FLOWEBING TLAXTS AND FEB1TS OF 7\hl\\\. 975 



A. salicifolius Lara. Willow Aster. 



Very common in moist soil in many parts of the State. It is 

 especially abundant on bottom lands subject to an annual over- 

 flow, where it occurs associated with A. paniculatus. 



Flowers in September and October. 



Floyd (Clapp); Yigo (Blatchley); Jay, Delaware, Wayne, and 

 Randolph (Phinney); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Putnam (Mac- 

 Dougal); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Gibson and Posey 

 (Sclmeck); Steuben (Bradner). 



A. panicula.tus Lam. Panicled White Aster. 



Found largely associated with the preceding in similar soils. 



Flowers in September and October. 



Floyd (Clapp, 1837); Vigo (Blatchley); Clark (Baird and Tay- 

 lor); Noble (Van Gorder); Jay, Delaware, Eandolph, and Wayne 

 (Phinney); Daviess (Clements); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Steu- 

 ben (Bradner). 



A. Tiudescanti L. Michaelmas Daisy. 



In low, open places, either wet or dry. In our area the form is 

 more abundant in dry situations. Usually indicative of rich soil. 



Flowers in September and October. 



Monroe and Vigo (Blatchley); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and 

 Wayne (Phinney); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Franklin 

 (Meyncke); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Gibson and Posey 

 (Sclmeck); Steuben (Bradner). 



A. Faxoni Porter. 



(A. polyphyllus Willd.) 



This form, occurring on moist cliffs in New England, New 

 York and Pennsylvania, has obtained a footing in Lake County. 

 Mr. Hill reports it from Writing as growing in "grassy borders of 

 low thickets" and also at Fast Chicago. 



Flowering specimens were collected September 29, 1892. 



A. ericoide8 L. White Heath Aster. Frost-weed Aster. 



Quite abundant in dry soil in open places, a favorite locality 

 being abandoned fields.' Rather more abundant in the southern 

 counties. 



Flowers from September until after the heaviest frosts. 



Jefferson (Barnes); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Monroe ami 

 \ r igo (Blatchley); Franklin (Meyncke); dark (Baird and Tay- 

 lor); Kosciusko (Coulter). 



