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coast; frequent in the Connecticut Valley; occasional, local 

 or rare elsewhere. Sept. — Oct. 



Aster tardiflorus L. (late-flowering). 



Rare. Borders of swamps and in low thickets : Stafford, 

 Plymouth and Salisbury (Bissell). Sept. 

 Aster prenanthoides Muhl. (like Prenanthes, the Rattlesnake- 

 root) . 



Rare. Wet thickets: Trumbull (Eames). A specimen 

 in the Bassett Herbarium at Waterbury, labelled " Ct.," is 

 apparently of this species. Sept. 



Aster puniceus L. (crimson). 

 Red-stalked Aster. 



Frequent to common. Open or wooded wet places. Aug. 

 — Sept. 



The var. compactus Fernald (close) ; the var. firmus 

 (Nees) Torr. & Gray (strong), var. laevicaulis Gray; the 

 var. DEMissus Lindl. (low) ; and the var. lucidulus Gray 

 (somewhat shining) are all reported to occur rarely or occa- 

 sionally with the species. 



The root is medicinal. 



Aster umbellatus Mill, (umbellate). 

 Doellingeria umbellata Nees. 



Frequent. Moist woods and thickets. July — Sept. 



Aster infirmus Michx. (not strong). 

 Doellingeria infirma Greene. 



Rare. Dry woods and thickets : West Hartford (Har- 

 ger), Southington (Andrews & Bissell), Meriden and Wol- 

 cott (Andrews),. New Milford and Kent (C. K. Averill), 

 New Fairfield (Eames & C. C. Godfrey). July — Aug. 



Aster linariifolius L. (having leaves like Linaria, the Toad- 

 flax). 

 lonactis linariifolius Greene. 



Frequent or local. Dry open sandy or sterile soil. Aug. — 

 Oct. 



Aster tataricus L. f. 

 Siberian Aster. 



