COMPOSITAE. Vor. III. 
In swamps, Newfoundland to Maine and Georgia, mainly near the coast. Races differ in leaf- 
Aug.-Oct. 
form and in the involucral bracts. 
41. Aster foliaceus Lindl. Leafy-bracted 
Aster foliaceus Lindl. in DC. Prodr. 5: 228. 1835. 
40. Aster longifolius Lam. Long-leaved 
Aster.’ Fig. 4321. 
Aster longifolius Lam. Encycl. 1: 306. 1783. 
Aster longifolius villicaulis A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1: Part 2, 
189. 1884. 
Stem glabrous, or pubescent, leafy, paniculately 
branched, 1°-3° high. Leaves lanceolate to linear- 
lanceolate, entire, or nearly so, acuminate at the 
apex, narrowed into a sessile clasping usually slightly 
cordate base, 3’-8’ long, 2’-6” wide; heads rather 
numerous, about I’ broad; involucre hemispheric, 
4”-5” high, its bracts glabrous, narrow, green, acute, 
imbricated in few series, nearly equal; rays numer- 
ous, 23’-7” long, violet or pale purple; pappus pale. 
In swamps and moist ground, Labrador to Saskatche- 
wan, northern New England, Ontario and Montana. 
Summer. 
Stem usually stout, sparingly pubescent in lines, 
-2°-3° high, branched above, the branches ascend- 
ing. Leaves lanceolate, acute at the apex, entire, or 
with a few small distant teeth, glabrous on both 
sides, very rough-margined, 2’-4’ long, 4’-1’ wide, 
the upper clasping at the base, the lowest petioled; 
heads few, 1’ broad or more; involucre hemispheric, 
its bracts green, foliaceous, oblong, the inner nar- 
rower and acute; rays about 30, violet, 4’-5” long; 
pappus nearly white; achenes pubescent. 
Mountains of Quebec; Oregon to Alaska. July—Sept. 
The figure of this species in our first edition was erro- 
neously stated to have been drawn from specimens col- 
lected in western Nebraska. 
42. Aster phyllodes Rydb. Large-bracted 
Aster. Fig. 4323. 
Aster phyllodes Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 37: 145. 1910. 
Stem rather slender, somewhat branched, loosely 
pubescent, 2°-3° high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
entire, or sparingly low-dentate, the larger 4 
long or less, $’-1” wide, acute or acutish at the 
apex, narrowed to a subcordate and slightly 
clasping base, rough-margined, glabrous on both 
sides; heads leafy-paniculate, about 1’ broad; in- 
volucre hemispheric, its bracts narrowly oblong, 
foliaceous, acute; rays purplish; achenes pubes- 
cent. 
Wet grounds, western Nebraska and eastern Colo- 
rado. Aug.—Sept. Included in A. foliaceus Lindl, in 
our first edition. 
