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FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 
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Var. Incidulus, Gray. 
Frequent in wet places and moist ground. Seal Harbor (Red- 
field) ; — Town Hill; Emery Cove; Youngs District; Eden P. 
O.j etc. (Rand). Apparently more abundant in the northern 
part of the Island. 
Var. IsBvicaulis, Gray. , ^ 
Infrequent. Beech Mt. Hotch (Rand); — stream south of ^ 
Bubble Pond (R. & R.). 
A. umbellatus, Mill. Biplopappus urribellatus, T. & G. | Irn-^ 
Roadsides, fields, wood clearii^s, and dry places ; very 
common. S t 1^* i-f. '' ' 
A. acuminatus, Mx. 
Woods and clearings; common.d,)^i ^a.T\ rT. 
A. nemoralis, Ait. 
Peat bogs and open swamps; common. Also summit of 
Green Mt. in boggy depressions (Rand.) g 
Var. Blakei, Porter. 
Stems l°-2^° high, simple, or often branched, inclined to 
be flexuous; leaves not crowded as in the type, 2|-'-3'’ long, 
broad, lanceolate, coarsely toothed or entire, margins not 
revolute, thinnish; heads few or several, sometimes solitary, 
showy; rays lilac-purple. —Intermediate between A. nemoralis 
and A. acuminatus, to both of which some of its forms make a 
near approach. North border of Somes Pond (Rand). 
ERIGERON, L. Eleabane. 
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E. Canadensis, L. Hokseweed. Butterweed. 
A common weed by roadsides and in waste places, becoming*]^ 
yearly more abundant everywhere on the Island, CxjU. 
E. strigosus, Muhl. Smaller Daisy Fleabanb. 
Fields and waysides; common. Rays sometimes more or less 
deeply tinged with violet. $. ^ 
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