782 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry exposed rocky places, rnountainous woods, 
Talladega County, Alpine Mountains, 1,800 feet; Renfroe, 1,000 feet. Calhoun County, 
Anniston, highest ridges, about 1,000 feet altitude. Flowers cerulean blue; Septem- 
ber, October. Not infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster undulatus loriformis Burgess in Britt. & Br. IL Fl. 3: 365. 1898. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England, Pennsylvania, Virginia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain. New York to 
South Carolina. ae : 
Type locality: ‘‘Fastern Massachusetts to Virginia and Pennsylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster cordifolius L. Sp. Pl. 2:875. 1753. HEART-LEAF ASTER, 
Ell. Sk. 2:364. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 259. Chap. Fl. 202. Gray, Syn. F1.N. A. 1, pt. 2: 182. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, Ontario ; New England west to 
Minnesota and Nebraska; through the Ohio Valley to Missouri, Arkansas, and Ten- 
nessee, and south along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: ‘Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Woodlands and thickets. Lau- 
derdale County, Florence (4. C. Wilson). Cullman County. Flowers pale purplish 
blue; September, October. Not frequent. ; ; 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America & Asia septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster cordifolius polycephalus Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 21: 120. 1894. 
“More robust and branched than the type; leaves smaller, the upper ones and the 
bracts ovate and sessile; panicle ample; heads usually smaller and very numerous. 
Rays deep blue and the disk florets dark purple (as in 4. lateriflorus), or both of 
them sometimes pale or whitish.” 
ALABAMA: Lauderdale County. 
Type locality: ‘(Everywhere with the typical form in New Jersey and Eastern 
Pennsylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Aster lowrieanus Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 21: 121. 1894. 
Aster cordifolius var. laeviyatus Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 16: 67. 1889. Not 4. laevi- 
gatus Lam. 
Aster leiophyllus Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 254, t. 157. 1893. Not }ranch. & Sav. 
Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. 3: 363. 
Carolinian area. Southern Connecticut and southern New York to Pennsylvania, 
Virginin, Ohio, and Kentucky, and southward along the mountains to Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Open woods. Bluffs on the Tennessee River near 
Florence (V/. C. IVilson). September. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Common in New Jersey.and Pennsylvania, as well as westward 
and southward.” 
Aster sagittifolius Wedem.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 2035. ARROW-LEAF ASTER. 
Ell. Sk. 2:362. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 259. Chap. Fl. 202. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 
2: 182. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New Brunswick, Ontario; New England west 
to Minnesota and Dakota; from New York to the Ohio Valley and along the moun- 
tains to Georgia. " 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry open woods. Lee County, Auburn (Jar'le). 
Talladega County, Alpine Mountain, 1,800 feet; Renfroe, 800 feet; Chandler Springs, 
1,500 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. Calhoun County, Anniston, 800 feet altitude; 
cherty ridges. Rays sky-blue; September, October. Not common. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in America boreali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster purpuratus Nees, Gen. & Sp. Ast. 118. 1833. WAND-LIKE ASTER. 
Aster rirgatus Ell. Sk. 2: 353. 1824. Not of Moench. 
Ell. Sk. l.c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 259. Chap. Fl. 201. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt.2: 
183. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 195. : 
Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Along shaded grassy banks, pine- 
barren streams. Escambia County, Wallace. Washington and Mobile counties. 
Flowers cerwlean blue. Not infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Crescit in America septentrionali?” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
