518 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
?A. hiemalis Nexs, Ast. 77 (1832). 
A. virgineus NEES, Ast. 88 (1832). 
? A, squarrulosus NEES, Ast. 86 (1832). 
A, laxifolius Hook. FI. I, (1883). 
A. longifolius var. villicaulis GRAY, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 189 (1886). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 262; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 188; 
Upham, Fl. Minn. 72; Coult., Fl. Colo. 161, partly; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 226. 
North America: Labrador, N. N. Eng, to Ont., Man. 
and Great Slave lake; &. to Mont., Minn. and Colo. 
Minn. valley: N. districts, E. and W.; woods and 
edges of thickets. 
Hers.: Zaylor 1115, Glenwood; Ballard 823, Page 
lake, Carver Co.; Ballard 795, Goose lake, Carver Co.; Ballard 
716, Benton. Carver Co.; Ballard 840, Patterson lake, Carver 
Co.; Bailey 266, St. Louis river; Sandberg 608, Red Wing; 
Oestlund 352, Minneapolis. 
Aster junceus Att. Hort. Kew. III, 204 (1789). 
. salicifolius Ricw. App. Frankl. Journ. 478 (1823). 
. bellidiflorus Hook. FI. Bor.-Am. II, 2 (1840). 
. laxifolius Hoox. FI. Bor.-Am. II, 10 (1840). 
. laxifolius var. borealis T. and G. Fl. II, 138 (1841). 
. laxifolius var. laetiflorus T.and G. FI. II, 138 (1841). 
. borealis PROVANCH. FI. Can. I, 308 (1862). 
. aestivus GRAY, Man. 5 ed, 233 (1867) mainly. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 262; Britt., Fl. N. J. 139; Coult., 
Fl. Colo. 161; Upham, Fl. Minn. 72; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 545; Gray, Syn. Fl. 
I, 2, 188. 
North America: Saskatchewan to N. S. and Brit. Col. 
to lat. 64° N. and at Hudson Bay; 8. to N. Y. and N. J.; W. to 
Minn., Ohio and Mich. 
Minn. valley: Reported as occurring throughout; 
rare; shaded places and along streams. 
Aster salicifolius Lam.? Enc. Meth. I, 306 (1783). 
? A. eminens WILLD. Enum. 886 (1809). ' 
A. praealtus Porr. Suppl. I, 493 (1810). 
A, rigidulus DesF. Cat. 122 (1815). 
A, obliquus NEES, Syn. Ast. 76 (1818). 
? A. carneus NEES, Syn. Ast. 96 (1818). 
A. stenophyllus LINDL. DC. Prodr. V, 242 (1836). 
A. laxifolius Hook, Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 10 (1840) pro parte. 
A, greeneti T. and G. FI. II, 134 (1841). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 261; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Coult., 
F]. Colo. 161; Webb., Fl. Neb. 148; Upham., Fl. Minn. 72; Mac., Fl. Can. 
I, 224; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 188; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 554?; Coult., Fl. Tex. 
196”. 
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North America: N.S8., Ont., Man. and Saskatchewan 
to N. Eng., N. J. and W. to Minn., Dak., Mont., Neb. and Tex. 
