2*20 OEOLOOICAT, SURVEY OV CANADA. 



V:ir. giganteus, 'I'orr. i\: (Jju}- Fl. II., I(t7. 



.1. liiflmriixoiili, ;i i/iijanlctts, Hook. Fl. II., 7. 



Al>()ut Fort KranUliii «iii llio MacUonzio IviviM-. {RicJianlsnn.) Aloiii;- 

 llu- .M:ui<iMi/.io River. {Mcdill Coll. llcrb.) 



(1(121.) A. conspicuus, Lindl. 



Woods ami i:;i"assy lliiclcrls, os|ii'iialiy on tlic Saskaliiu'w an. F^i'oin 

 Carlton on llic Saskalclu'Wiin, Lat. 5;$°, l(» tlic Hocky Moiinlains. 

 {^Dnnnnwnd.) Slo|u' of llu* Soiilli Kodlanic I'as.s, Rocky Moiinlaiiis. 

 (Z)<fMV()/t.) .\liunilant in i-avim-s on (ho ('ypross Hills ami in woods 

 and (Iiickols aloiii;" the eastern haseoi'dic Rocky Mountains, extending- 

 to (lie l\>ai-e K'iver. (Ardroun.) Rocky .^^o^n(ains. (Boun/eau.) 



(1022.) A. radulinus, (uay. 



In thickets on the Cliilooten River, west of the Eraser, B.C. (Daw- 

 son.) On the sidi' of a hill \)y ii spring, Fraser River Crossing of Cana- 

 dian Pacitic Railway, B.C. (Fletcher.) These specimens may belong 

 to the preceding, as they are far from being satisfactory. 



(1023.) A. spathulatus, Liudl. 



Arctic America. Bear Lake and Port Franklin on the Mackenzie 

 River. (Eichardson.) 



(1024.) A. adscendens, Lindl. 



Dry and grassy places on the western prairies. Banks of the 

 Saskatchewan towards the Rocky Mountains. (Drummond.) Milk 

 River near the 49th parallel. (Dawson.) Common around the Cypress 

 mils and on the prairie westward, also west of the Touchwood Hills, 

 by Carlton and Foi-t Pitt to Edmonton. (Macoun.) 



(1025.) A. Dougiasii, Lindl. 



Common on the ut>rtli-west coast and Straits of De Fuca. (Scouler.) 

 Queen Charlotte Islands. (Dawson.) Vicinity of Victoria and on the 

 mainland j^ various points on the Fraser and Thompson I'ivers. 

 (Fletcher.) More than one species may be included in this as our west- 

 ern asters are very little known. 



(102G). A. sericeuSy Vent. 



A. argenteus, Michx. Fl. II., 111. 



Dry banks of rivers. On sandy soil at the mouth of Rainy River, 

 and on islands in the Lake of the Woods. (Macoun.) 



