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usual leaf-form, 3 to 4 times as long as broad. It is considered 

 worthy of varietal rank, so I would segregate it as: 



Aster Shortii Hook., var. Monroei, var nov., planta robusta; 

 folia caulina media et inferiora duplo longiora quam lata inter- 

 dum ovata vel fere rotundata; capitala vulgo paullo majora et 

 bracteae latiores quam in forma typica. — WISCONSIN : Berry- 

 ville, Kenosha County, Oct. 4, 1903. Chas. E. Monroe 1576 

 (TYPE, Milwaukee Public Museum). 



Plants robust; middle and lower cauline leaves about half 

 as wide as long, sometimes cordate-ovate or almost round ; heads 

 usually somewhat larger and bracts wider; otherwise with the 

 species. 



It is with genuine pleasure that I name this handsome 

 variety for my friend and co-worker with the genus Aster, 

 Charles E. Monroe. 



This variety is rare in its Wisconsin-Illinois range, but ap- 

 pears to be common eastward, as specimens collected by Mr. 

 Monroe in Ohio key to it. Two examples can here be cited, 

 OHIO; Elyria, Lorain County, Oct. 1, 1909, no. 1577 (middle 

 leaves about 5.5X9 cm.) and Lorain, Lorain County, Sept. 20, 

 1909, no. 1578, similar. A specimen,— WISCONSIN: Cale- 

 donia, Racine County, Sept, 14, 1902, no. 1590, has almost 

 round leaves, and this specimen is not alone in this tendency in 

 the assemblage. 



Further, Mr. Monroe revealed yet another form having pure 

 white rays, which has never been seen by me, either in the field 

 or on record in hortus siccus. It is evidently very rare and here 

 proposed as: 



Aster Shortii Hook., f. candidus, f. nov., ligulae albae; forma 

 rarissima — -WISCONSIN: Johnson's Woods, Wauwatosa, Mil- 

 waukee County, Sept. 23, 1905. Chas. E. Monroe 1594 (TYPE, 

 Milwaukee Public Museum). 



With the species; rays pure white; form very rare. 



No case of ^. patens Ait. has been uncovered, although col- 

 lectors have diligently searched for it, nor does it escape when 

 cultivated. It has at times been erroneously listed from Wiscon- 

 sin. 



A. novae-angliae L., f. genesseensis House, quite rare, was 

 taken by Mr. Monroe on one of his trips east, viz. OHIO: Ober- 

 lin, Lorain County, Sept. 28, 1909, no. 3110. Likewise, he has 



