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Mississippi river, Garrison ; Todd and Crow Wing counties (common), Upham; White 

 Bear, Kamsey county, Simmons. North and east. 



A. sericeus, Vent. Silky Aster. 



Common through the south half of the state, and frequent in the Red river valley, 

 Upham ; extending northeast to the upper Mississippi river. Garrison, and the mouth 

 of Rainy river, Macoun. 



A. patens. Ait. Aster. 



Upper Mississippi river, Garrison; Fergus Falls, Leonard; Douglas county, Mrs, 

 Terry; Anoka county, Jtrni; Blue Earth county, Gedge. Infrequent. South. 



A. Ifevis, L. Smooth Aster. 



Frequent, or common, in both var. Isevigatus and var. cyaneus, of Gray's Manual, 

 through the south half of the state and in the Red river valley ; extending northeast to 

 Crow Wing county, Upham. 



A. azureiis, Lincll. Azure Aster. 



Prairies of the Blue Earth river, Geyer; Goodhue county, Sandberg; Minneapolis, 

 Twining, Roberts; Douglas county, 3frs. Terry. South. 



A. Shortii, Boott. Short's Aster. 

 Lapham. Rare. Southeast. 



A. iindulatus, L. Wavy Aster. 



Lapham. Douglas county, Mrs. Terry; Blue Earth county, Gedge. Infrequent. 

 South. 



A. cordifolius, L. Heart-leaved Aster. 



Common in woods through the south half of the state, and in the Red river valley ; 

 only reported northeastward by Juni at Little Marais, lake Superior. 



A. sagittifoliiis, Willd. Arrow-leaved Aster. 



North of lake Superior (abundant), Roberts, Juni; Douglas county, Mrs. Terry; falls 

 of the St. Croix, Parry; Minneapolis, Roberts; lake Pepin, Miss Manning; Minnesota 

 river, Geyer; Emmet county, Iowa (common), Cratty; and westward into Dakota, Gray's 

 Synoptical Flora of N. A. 



A. Drummoiiclii, Lindl,* Drummond's Aster. 



Open grounds and border of woods, Illinois and Minnesota to Texas. Forms pass 

 into A. sagittifolius. Gray's Synoptical Flora of N. A. 



A. ericoides, L.. var. villosiis, Torr. & Gray. Heath-like Aster. 

 Blue Earth county, Gedge. South. 



A. multifloriis, Ait. Many-flowered Aster. 



Common, often abundant, through the south half of the state and in the Red river 

 valley ; extending northeast to Todd and Crow Wing counties (common), Upham. 



A. diiinosus, L. Aster. 



LaAieFe^^in, Miss Manning; Blue Earth county, Ged(/e. Infrequent. Southeast. 



A. viinmeu.s. Lam. (A.. Tradescanti, in Gray's Manual.) Aster. 



Lake Pepin, Miss Manning; Douglas county, Mrs. Terry; common southward and 

 westward, Juni, Upham. 



*ASTER DKUiMMONDii, Lindl. Pale with a flne and mostly soft cinereous pubes- 

 cence ; leaves from cordate to cordate-lanceolate and mostly on margined petioles, or 

 the small uppermost lanceolate and sessile by a narrow base, obtusely or acutely ser- 

 rate (the large 4 inches, smaller about an inch long), sometimes scabrous above : bracts 

 of the involucre acute or acutish ; rays violet-blue or paler, 3 to 5 lines long. Gray's 

 Synoptical Flora of N . A. 



