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8. Aster oreganus Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. FI. 2: 163. 1841. 
Tripolium oreganum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 296. 1840. 
Type Locatity: “On the inundated banks of the Wahlamet,’’ Oregon. Collected by 
Nuttall. 
Rance: Washington and Oregon. 
SpECIMENS EXAMINED: Falcon Valley, Suksdorf 63, 647, 396; Loomis, Elmer 614; Spo- 
kane, Piper 2377; without locality, Vasey 521; Kittitas County, Cotton in 1904. 
ZONAL pistripuTion: Arid Transition. 
9. Aster hallii A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1°: 191. 1884. 
Type Locatiry: Oregon. Collected by Hall. 
Rance: Washington and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Yakima region, Brandegee 860. 
10. Aster laevis geyeri \. Gray, Syn. FI. 1°: 183. (884. 
Aster brevibracteatus Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 393. 1900. 
Type Locauity: “Meadows, Spokane and Columbia River valleys.” Collected by 
Geyer, no. 638. 
Rance: Washington to Montana and Wyoming. 
SprcIMENS EXAMINED: Fort Colville, Lyall in 1860; Spokane County, Suksdorf 929: 
Spokane, Piper 2380, Elmer 868; Palousé, Piper 1783; Waitsburg, Horner 548; without 
locality, Vasey. 
11. Aster elmeri Piper, Bull. Torr Club 29: 645. 1902. 
Type Locatity: “Sinlahekin Basin near Loomis, Okanogan County, Wash.” Collected 
by Elmer. Not otherwise known 
12. Aster jessieae Piper, Erythea 6: 30. 1898. 
Aster latahensis Henderson, Contr. Nat. Herb. 5: 201. 1899. 
Aster mollis Rydberg, Bull. Torr. Club 28: 22. 1901. 
Tyre LocaLiry: Pullman, Washington. 
Rance: Washington, Idaho, Wyoming. 
SpEcIMENS EXAMINED: Pullman, Piper, August, 1898, 1604, 2663, May, 1898; Union 
Flat, Piper in 1900 
ZONAL pDistriBuTion: Arid Transition. 
13. Aster foliaceus Lindl.; DC. Prod. 5: 228. 1836. 
Tyer rocauiry: “In Unalaschka ”’ 
Rance. Alaska to California and Nevada. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: North Yakima, Watt; Klickitat River, Henderson, August 13, 
1892: Mount Adams, Suksdorf 67, without locality, Vasey 523. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: ITudsonian. 
13a. Aster foliaceus frondeus A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 17: 193. 1884 
Aster foliaceus burkei A Gray, loc cit. 
Aster amplissimus Greene, Proce. Acad Phila. 1895: 550. 1895. 
Type LocaLity: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49° Collected by Lyall. 
Rance: British Columbia to Oregon, Utah and Colorado 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED Olympia, Piper 2197; Flett 811, Lake Cushman, Henderson 2041: 
Mount Stuart, Elmer 1201. Mount Adams Henderson in 1882. Suksdorf 66, 642, August 12, 
1885: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49° Lyall in 1859, upper Nisqually Valley, Allen 283, 
Skagit Pass, Lake & Hull 694 Blue Mountains, Piper in 1896; Loomis, Elmer 581; without 
locality Brandegee 856: Parson Creek, Gorman 828; Klickitat River, Cotton 1430. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION, Hudsonian. 
13b. Aster foliaceus apricus A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1°: 193, 1884. 
Type Locauity. “High mountains of Colorado at Union Pass.” 
Rance. Washington to Colorado. 
