Aster,] COMPOSITE. 



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Hab. Arctic sea-coast. Dr. Richardson. — " A, sahuginoso affinis," fLindlJ and perhaps only a dwarf, 

 or bairj variety of it. 



4. A. Eickardsonii; radice repente, caule ramoso uni-multlfloro ad apicem dense to- 

 mentoso, foliis late oblongis remote dentatis subtus breviter pilosis, calycibus squarrosis, 

 flosculis radii numerosis angustis. Spreng. Syst Veget v* 3. j!?. 258. Nees, Ast. p, 30. — A. 

 montanus. Bich, in FrankL 1st Joum, ed. 2. App, p, 32, (non Nvtt) — A. salsuginosus. 



' Less, in Linncea^ v. 6,p, 124. — A. Espenbergensis, NeeSj Ast p. B6, — ^. gigantea; magis 

 tomentosus, caule foliisque profunde serratis du;;^o triplove majoribus. 



Hab. Barren country from lat. 64*^. to the Arctic Sea.' Dr, Richardson. Kotzebue's Sound, Ckomisso 

 (in Herb. Nostr.J — /3, About Fort Franklin, on tbe Mackenzie River. — The A. salsuginosus ? of Lessing", 

 (A, Espenbergensis, Nees,) is certainly the A, montanus of Dr. ^.ichardson. 



5. A, peregrinus; foliis oblongo-ellipticis ovatisve aciitis integerrimis glabriusculis, 

 caule erecto folioso 1-3-floro seriatim hirto, involucri biserialis foliolis lineari-acuminatis 

 hirtis exterioribus herbaceis. Nees. — Pursh^ Fl. Am, v. 2. p, 556. Nees^ AsL p. 33. — A. 

 Tilesii. Wikstr. 



Hab, Unalaschka. Dr. Nelson (in Herb. J3a?iks.) Chamisso. 



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6. A. Unalaschkensis ; foliis laiiceolatis ovatove-lanceolatis acuminatis subserratis pubes- 

 centi-scabris ciliatis, caule ei*ecto 1-3-floro superne sparse villoso folioso, involucri sub- 

 sequalis foliolis lineari-acuminatis herbaceis villosis. Nees, — Less, in SchlechL LinnceUy v. 4. 

 p, 122. — Nees^ Ast p. 34. — ^. ? major; foliis acuminatis, caule multifloro. 



Hab. Unalaschka. Chamisso. — /5. Saskatchawan to the Rocky Mountains. Drummond. Nees seems to 

 consider this as scarcely distinct from A, Caucasicus^ Willd. and that it may even be tbe same with A.pere- , 

 grinus. — Specimens of our var, (S. in Mr. Drummond*s Collection, which Professor Lindley marks " ap- 

 parently A. Unalaschkensis, Linn." a species which I have not seen, are larger than A. Caucasicus; a foot 

 and a half to two feet high, with very thin, membranaceous, indistinctly veined, and scarcely and only very 

 distantly serrated leaves : tbe flowers similar, but more numerous. 



Sect. II. Amelli. Nees^ Ast p. 36. 



7. A. bijlorits; foliis lanceolatis serratis scabris, involucri foliolis imbricatis ovatis, caule, 

 subbifloro. Nees, — Mich. Am. v. 2, p. 114. Nees, Astp.S9. — A, strictus. Pursh, Fl. Am. 

 V, 2. p. 556. 



Hab. Labrador and Hudson's Bay. Herb, Banks. (Pursh.) 



8. A. conspicuus; (Lindl.) foliis oblongis erectis basi angustatis grosse serratis pubes- 

 centibus ambitu scabris, caule stricto apice corymboso, ramis erectis pubescentibus monoce- 

 phalis aphyllis, involucri hemispbserici foliolis squamosis acuminatis inferioribus minoribus. 



LindL MSS, 



Hab. Carlton House on the Saskatchawan River to the Rocky Mountains. Drummond.— '' A. spec- 

 tabili accedit, foliis latis fere omnibus grosse serratis distinguendus." Lindl 



9. A. Radula; foliis lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis medio argute serratis rugosis scaber- 

 rimis, caule angulato glabriusculo corymboso, racemis paucifloris nudiusculis. involucri 



