafy ; rays ‘lilac. In 
open grassy places, Me. to Pa. and Wis 
Leaves soft, dry, becoming excessively brittle and even hispid 
after pressing. Sinus little deve loped. Long strap-like wings 
frequent. Upper caulines sessile. 5 ew radicals seen. 
Pubescence includes: First, minute surface-hairs, appressed, 
very short, whitish, all over the under surfaces. Second, long 
strigose hairs or weak bristles, spreading, slender, whitish, project- 
ing in all directions from the veins beneath, multicellular and 
flexuous, making the leaves PS to the touch when fresh; 
some also on the stem. Third, stiff bristles; much appressed, 
