LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 517 



pubens Gray; Leiberg 33, Blue Earth Co.; Bailey 473, Agate 

 Bay; Type; Bailey 190, Vermilion lake; Arthur 66, Vermilion 

 lake also var. pubens Gray. 



Aster puniceus LINN. Spec. 875 (1753). 

 A. hispidus LAM. Enc. Meth. I, 306 (1783). 

 A. amoenus LAM. Enc. Meth. I, 306 (1783). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 263; Britt., Fl. N. J. 139; Chap.r 

 Fl. S. St. 204; Upham, Fl. Minn. 73; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 226; Coult., Fl. Colo. 

 164; Cov., Fl. Ark. 192; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 195; Webb., Appx. Neb. 43. 



North America: Atl. to Pac. in Can.; S. in E. U. S. to 

 N. Car. and Ga.; W. to Minn., Dak., Neb. and Mont, to Colo. 



Minn, valley: Especially in W. districts, but probably 

 throughout; low places and edges of swampy woods. 



HERB.: Taylor 1092, Glenwood; Sheldon 15 J4, Lake 

 Ben ton; Sheldon 1554, Verdi, Lincoln Co. ; Herb. Wicker sheim 

 65, Ash lake, Lincoln Co.; Wickersheim 137, Ash lake, Lin 

 coin Co. 



Aster puniceus LINN. var. lucidus (WEND.). 

 A. lucidus WEND. Ind. Sem. Marb. (1832). 

 A. puniceus var. vimineus T. and G. Fl. II, 140 (1841). 

 A. puniceus var. lucidulus GRAY, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 195 (1886). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 263; Upham, Fl. Minn. 73; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. II, 333. 



North America: E. Q. to N. Eng.; W. to Ills., Wise, 

 and Minn. 



Minn, valley: W. and S. W. districts; rare; wet or 

 low places. 



HERB. : Sheldon 1335, Lake Benton. 



Aster novabelgii LINN. Spec. 877 (1753). 

 A. serotinus MILL. Diet. (1768). 

 A. floribundus WILLD. Spec. Ill, 2048 (1803). 

 A. laxus T. and G. Fl. II, 134 (1841). 

 A. longifolius GRAY, Man. 5 ed. 233 (1867). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 262; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Webb., 



Fl. Neb. 148; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 225, 545; Chap., Fl. S. St. 203; Upham, Fl. 



Minn. 72; Engl. Hoffmann, Nat. Pflanz. IV. 5, 163; Gray, Syn. Fl.l, 2, 189. 



North America: N. S. ?, N. Br.? and Bow river reg. 



to Ga. and S. Car.; N. J. to Minn, and Neb. 



Minn, valley: S. central districts and W. to Dakota 

 line; rare; low places along streams and in meadows. 



Aster longifolius LAM. Enc. Meth. I, 306 (1783) chiefly. 

 A. paniculatus LAM. in Herb. Par. 

 A. aestivus AIT. Hort. Kew. Ill, 203 (1789). 

 A. salicifolius WILLD. Herb. 

 A. Jloribundus WILLD. Herb. Par. (18 14). 



