520 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



A. secundiflorus Desf. Hort. Par. (1815). 

 A. mullijiorus Nutt. Gen. II, 155 (1818). 

 A. fmgilis Nees, Ast. 101 (1818). 

 A. tenuifolius Ell. Sk. II, 347 (1824). 

 A. diffusus DC. Prodr. V, 242 (1836) in part. 

 Wats, and Coult. Gray's Man. 6 ed. 260; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Chap., 

 Fl. S. St. 203?; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 226?, 546; Gov. Fl. Ark. 192; Gray, Syn. 

 FI. I, 2, 186. 



North America: Ont. to N. Eng. and Va. ; W. to 

 Minn., Mo., Ark. and Fla. 



Minn valley: Reported from N. edge and said to ex- 

 tend W. and S.; doubtful; moist banks and edges of woods or 

 marshes. 



Aster dumosiis Linn. Spec. 873 (1753). 

 A. sparsiflorus Micnx. FL II, 112 (1803). 

 A. fragilis Lindl. DC. Prodr. V, 246 (1836). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 260: Britt., Fl. N. J. 138: Mac, 

 Fl. Can. I, 224, 546; Chap., Fl. S. St. 203: Cov., Fl. Ark. 191: Gray, Syn. 

 Fl. 1,2, 185: Coult., Fl. Tex. 196. 



North America: N. Eng. and Ont. to Minn.; S. to 

 Fla., Tex. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. E. and S. central dis- 

 tricts; rare; woods and thickets; banks of streams. 

 Herb. : Sandberg 288, Red Wing. 



Aster multillorus Ait. Hort. Kew. Ill, 203 (1789). 

 A. ciliatus Muiil. Willd. Spec. Ill, 2024 (1803). 

 A. ericoides var. niultijiorus Pers. Syn. II, 443 (1807). 

 A. scoparius DC. Prodr. V. 242 (1836). 

 A. hebedadus DC. Prodr. V, 242 (1836'. 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 260: Mac, Fl. Can. I, 223, 544; 

 Webb., Fl. Neb. 148; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Coult., Fl. Colo. 161; Chap., Fl. 

 S. St. 202; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 150; Wats., King. Exp. 191: Cov., Fl. Ark. 

 192; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 185; Coult., Fl. Tex. 195. 



North America: Saskatchewan and Brit. Col.'? to 

 Mont., Arizona and Mexico; E. to Minn., Neb., Ont., N. Y., N. 

 J., Va., Ga. and Tex. 



Minn valley: Throughout; dry places, banks of 

 streams, shores of lakes; gravelly or sandy soil. 



Herb. : Sheldon 1100, Springfield; Taylor 1068, Glen- 

 wood; Sheldon 1331, Lake Benton; Sandberr/ 287, Rod Wing; 

 Herb. Sheld. 1815, Minneapolis; Herb. WicJiri'shchit 64, Idlewild, 

 Lincoln Co. ; Herb. Moyer 114, Montevideo. 



Aster ericoides Linn var. villosus (Michx.) T. and G. Fl. 

 II, 123 (1841). 



A. villosus Micnx. Fl. N. Am. II, 113 (1803). 

 A. pilosns WILLI). Spec 111, 20.55 (1803). 



