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(1036.) A. ericoides, Ait. 



A. sparsiflorus, Michx. Fl. II.. 113. 



Barren soil and along lake shores or river margins. Toronto Island 

 and along the sandy shore of Lake Huron. (Macoun.) Barren soil, 

 Canada. (Pursh.) 



Yar. villQSUS, Torr. & Gray, Fl. II., 124. 

 Aster villosus, Michx. Fl. II., 113. 



Vicinity of Port Stanley, Ont. (Burgess.) A very distinct variety 

 with hairy stem and leaves. 



(1037.) A. multiflorus, Ait. 



A. ericoides, Lam. Michx. Fl. II., 113. 



Dry or barren fields, rare in Ontario. Wesleyan Methodist burying- 

 grouud, Belleville ; and on the Rice Lake Plains, Ont. (Macoun.) 

 Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Logic.) Maiden, Ont. (Maclagan.) 

 Canada. (Pursh.) 



Var. Stricticaulis, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 125. 

 A. ericoides, Hook. Fl. II., 12. 



This is the common form of A. multiflorus as found throughout the 

 prairie region. It is very abundant and in many places forms one- 

 half of the prairie vegetation. (Macoun.) Red River. (Douglas.) 

 Saskatchewan and towards the Rocky Mountains. (Drummond.) 

 Turtle Mountain, and abundant from the Red River to the Rocky 

 Mountains on the 49th parallel. (Dawson.) 



Var. commutatus, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 125. 

 A. ramulosus, var. incano-pUosus, Hook. Fl. II., 13. 



Heads larger, fewer, and generally single on the short branches. 

 Hand Hills on dry exposed soil, N. W. T. (Macoun.) On the Saskat- 

 chewan. (Drummond.) 



(1038.) A. falcatus, Lindl. 



A. ramulosus, Lindl. Var. a. Hook. Fl. II., 13. 



This species seems to be only a variety of the preceding, but differs 

 in having three-nerved leaves, with appressed pubesence and with 

 looser and more acute involucral scales. Plains west of the Touchwood 

 Hills and along the North Saskatchewan. (Macoun.) Middle Fork of 

 North Branch of Old Man River, 'within the Rocky Mountains. 



