SUNFLOWER FAMILY 321 
Aster chamissonis A. Gra “i shea Exp. 341 74, 
py militaris ciioe Deu. Acad. Phila. 1895: 550. 1896. 
Erect, 0.5-1 m. high, pascal branched above; stem pubescent all around varying to 
nearly Bieoat takes leaves often he ere narrowe ee oo > somewhat eer rR! base, 12 cm. long 
3.5 cm. wide, the middle ones mostly lanceolate, 4-9 c g, 0.5-2 cm. wi ntire or serrate: 
rough-margined, aften rough above, essentially elabrows| henéatii: inflorescence racemose -paniculate, 
sometimes a simple raceme; he ae usually 2-2.5 cm. wide, borne on leafy -bracteate 
branches; involucre 5-7 mm. h, 4-5- seriste ahe. yee llaries chats and clo eae graduate (or 
the outer rarely herbaceous and Shatin the inner in intermediate fo rsh: ised — hi oblong, 
sometimes slightly broadened hares with whitish, l-nerved base and shorter, somew rhombic, 
obtuse to acute, mucronulate, narrowly pale-margined, hi oy pees tip, ditotate elabious on 
back; rays about 20-30, violet mace or white, 6-12 mm. lon 
Usually in moist soil, Humid Tiswaitien and ober Soule. aie: Sed the coast from northern Oregon 
uth to Santa Bar aie County and Santa Rosa Island, California. Type locality: California, erroneously pub- 
lished as Chile. June~ 
er chilensis sabe sp. . chilensis as identified by the earlier botanists from the collections of Haenke, Chamiss 
Mewvices and Hinds is the coastal form described above in which the rp stem- leaves are oblong- spatulate ‘es 
lanceolate with the pete ne entire or rire cg ntate, sessile to somewhat clasping, and ~~ ubescence of the 
stems and to a lesser degree the leaves varying from rather coarsely canescent to almost glabrous. It socaka on 
the Oregon coast sine etl to Santa Barbers, California, eaiieniy more abundant from Humboldt County 
south to Monterey a along the coast = 0 pebnee — Ranges than at the extremes of the range. The 
occurrence of Aster subspicatus, where its mor therly coastal distribution coincides with that of cesaragr 
may account for the ease ence of the \coublesede Yor whith are evidently hybrids. Other segregates of this 
variable taxon are —— locally but intergrading forms are frequently found from the Oregon border to 
Tulare C ; Califor 
Aster chilensis var. The tus (Greene) Jepson, Man. Pl. Calif. 1047. 1925. (Aster lentus Gree Man 
Bay Reg. 180. 1894.) Plants I m. or more in height, nena or nearly so; leaves linear-lanceolate; leinceisknee 
ample, widely branching, the branches conspicuously leafy-bracted, the flowers large. Suisun marshes, Solano 
occidentalis 
5540. Aster hallii 5542. Aster 
5541. Aster adscendens 5543. Aster chilensis 
