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Var. giganteus, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 107. 



A. Richardsonii, p. giganteus, Hook. Fl. II., 7. 



About Fort Franklin on the Mackenzie River. (Bichardson.) Along 

 the Mackenzie Eiver. {McGill Goll. Serb.) 



(1021.) A. conspicuus, Lindl. 



Woods and grassy thickets, especially on the Saskatchewan. From 

 Carlton on the Saskatchewan, Lat. 53°, to the Eocky Mountains. 

 {Drummond.) Slope 'of the South Kootanie Pass, Eocky Mountains. 

 (Dawson.) Abundant in ravines on the Cypress Hills and in woods 

 and thickets along the eastern base of the Eocky Mountains, extending 

 to the Peace Eiver. {Macoun.) Eocky Mountains. (Bourgeau.) 



(1022.) A. radulinus, Gray. 



In thickets on the Chilcoten Eiver, west of the Fraser, B.C. (JDaw- 

 son.) On the side of a hill by a spring, Fraser Eiver Crossing of Cana- 

 dian Pacific Eailway, B.C. {Fletcher.) These specimens may belong 

 to the preceding, as they are far from being satisfactory. 



(102.3.) A. spathulatus, Lindl. 



Arctic America. Bear Lake and Foi-t Franklin on the Mackenzie 

 Eiver. (BicMrdson.) 



(1024.) A. adscendens, Lindl. 



Dry and grassy places on the western prairies. Banks of the 

 Saskatchewan towards the Eocky Mountains. (JDrummond.) Milk 

 Eiver near the 49th parallel. (JDawson.) Common around the Cypress 

 Hills and on the prairie westward, also west of the Touchwood Hills, 

 by Carlton and Fort Pitt to Edmonton. {Macoun.) 



(1025.) A. Douglasii, Lindl. 



Common on the north-west coast and Straits of De Fuca. (Scouler.) 

 Queen Charlotte Islands. (JDawson.) Viciaity of Victoria and on the 

 mainland at various points on the Fraser and Thompson rivers. 

 (^Fletcher.) More than one species may be included in this as our west- 

 ern asters are very little known. 



(1026). A. sericeus, Vent. 



A. argenteus, Michx. Fl. II., 111. 



Dry banks of rivers. On sandy soil at the mouth of Eainy Eiver, 

 and on islands in the Lake of the Woods. (Macoun.) 



