48 MIDDLESEX FLORA. 



A. Novi Belgii, L. (A. longifolius, Lam., Man.) 



Widely distributed; not uncommon. Occasional with white 



flowers. Aug.-Oct. 

 A. Novi Belgii, L., var. litoreus. Gray. 



Not uncommon near salt marshes. Sept.-Oct. 



" Stems rigid, low, or sometimes 3 or 4 feet high, and then panicu- 



lately much branched, very leafy ; leaves thickish and firm, very 



smooth, (rarely upper face somewhat scabrous), oblong to lanceo- 

 late, upper partly clasping and sometimes auriculate ; bracts of the 



involucre loosely Imbricated in several ranks, outer commonly 



spatulate, all but innermost with broadish or obtuse herbaceous and 



mostly thickish tips." Syn. FL, DST. A. ' 



A. puniceus, L. 



Common. Aug.-Oct. 

 A. puniceus, L., var. lucidulus, Gray, (var. vimineus, Man.) 



Maiden (H. L. Moody) ; Medford (L. L. Dame). Sept.-Oct. 

 A. ametliystinus, Nutt. 



Westford (Misses Fletcher and Hodgman) ; Cambridge (H. L.. 



Moody); Arlington (A. E. Verrill) ; Belmont (Wm. Boott). 



Scarce. Aug.-Sept. 

 A. Novae Angliee, L. New England Aster. 



Rather common. Aug.-Oct. 

 A. acuminatus, Michx. 



Common. Aug.-Sept. 

 A. nemoralis. Ait. , 



Tewksbury (Wm. Boott) ; Dracut (Dr. C. W. Swan) ; Long Pond,, 



Melrose (H. L. Moody). Rare. Aug.-Sept. 

 A. tenuifolius, L. (A. flexuosus, JSTutt., Man). 



Borders of Mystic Pond, Medford (Rev. Thos. Morong ; specimen. 



in herb. of). Rare. 

 A. subulatus, Micjix. (A. linifolius, Torr. <fc Gray, Man.) 



Common along salt marshes. Aug.-Sept. 

 A. linariifolius, L. (Diplopappus linariifolius, Hook., Man.) 

 ^ Common. A form with white flowers not uncommon. Aug.-Sept. 

 A. umbellatus, Mill. (Diplopappus umbellatus, Torr. & Gray,. 



Man.) 



Common. Aug.-Oct. 

 A. infirmus, Michx. (Diplopappus cornifolius, Torr. & Gray,. 



Man.) 



Concord (F. S. Collins) ; Acton (Dr. C. W. Swan). Rare. Sept.. 



Ekigekon, L. 



E. Canadensis, L. Hokseweed. 

 Common. July-Oct. 



