518 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



? A. hiemalis NEKS, Ast. 77 (1832). 

 A. viryineus NEES, Ast. 88 (1832). 

 ? A. squarrulosus NEES, Ast. 86 (1832). 

 A. laxifolius HOOK. Fl. I, (1833). 



A. longifolius var. villicaulis GRAY, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 189 (1886). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 262; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 188; 

 Upham, Fl. Minn. 72; Coult., Fl. Colo. 161, partly; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 226. 

 North America: Labrador, N. N. Eng, to Ont., Man. 

 and Great Slave lake; 8. to Mont., Minn, and Colo. 



Minn, valley: N. districts, E. and W. ; woods and 

 edges of thickets. 



HERB.: Taylor 1115, Glenwood; Bollard 823, Page 

 lake, Carver Co. ; Bollard 795, Goose lake, Carver Co. ; Bollard 

 716, Benton. Carver Co. ; Bollard 840, Patterson lake, Carver 

 Co.; Bailey 266, St. Louis river; Sandberg 608, Red Wing; 

 Oesilund 352, Minneapolis. 



Aster junceus ATT. Hort. Kew. Ill, 204 (1789). 

 A. saUcifolius RICH. App. Frankl. Journ. 478 (1823). 

 A. bellidiflorus HOOK. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 2 (1840). 

 A. laxifolius HOOK. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 10(1840). 

 A. laxifolius \ar. borealis T. and G. Fl. II, 138 (1841). 

 A. laxifolius var. laetiflorus T. and G. Fl. II, 138(1841). 

 A. borealis PROVANCH. Fl. Can. I, 308 (1862). 

 A. aestivus GRAY, Man. 5 ed. 233 (1867) mainly. 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 262; Britt., Fl. N. J. 139; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 161: Upham, Fl. Minn. 72; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 545; Gray, Syn. Fl. 

 I, 2, 188. 



North America: Saskatchewan to N. S. and Brit. Col. 

 to lat. 64 N. and at Hudson Bay; S. to N. Y. and N. J. ; W. to 

 Minn., Ohio and Mich. 



Minn, valley: Reported as occurring throughout; 

 rare; shaded places and along streams. 



Aster salicifolius LAM.? Enc. Meth. I, 306 (1783). 

 ? A. eminens WILLD. Enum. 886 (1809). 

 A. praealtus Pom. Suppl. I, 493 (1810). 

 A. rigidulus DESF. Cat. 122 (1815). 

 A. obliquus NEES, Syn. Ast. 76(1818). 

 ? A. carneus NEES, Syn. Ast. 96 (1818). 

 A. stenophyllus LINDL. DC. Prodr. V, 242 (1836). 

 A. laxifolius HOOK. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 10 (1840) proparte. 

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



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 261; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 161; Webb., Fl. Neb. 148; Upham., Fl. Minn. 72; Mac., Fl. Can. 

 I, 224; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 188; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 554?; Coult., Fl. Tex. 

 196?. 



North America: N. S., Ont., Man. and Saskatchewan 

 to N. Eng., N. J. and W. to Minn., Dak., Mont., Neb. and Tex. 



