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11. SERICOCARPUS Nees. White-topped Aster. 



Sericocarpus asteroides (L. ) B. S. P. (S. conyzoides Nees.) 

 From Lake Erie to the Ohio River. 



12. ASTER L. Starwort; Aster. 



Aster acuminatus Michx. 



"Northern Ohio, rare," H. C. Beardslee (Cat.) 



Aster azureus Lindl. 



Franklin Co., Aug. D. Selby; Springfield, Mrs. E. JaneSpence; "Southern 

 Ohio," J. S. Newberry ( Cat ) . 



Aster concoeor L. 



"Southern Ohio," J. S. Newberry (Cat.) 



Aster cordifoeius L. 



Distributed over the state. 



Aster corymbosus Ait. 

 Over the state. 



Aster dumosus L. 



"General," J. S. Newberry (Cat.) 



Aster ericoides L. 



Frequent in northern Ohio; Licking Co., H. L. Jones (Cat.); Columbus, Wm. 

 C.Werner; Cincinnati, Jos. F. James (Cat.) 



Aster ericoides vxleosus Torr & Gray. 



Frequent througnout the southern half of the state. " Lake Shore," H. C. 

 Beardslee (Cat) ; To edo, J. A. Sanford; Painesville, Otto Hacker. 



Aster infirmus Michx. 



"Ohio," J. S. Riddell (Synop. 1835.) 



Aster junceus Ait. 



Northern Ohio, J. S. Newberry (Cat.); Columbus, Sullivaut, ( H. C. Beardslee. 

 Cat.); Cincinnati, Jos. F.James (Cat.) 



Aster eaevis L. 



Northern and central portions of the state. Lawrence Co., Wm. C. Werner. 



Aster eateriflorus (L.) Britt. (A. diffusus Ait.) 

 Widely distributed. 



Aster eateriflorus hirsuticaueis Gray. 

 Licking Co., H. L. Jones (Cat.) 



Aster eindeEyanus Torr & Gray. 

 Franklin Co., Wm. C. Werner. 



