CATALOGUE OP CANADIAN PLANTS. 221 



(102*7.) A. Menziesii, Lindl. Hook. Fl. II., 12. 



North-west Coast of America. (Menzles.) We know nothing of 

 this species. 



(1028.) A. patens, Ait. 



Dry soil and along fences. New Brunswick. {Matthew.) Vicinity 

 of Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) This is a very doubtful species and needs 

 looking after. 



(1029.) A. IseviS, Linn. 



A- amplexicaulis, Willd. Hook. Fl. II., 13. 



A. rubricauUs, Lam. Hook. Fk II., 13. 



A. cyaneus, Hoffm. Hook. Fl. II., 13. 



A. concinnus, Hooker Fl. II., 13. 



A. strictus, Nees, var. angustifolius, Lindl. Hook. Fl. II., 13. 



In rather dry soil near London, Ont. (Burgess.) Very abundant 

 in the pi-airie region extending from its eastern border to far within 

 the Eocky Mountains and northward to Lat. 58° on the Peace Eiver. 

 {Macoun.) From the Saskatchewan to the Eocky Mountains. (Drum- 

 mnnd.) Abundant along the 49th parallel. {Dawson.) 



(1030.) A. laevigatus, Lam. 



A. Isevi!^, Linn. var. Ixvigatus, Willd. Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 116. 

 Dr. Gray says of this species in the proceeding? of the American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. XVII., page 169. " Unequivocal 

 indigenous specimens are hai-dly known ; they arc to be sought in 

 Lower Canada and Nova Scotia." A careful examination of the Gaspe 

 peninsula and a large extent of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton by myself, 

 and the examinations of local collectors, show no plant a]»proaching 

 this species except forms that seem to lie between A. tardijiorus, L., and 

 A. lonqifoliiis, Lam. Specimens of an aster which has the appearance 

 of this species have been found at Chicken Bay, Lake Huron. {Macoun.) 

 Vicinity of London, Ont. {Burgess.) Woods near Barrie, Ont. 

 {Spotten.) This is the long-leaved form with almost linear leaves. 



Var. (?) 



This is a foi-m with hairy peduncles, especially at im base of the 

 flower, ciliate scales and generally hairy in the axils of the leaves, 

 which are also ciliate. In the foot-hills of the Eocky Mountains, 49th 

 parallel ;' also, in the lower part of the South Ivootanie Pass. {Dawson.) 



(1031.) A. azureus, Lindl. 



Dry sandy soil rather scarce. Wesleyan Methodist birrying ground, 

 Belleville ; also, Eice Lake Plains, Ont. {Macoun.) Vicinity of 



