l8 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



me to add to our New York flora several species which were 

 formerly supposed to be varieties of Aster divaricatus, 

 A . m a c r o p h y 1 1 u s and other closely related species. 



Aster biformis Bu. 



Rathboneville, Steuben co. and Voorheesville, Albany co. August 

 and September. In this species the lower stem leaves are petiolate 

 and cordate with a deep narrow sinus, the upper leaves are abruptly 

 reduced to a smaller size and are nearly or quite sessile. This dif- 

 ference between the upper and lower leaves is suggestive of the 

 specific name. 



Aster camptilis Bu. 



Low rocky ground. Lake Minnewaska. September. A slender 

 aster with a weak stem which is often reclined or bent as if too 

 feeble to support its own branches or hold itself erect. This char- 

 acter is suggestive of the name bent stemmed aster. 



Aster claytoni Bu. 



Open places. Menands, Albany co. September. A large and 

 variable species belonging to the group Divaricati. Specimens are 

 sometimes 3 feet tall. 



Aster elaeagnus Bu. 



North Elba, Essex co. August. A northern species having 

 orbicular or ovate radical leaves and variable stem leaves which are 

 pale and hairy on the under side. This gives a scurfy appearance 

 suggestive of the scurfy character of Elaeagnus leaves. The species 

 belongs to the group Macrophylli. 



Aster fragrans Bu. 

 Round Lake, Saratoga co. September. This species differs 

 from A. divaricatus, to which it was formerly referred, 

 in its more persistent fragrance, more compact panicle of flowers 

 and more truncate base of its leaves. 



Aster multiformis Bu. 

 Lake Minnewaska, Ulster co. September. A species remark- 

 able for its long slender rootstocks and the many fornis shown by 

 the leaves of the same plant. 



