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Aster macrophyllus L. Along wooded banks of Amster Brook, 



very rare, solitary. August. 

 Aster lateriflorus, Britton. Occurring singly or in very small 



groups in moist and wooded slopes of gulfs. August. 

 Aster puniceus L, On .slopes and sloping planes, but attaining 



greatest height (up to 6 feet) and being best developed in 



moist, swampy clearings in pine woods. August and Sep- 

 tember. 

 Aster Tradescanti L. Very common in extensive colonies together 



with different species of Solidago. September. 

 Erigeron ramosus (Walt.) B.S.P. Daisy Fleabane. In open 



places on plateau in bowlder-clay, solitary. September. 

 Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Rich. Very common in dry 



knolls and slopes, sometimes almost exclusively constituting 



the matting of the surface along highest levels of slopes. 



Early spring. 

 Anaphalis margaritacea B, & H. Along brow of slopes of gulfs, 



in groups. August and later. 

 Gnaphalium decurrens L. Along brows of hills and gulfs, also 



in pretty large colonies along the wayside. September. 

 Bidens laevis (L.) B.S.P. In groups and even colonies in swampy 



wood-clearings and in open pine formation. August and 



September. 

 Bidens connata L. Solitary, by water side in silty soil ; flowering 



in August. It is rare. 

 Heliopsis laevis L. Scattered through meadow-formation in rich 



clayey soil. July. 

 Senecio lobatus L. On shaded slope; solitary or in groups of 2 



and 3. August. 

 Senecio aureus L. At foot of wooded slope of Amster Brook, 



in small groups, rare. July. 



Formations 



So far as the region under discussion is concerned, there is 



a considerable variety of formations caused by a diversity of 



physiographic conditions. A more or less obscured and modified 



plateau region is dissected by gulfs and valleys, and consists of 



