520 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



A. secundiflorus DESF. Hort. Par. (1815). 

 A. multiflorus NUTT. Gen. II, 155 (1818). 

 A. fragilis NEES, Ast. 101 (1818). 

 A. tenuifolius ELL. Sk. II, 347 (1824). 

 A. diffusus DC. Prodr. V, 242 (1836) in part. 



Wats, and Coult. Gray's Man. 6 ed. 260; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Chap. r 

 Fl. S. St. 203?; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 226?, 546; Cov. Fl. Ark. 192; Gray, Syn. 

 Fl. I, 2, 186. 



North America: Ont. to N. Eng. and Va. ; W. to 

 Minn., Mo., Ark. and Fla. 



Minn valley: Reported from N. edge and said to ex- 

 tend W. and S. ; doubtful; moist banks and edges of woods or 

 marshes. 



Aster dumosus LINN. Spec. 873 (1753). 

 A. sparsiflorus MICHX. Fl. II, 112 (1803). 

 A. fragilis LINDL. DC. Prodr. V, 246 (1836). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 260; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. I, 224, 546; Chap., Fl. S. St. 203; Cov.. Fl. Ark. 191; Gray, Syn. 

 Fl. I, 2, 185; Coult., Fl. Tex. 196. 



North America: N. Eng. and Ont. to Minn.; S. to 

 Fla., Tex. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. E. and S. central dis- 

 tricts; rare; woods and thickets; banks of streams. 

 HERB. : Sandberg 288, Red Wing. 



Aster multiflorus AIT. Hort. Kew. Ill, 203 (1789). 

 A. ciliatus MUHL. Willd. Spec. Ill, 2024 (1803). 

 A. ericoides var. multiflorus PERS. Syn. II, 443 (1807). 

 A. scoparius DC. Prodr. V. 242 (1836). 

 A. hebecladus DC. Prodr. Y, 242 (1836 -. 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 260; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 223, 544; 

 Webb., Fl. Neb. 148; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Coult., Fl. Colo. 161; Chap., Fl. 

 S. St. 202; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 150; Wats., King. Exp. 191; Cov., Fl. Arlr. 

 192; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 185; Coult., Fl. Tex. 195. 



North America: Saskatchewan and Brit. Col.? to 

 Mont., Arizona and Mexico; E. to Minn., Neb., Ont., N. Y., N. 

 J., Va., Ga. and Tex. 



Minn valley: Throughout; dry places, banks of 

 streams, shores of lakes; gravelly or sandy soil. 



HERB.: Sheldon 1106, Springfield; Taylor 1068, Glen- 

 wood; Sheldon 1331, Lake Benton; Sandberg 287, Red Wing; 

 Herb. Sheld. 1815, Minneapolis; Herb. Wickersheim 64, Idle wild, 

 Lincoln Co. ; Herb. Moyer 114, Montevideo. 



Aster ericoides LINN. var. villosus (Micnx.) T. and G. Fl. 

 II, 123 (1841). 



A. villosus MICHX. Fl. N. Am. II, 113 (1803). 

 A. pilosus WILLD. Spec. Ill, 2055 (1803). 



