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yo. Gal or Cassini in Dict. Se. Nat. xviii. p. 56 (1820), non 
galisb, (1812) sed absque char., nec Herb. (1820); Galatella Cas- 
sini in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxxvii. p. 463 (1825), Reichb. Consp. Re 
¥. V. p. 255 (1 
(1879); Aster, sect. Galatella, Benth, & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. 
p. 278 ( 1878), Engl. & Prantl, Natiirl. Pflanzenf. iv. abt. 5, p. 163 
(1890), Rouy, Fl. de France, viii. p. 148. 
Aster sepirouius L. Sp. Plant. p. 874 (ed. 1, vol. ii. Aug. 1753) ; 
Syst. Nat. ed. 10, n. 11 re i. Jun. 1759). 
Puberulo-scabridus vel fere glaber, lete virens, 8-9 dem. Radix 
lignescens. Caulis erectus foliosus striatus teres vel medium versus 
amulos co 
subangulatus, supern y -fastigiatos divari- 
catim multum divisus tenadie aeentes integerrima, 
apice plusminus acuta, nebe trite pr thee argine is con- 
sita. Bractese pedunculares lineares, suse sensim minore 
quamas calathiales transeuntes. campani -hemi- 
sphericum. Squame crassiuscule carinate trinervire, plerumqne 
cute, ne minute denticulate vel subserrula xterne 
lanceolato-ovate virides, interne oblonge vel ovate et margine 
plusminus scariose, ime uninervie. Ligule lilacine, anthodio 
duplo longiores etiam paullo ultra, disco flavo a eae Fructus 
pilis adpressis albidis i aig pappum equa 
eographical range. The species extends font the N.W. corner 
of Spain to Lake Baikal, a ei of 5500 miles, oe le width 
of the belt over the area of which it is found is not m an 1000 
miles from north to south; being altogether within re north 
temperate zone of the Eurasian continen t. The countries in 
which it is found inelude Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, Rou- 
—_— and Russia. The extreme limits of the species are here 
ven 
?. Lake Baikal, lat. 55°, long. 110° E :—Ledeb. Fi. 
Rossica, i ii. Pe 479 (1845), var. — ideus. 
S. Sier: ee, in the prov. of Granada, Spain, at 1500 metres, 
lat. 37° ok. Guirao, Pl. de Matead: distributed in Bourgeau exs., 
var. intermedius. 
- Ferrol, in the prov. of Corunna, Spain, long. 8° 20’ 
Planellas-Giralt, Ensayo de una Flora fanerogamica Gallega (186%), 
var. intermedius 
a. angusti soli us.—Folia ge vere linearia uninervia acuta, 
inferiora 2 ctim., superiora 2 
ab. France: Reichense Valbonne in the department of 
oe Montélimar in the department of Dréme, Sisteron and 
Digne in Basses-Alpes, and Vernet-les-Bains in Pyrénées-Orientales 
-(h, “defle flera, = Galatella deflexa Jord. & Fourr 
This very narrow-leaved variety, which ie the least common 
form of the species, seems to be limited to dry barren places in 
8.H. France. DeCandolle gives Spain, France, and N. Italy as 
the distribution ; but all the Spanish and Italian specimens I a 
seen have only the upper leaves 1-nerved, the lower and middle 
