516 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Pinartlia Neck. Elem. I, 5 (1790). 

 Criuita Moencii, Meth. (1794). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI VIII, 135; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. II, 270, 271; 

 Durancl, Iml. Gen. Phan. 196;/). Kuntze (includes Solidago), Bev. Gen. I, 

 309; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 5, 161 (Hoffmann). 



Living species: 350 described, 250 reduced. N. and S. 

 America, Europe. Asia, S. Africa, and closely related forms 

 perhaps to be referred to the genus in Australia. Russia, 20; 

 Europe, 10; North America 150, (124, Gray Syn.); Canada, GO- 

 TO; Rocky mts., 50; E. Sts., 60; S. Sts., 50; California, 20; 

 PI. Wheel., 20; PI. King, 20; W. Tex., 25. 



Aster ptarmicoides (Nees) T. and G. Fl. II, 160 (1841). 



Doellingeria ptarmicoides Nees, Syn. Ast. 183 (1818). 



Chrysopsis alba Nutt, Gen. II, 152 (1818). 



Heliastrmn alhimi DC. Prodr. V, 264 (1836). 



Diplopappus albus Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. 11, 21 (1840). 



Aster albi(s Eat. and Wright, Man. 146 (1840). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 264; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 228; Coult., 



Fl. Colo. 165; Upham, Fl. Minn. 73; Gov.. Fl. Ark. 192; Gray, Syn. Fl. I. 



2, 198. 



North America: Ont. and N. Eng. to Saskatchewan, 



Assiniboia and N. W. T. to 49^ N. lat.; S. to Minn., Colo, and 



Arkansas. 



Minn, valley: Throughout at higher levels; fields, 

 prairies, high bluffs and rocky headlands. 



Herb! : Sheldon 1254, Lake Benton; Taylor 1007, Glen- 

 wood; Juni 7, Knife river; Juni 8, Little Marais; Kassiihe 120, 

 Minneapolis; Bailey 517, Agate bay; Eoberts 59, Little Marais; 

 Leiherg 32, Blue Earth Co. ; Holzinger 112, Winona Co. ; Sand- 

 herg 292, Goodhue Co.; MacM. and Slield. 19, Brainerd; Herb. 

 Wickersheim 69, Idlewild, Lincoln Co. ; Herb. Moyer 116, Min- 

 nesota bluffs, near Montevideo. 



Aster umbellatus Mill. Diet. ed. 8, 2 (1768). 

 A. amijgdaUnus Lam. Enc. Moth. I, 305 (1783). 

 Chrysopsis uviygdalina Nutt. Gen. II, 153(1818). 

 Diplopappus nmbellatus T. and G. Fl. II, 183 (1841). 

 D. aniygdalinus T. and G. Fl. II, 153 (1841) in 2)art. 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 263; Britt., Fl. N. J. 140: Chap., 

 Fl. S. St. 207: Mac-., Fl. Can. I, 229; Cov., Fl. Ark. 192; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 

 196; Coult., Fl. Tex. 196. 



North America: Newf., Anticosti, N. S., N. Br. to N. 

 J. , Tenn. and Ga. ; W. to Saskatchewan. Minn, and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Throughout, principally W. districts; 

 moist woods and shaded banks of streams and lakes. 



Herb. : Taylor 991, Glenwood; Taylor 1015, Glen wood; 

 Taylor 1045, Glenwood; Sheldon 1157, New Ulm;— all in var. 



