36 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
V. RECLASSIFIED OR NEW COMPOSITAE, CHIEFLY 
NORTH AMERICAN HELENIEAE 
/ “lg tan Bloomeri (Gray), comb. nov. Aplopappus Bloomeri 
Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 541 (1865). Chrysothamnus Bloomeri 
(Gn) G sai ties Eryth. iii. “15 (1895). 
/ Ericameria fasciculata (Eastw.), comb. nov. Chrysoma faser- 
culata Eastw. Bull. Torr. Club, xxxii. 215 (1905). 
This species is known only from Monterey County, California 
but since it has been secured there several times by different col- 
lectors it is apparently not uncommon. It is closely related to 
E. pinifolia of Los Angeles County and southward but may be 
distinguished by the fewer or even obsolete rays, much more 
pubescent achenes and longer pappus. The genus Ericameria as 
now taken must include the above species. 
/ Aster deserticola, spec. nov., humilis, 5-10(-18 rare) cm. altus; 
caulibus simplicibus flexuosis subdecumbentibus basi ad apicem 
aequabiliter foliosissimis me spd aba hoe villosis; foliis inter- 
6 mm. alto diametro circa 10 mm.;  squamis valde imbrieais 
3-4-seriatis viridibus minute pubescentibus, exterioribus plerum 
que obovatis apice rotundatis apiculatis vel rare subacutis margine 
breviter ciliatis, interioribus lineari-lanceolatis acutis margine 
pallidis eciliatis; radii floribus 25-30, ligulis ut videtur violaceis 
us; acheniis canescentibus. — CaLrrornia: in sand, Mojave 
Desert, San Bernardino Co., Oct. 3, 1917, Mary F. Pease no. 629 
(rypE, Gray Herb.). 
The habit of this Aster is totally different from that of A. ber- 
nardinus Hall which, however, it greatly resembles in technical 
characters. Indeed, I was at first inclined to consider it a dwarf 
state of that species until Mrs. Spencer wrote me that she “ found 
a colony of no. 629 with no other Aster in the vicinity” and 
“ there were many plants, nearly all about an iene high; the pee 
one I saw is included among your specimens.” Over tet 
away typical A. bernardinus was secured and although it also =e 
