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to appear in the eastern part of the town in the near future. S. bicolor 

 L., S. caesia L. and S. nemoralis Ait. are found in adjacent regions and 

 may yet be found in North Elba. 



Euthamia graminifolia (Z.) Nutt 



Solidago lanceolata L. • 



Bushy goldenrod 

 Fields and low grounds. Common. August. 



ASTER 



Ray flowers blue or violet purple 1 



Ray flowers white 3 



1 Leaves ovate, lower and basal ones petiolate macropbyllus 



1 Leaves oblong or linear lanceolate 2 



2 Stem rough with coarse hairs pimiceus 



2 Stem glabrous or slightly hairy above Novi-Belgii 



3 Leaves oblong, acuminate, more than 6 lines wide acuminatus 



3 Leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate, less than 6 lines wide Tradescanti 



Aster macrophyllus L. 



Large leaved aster 

 Woods and banks of streams. Rare. Notch road. August. 



A. macrophyllus cymosulus Burgess 

 Banks of the Ausable on Wood farm. In the Manual this species is 

 made to include plants having white rays, but in Illustrated flora it is 

 limited to those having colored rays. I have seen no forms with white 

 rays in the elevated parts of the Adirondacks. The absence of these 

 seems to support the limitation of the species to the forms having blue 

 rays. 



Aster puniceus L. 



Red stem aster 



Along streams, in swamps and wet places. Very common. August 

 and September. This is the earliest flowering aster of this region. It is 

 very variable in size, aspect, length and breadth of its leaves. 



Aster Novi-Belgii L. 



New Belgian aster 



Along the Ausable river above the upper iron bridge. August and 

 September. Separated from the preceding species by its more narrow 

 leaves and smooth stem. The two species seem to run together. 



