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panicle, more numerous ra3^s and more narrow radical leaves. 

 A large form of this species was collected on the gravelly bank 

 at the outlet of the Lower Ausable pond. It is apparantly the 

 same as that credited in the Manual to the " base of the White 

 Mountains." 



Solidago uliginosa Nutt. 



In a " beaver meadow " about one mile southeast of the Forge 

 House, Fulton Chain, a singular form of this species grows. The 

 lower branches of the panicle are elongated and appressed, 

 thus causing the panicle to take a pompon shape. In this localitj^ 

 the species was in blossom in August, and did not appear to be 

 any earlier than Solidago arguta^ S. Canadensis^ S. rugosa and 

 S. lanceolata^ all of which were in flower there at the same time. 



Solidago rugosa Mill. 



A varietv pallida, having both ray and disk flow^ers a pale 

 creamy yellow color, occurs at Shokan, Ulster county. 



Solidago nemoralis Ait. var. elongata Pk. 

 Abundant about Shokan. 



Aster Herveyi Gray. 



Borders of woods. Blue Mountain lake and Yoorheesville. 

 August and September. 



In the Manual this is indicated as an " ambiguous species " 

 approaching A. macrojjhyllus. It is indeed liable to be mistaken 

 for that species, at least in some of its forms, if I rightty under- 

 stand it. In the New York specimens the branchlets and 

 peduncles are glandular-hairy and the involucral scales are 

 glandular and the rays are violet as in A. Herveyi, though 

 in some instances the color is pale violet. On the other 

 hand, the leaves are not always lanceolate, . but are sometimes 

 ovate and distinctly serrate. They are also rough and rather 

 thick as in ^. macrojyhyllus. But this species, as described in 

 the N. Y. State Flora, has a reddish-tawny pappus, while in 

 our violet-rayed specimens the pappus is white or whitish, which 

 is an additional reason for separating them from A. macropKyllus 

 if this should prove to be a reliable character. It seems best, 

 therefore, to consider them as a variety of A. Herveyi, and to 



