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gerentia. Inflorcsccntia racemoso-paniculata, foliosissima, capi- 

 tulis brevipedicellatis in ramiflos breves secundarios ex axillis 

 foliorum exortos eonfertis. Discus capituli 1.2 cm. altus latusque. 

 Involucri serierum trium vel quatuor squamae lineares acutae, 

 marginibus ciliatis, apicibus viridibus ornatae. Flores radiati 

 pallide roseo-purpurei. Pappus albus est. 



Perennial with a horizontal rootstock. Stem stout, red, 5-6 

 mm. high, with the internodes between 'the branches 1.5-3 cm - 

 high. Primary branches very variable in length, f. i. 16 cm., 5 cm., 

 15 cm. 6 cm., a. s. f. successively. All the parts of the plant are 

 remarkably crowded. Leaves thick and firm, acuminate, sessile, 

 short and broad, lanceolate, on the stem 6-8 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. 

 wide, on the branches 2-4 cm. long, 0.7-1 cm. wide, on both stem 

 and branches prominently dentate, not abruptly reduced from 

 below up, with a profusion of leaflets in the axils. Inflorescence 

 racemosely paniculate, very leafy, with short-pedunckled heads 

 on secondary branches crowded in the leaf-axils. Disk of the head 

 1.2 cm. high and wide. Involucre 3 or 4 rows of linear, acute, 

 wide, on the branches 2-4 cm. long, 0.7-1 cm. wide, on both stem 

 1.2 cm. high and wide. Involucre 3 or 4 rows of linear, acute, 

 ciliate-margined, green-tipped bracts. Rays pale rose-purplish. 

 Pappus white. 



Collected by the writer on August 22, 191 1 in the outskirts 

 of the Turtle Mountains, near St. John, Rolette County. 



1082. Aster salicifolius Lam. EncycL I ; 3° 6 - ( l 7^3)- 

 Fargo (CI. Waldron). 



1083. Aster caerulescens DC. Prodr. 235. (1836). 

 Leeds. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM THE 

 CHICAGO AREA 



By C. W. G. Eifrig. 



Bv Chicago Area is meant the territory within a fifty mile 

 radius from the center of that metropolis, thus including a great 

 variety of habitats, among them some of the most interesting 

 localities from a zoological and botanical standpoint in the 

 country, such as the dune region at the south end of Lake Michigan 



