ASTER SEDIFOLIUS AND ITS VARIETIES 79 
De Candolle, in 1836, grouped the species of the section Galatea 
glands on the leaves. As this differential character also conforms 
with the habit and with the stations affected by the several species 
of the two groups respectively, it is convenient to work upon, 
though it is not necessarily a salient mark of distinction among 
sya “4 soe in other genera. I cannot therefore agree with 
Flore de 
higher level. In Siberian specimens of the latter plant, found in 
— latitudes, and at the level of 1000 metres, I have not noes 
herbarium examples) this tendency of the leaves to becom 
non-glandular. 
At the outset, a list of the varieties and forms under the pec 
Species, cannot, unfortunately, be cited, on account of . ne ee 
tion of the earlier specific name of A. sedifolius L., Pi ted. 1, 
in place o e later A. acris L., p- Plant. ed. 2, ero in a 
floras. The currency of 4. acris is due to the almost exclusive use 
of the second edition of the rye shiealé by working botanists 
until a comparatively recent 
ASTER SEDIFOLIUs L., Sp. Paul p. 874 (ed. 1, vol. ii. Aug. 1753). 
a, angusttfolius. 
f. deflexa. 
a ae cial 
a 
escad pt Us. 
uamosus. 
pauciradiatus. 
dracunculoides. 
discoideus 
r PEND go 
~ 
. scabra. 
f. floribunda. 
f. macilenta. 
f. Kewensis. 
Synony: 
n the oe a list the synonyms are, as oe 
comparison has enabled me to judge, applied to the separ 
varieties, and, to save apie only the varietal letter is given. 
When the synonym appears, by the context, or by e of 
specimens, to apply to the species as a whole, no varietal letter is 
references are given once and for all, and are not 
repeated i in the descriptive portion of the paper. 
