518 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



f A. hiemcdis Nees, Ast. 77 (1832). 

 A. viniineus Nees, Ast. 88 (1832). 

 ? A. squaiTulosus Nees, Ast. 86 (1832). 

 A. laxifolius Hook. F1. I, (1833). 



A. longifolius var. villicaulis Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 189 (1886). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 262; Gray, Syn. Fl. 1, 2, 188; 

 Upham, Fl. Minn. 72: Coult., Fl. Colo. 161, partly; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 226. 

 North America: Labrador. N. N. Eng, to Ont., Man. 

 and Great Slave lake; S. to Mont.. Minn, and Colo. 



Minn, valley: N. districts, E. and W. ; woods and 

 edges of thickets. 



Herb.: Taylor 1115, Glenwood; Ballard 823, Page 

 lake, Carver Co. ; Ballard 795, Goose lake. Carver Co. ; Ballard 

 716, Benton. Carver Co. ; Ballard 840, Patterson lake, Carver 

 Co.; Bailey 266, St. Louis river; Sandber<j 608, Red Wing; 

 Oesilund 352, Minneapolis. 



Aster junceus Ait. Hort. Kew. Ill, 204 (1789). 

 A. salicifolins Rich. App. Frankl. Journ. 478 (1823). 

 A. belUdiflorus Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 2 (1840). 

 A. laxifolius Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 10(1840). 

 A. laxifolius \ar. horealis T. and G. Fl. II, 138 (1841). 

 A. laxifolius var. laetijiorus T. and G. Fl. II, 138 (1841). 

 A. boreaiis Provanch. FL Can. I, 308 (1862). 

 A. aestivus Gray, Man. 5 ed. 233 (1867) ?7uaV(^y. 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 262; Britt., Fl. N. J. 139; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 161: Upham, Fl. Minn. 72; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 545; Gray, Syn. Fl. 

 I, 2, 188. 



North America: Saskatchewan to N. S. and Brit. Col. 

 to lat. 64° N. and at Hudson Bay; S. to N. Y. and N. J. ; W. to 

 Minn., Ohio and Mich. 



Minn, valley: Reported as occurring throughout; 

 rare; shaded places and along streams. 



Aster salicifolins Lam.? Enc. Meth. L 306 (1783). 

 /A. eminens Willd. Enum. 886 (1809). 

 A. praeaUus PoiR. Suppl. I, 493 (1810). 

 A. rigidulus Desf. Cat. 122 (1815). 

 A. obliquus Nees, Syn. Ast. 76(1818). 

 ^ A. carneus Nees, Syn. Ast. 96 (1818). 

 A. stenophyllm Lindl. DC. Prodr. \, 242 (1836). 

 A. laxifolius Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 10 (1840) propaWc. 

 A. greenei T. and G. Fl. II, 134 (1841). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 cd. 261; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138: Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 161; Webb., Fl. Neb. 148; Upharu., Fl. Minn. 72; Mac, Fl. Can. 

 I, 224; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 188: Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 554?; Coult., Fl. Tex. 

 196V. 



North America: N. S.. Ont., Man. and Saskatchewan 

 to N. Eng., N. J. and W. to Minn., Dak., Mont., Neb. and Tex. 



