384 CONNECTICUT GEOL, AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBuU. 



The van amplifolius Porter (large-leaved) occurs at 

 Hampton (A. W. Driggs). 



Very variable as to form of leaf. A handsome species. 



Aster concinnus Willd. (neat; elegant). 



Rare. Southington, rock crevices of dry shaded ledges 

 at Meriden Mt. (Andrews). Sept. 



One of the rarest plants of North America. Three, or 

 doubtfully four, other stations only are known. See Rhodora 

 2 :i66. 



Aster ericoides L. (like Erica, the Heath). 



Common. Dry mostly open places. Sept. — Oct. 



The var. villosus Torr. & Gray (hairy), var. pilosus 

 Porter, is occasional in New London County (Graves), and 

 occurs as far west as New Haven (J. A. Allen). A hybrid 

 with Aster undulatus occurs at Oxford (Harger). 



Aster amethystinus Nutt. (of the color of amethyst). 



Rare. Dry to moist open ground : New London and 

 Sprague (Graves), Oxford and Southbury (Harger), Salis- 

 bury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). Sept. 



Aster multiflorus Ait. (many-flowered). 



Common. Dry fields and roadsides. Sept. — Oct. 

 The var. exiguus Fernald (small; mean) sometimes oc- 

 curs with the typical form. 



Aster dumosus L. (bushy). 



Dry soil of open fields or in half shade. Southington 



(Andrews & Bissell), Farmington (Bissell), Manchester 



(Weatherby), Stafford (Graves), Old Saybrook (Bissell); 



becoming frequent in eastern Connecticut. July — Sept. The 



so-called Aster Gravesii Burgess is apparently a hylirid of 



Aster dumosus with some other species, probably Aster lacins, 



and occurs at Water ford (Graves). 



Aster dumosus L., var. coridifolius (Michx.) Torr. & Gray 



(having leaves like Coris, a genus of the Primrose Fam- 



ily). 



Rare. Sandy thickets or more open ground : Ellington 

 (Weatherby), Southington (Bissell). Aug. — Sept. 

 Aster dumosus L., var. strictior Torr. & Gray (more upright). 



