LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 517 
pubens Gray; Leiberg 33, Blue Earth Co.; Bailey 473, Agate 
Bay;—Type; Bailey 190, Vermilion lake; Arthur 66, Vermilion. 
lake—also var. pubens Gray. 
Aster puniceus Linn. Spec. 875 (1753). 
A. hispidus Lam. Enc. Meth. I, 306 (1783). 
A. amoenus LAM. Enc. Meth. I, 306 (1783). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 263; Britt., Fl. N. J. 139; Chap... 
Fl. S. St. 204; Upham, Fl. Minn. 73; Mac., Fl. Can. 1, 226; Coult., Fl. Colo. 
164; Cov., Fl. Ark. 192; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 195; Webb., Appx. Neb. 43. 
North America: Atl. to Pac. in Can.; S. in E. U.S. to 
N. Car. and Ga.; W. to Minn., Dak., Neb. and Mont. to Colo. 
Minn. valley: Especially in W. districts, but probably 
throughout; low places and edges of swampy woods. 
HERB.: Taylor 1092, Glenwood; Sheldon 1514, Lake 
Benton; Sheldon 1554, Verdi, Lincoln Co.; Herb. Wickersheim 
65, Ash lake, Lincoln Co.; Wickersheim 137, Ash lake, Lin 
coln Co. 
Aster puniceus Linn. var. lucidus (WEND.). 
A. lucidus WEND. Ind. Sem. Marb. (1882). 
A. puniceus var. vimineus T. and G. FI. II, 140 (1841). 
A. puniceus var. lucidulus GRAY, Syn. FI. I, 2, 195 (1886). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 263; Upham, Fl. Minn. 73; Mac., 
Fl. Can. IT, 333. 
North America: E. Q. to N. Eng.; W. to Ills., Wisc. 
and Minn. 
Minn. valley: W. and S. W. districts; rare; wet or 
low places. 
Hers.: Sheldon 1335, Lake Benton. 
Aster novabelgii Linn. Spec. 877 (1753). 
A. serotinus M1Lu. Dict. (1768). 
A. floribundus WILLD. Spec. III, 2048 (1803). 
A. lawus T. and G@. FI. IT, 134 (1841). 
A. longifolius GRAY, Man. 5 ed. 233 (1867). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 262; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 148; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 225, 545; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 203; Upham, Fl. 
Minn. 72; Engl. Hoffmann, Nat. Pflanz. IV. 5, 163; Gray, Syn. F1.1, 2, 189. 
North America: N.S.?, N. Br.? and Bow river reg. 
to Ga. and S. Car.; N. J. to Minn. and Neb. 
Minn. valley: SS. central districts and W. to Dakota. 
line; rare; low places along streams and in meadows. 
Aster longifolius Lam. Enc. Meth. I, 806 (1783) chiefly. 
A, paniculatus LAM. in Herb. Par. 
A. aestivus AIT. Hort. Kew. III, 203 (1789). 
A. salicifolius WILLD. Herb. 
A. floribundus WILLD. Herb. Par. (18 14). 
