LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 523 



Aster patens Ait. Hort. Kew. IIL 201 (1789). 

 A. amplexicauUs MiCHx. Fl. N. Am. 11, 114(1803). 

 A. undulatiis Ell. Sk. II, 361 (1824). 

 A. patentissimus Lindl. DC. Prodr. Y, 232 (1836). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 258; Britt., Fl. N. J. 137: Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 148: Mac, B^l. Can. 1, 221; Chap., Fl. S. St. 200; Cov., Fl. Ark. 192; 

 Gray, Syn. Fl, 1, 2, 180; Coult., Fl. Tex. 195. 



North America: N. Br., Q., Ont. to Mass., N. J., Va. 

 and Fla. ; W. to Minn. , Neb", and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Reported from N. edge and forest dis- 

 trict to Blue Earth Co. ; rare; dry places and banks of streams. 

 Herb. : Sandberg 281, Red Wing. 



Aster sericeus Vent. Hort. Cels. 33 (1800). 

 A. argenteus Michx. Fl. N. Am. II, 111 (1803). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 257; Webb., Fl. Neb. 148; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 71; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 220: Chap., Fl. S. St. 199; Cov., Fl. Ark. 

 192: Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 179; Coult., b\ Tex. 194. 



North America: S. Man., Minn., Neb. and Wise; S. to 

 Ky., N. Car., Tenn. and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; common; prairies, dry 

 hillsides and banks. 



Herb.: Sheldon 735, Sleepy Eye; Taylor 742, Glen- 

 wood; Sheldon 1457, Pipestone; Taylor 1097, Glenwood; Sheldon 

 J555, Lake Benton; Z/eona/'cZ 2t^, Minnehaha Park; Kassube 125, 

 Minneapolis; Sandberg 280, Red Wing; Herb. Wickersheim 62, 

 Idlewild. Lincoln Co. ; Herb. Moyer 112, Montevideo. 



Aster novae-angliae Linn. Spec. 875 (1753). 



A. amplexicauUs Lam. Enc. Meth. I, 304 (1783). 

 A. spurim Willd. Spec. Ill, 2032 (1803). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 257; Britt., Fl. N. J. 139; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 148; Coult., Fl. Colo. 159: Chap., Fl. S. St. 205; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 

 226, 545; Upham, Fl. Minn. 73; Cov., Fl. Ark. 192; Engl. Hoffmann, Nat. 

 Pflanz. IV, 5, 163: Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 178. 



North America: Man., Georgian Bay and Q. to Minn., 

 Dak., Neb., Colo., Ark., Tenn. and S. Car. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; moist woodland, 

 river banks and around lake shores. 



Herb, : Taylor 955, Glenwood; Shddon 1503, Lake Ben- 

 ton; Sandberg 291, Red Wing; Herb. Sheld. 1816, Minneapolis; 

 Herb. Wickersheim 68, Ash lake, Lincoln Co. 



Aster oblongifolius Nutt. Gen. 11, 156 (1818). 



A. biennis Torr. Ann. Lye N. Y. II, 122 (1834). 

 A. multiceps Lindl. DC. Prodr. V, 237 (1836). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 257; Webb., Fl. Neb. 148: Coult., 



