520 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
A. secundiflorus DesF. Hort. Par. (1815). 
A. multiflorus Nutt. Gen. II, 155 (1818). 
A, fragilis Nees, Ast. 101 (1818). 
A. tenuifolius ELL. Sk. II, 347 (1824). 
A. diffusus DC. Prodr. V, 242 (1836) in part. 
Wats. and Coult. Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 260; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Chap., 
Fl. S. St. 203?; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 226?, 546; Cov. Fl. Ark. 192; Gray, Syn. 
Fl. I, 2, 186. 
North America: Ont. to N. Eng. and Va.; W. to 
Minn., Mo., Ark. and Fla. 
Minn valley: Reported from N. edge and said to ex- 
tend W. and §.; doubtful; moist banks and edges of woods or 
marshes. 
Aster dumosus Linn. Spec. 873 (1753). 
A. sparsiflorus Micux. Fl. II, 112 (1803). 
A. fragilis LinpDL. DC. Prodr. V, 246 (1836). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 260; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 224, 546; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 203; Cov., Fl. Ark. 191; Gray, Syn. 
Fi. I, 2, 185; Coult., Fl. Tex. 196. ; 
North America: N. Eng. and Ont. to Minn.; 8S. to 
Fla., Tex. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: Reported from 8S. E. and §. central dis- 
tricts; rare; woods and thickets; banks of streams. 
HERB.: Sandberg 288, Red Wing. 
Aster multiflorus Ait. Hort. Kew. III, 203 (1789). 
A, ciliatus MuHL. Willd. Spec. I1I, 2024 (1803). 
A. ericoides var. multiflorus Pers. Syn. II, 443 (1807). 
A. scoparius DC. Prodr. V. 242 (1836). 
A. hebecladus DC. Prodr. V, 242 (1836). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 260; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 223, 544; 
‘Webb., Fl. Neb. 148; Britt., Fl. N. J. 138; Coult., Fl. Colo. 161; Chap., Fl. 
S. St. 202; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 150; Wats., King. Exp. 191; Cov., Fl. Ark. 
192; Gray, Syn. FI. I, 2, 185; Coult., Fl. Tex. 195. 
North America: Saskatchewan and Brit. Col.? to 
Mont., Arizona and Mexico; E. to Minn., Neb., Ont., N. Y., N. 
J., Va., Ga. and Tex. 
Minn valley: Throughout; dry places, banks of 
streams, shores of lakes; gravelly or sandy soil. 
HERB.: Sheldon 1106, Springfield; Taylor 1068, Glen- 
wood; Sheldon 1331, Lake Benton; Sandberg 287, Red Wing; 
Herb. Sheld. 1815, Minneapolis; Herb. Wickersheim 64, Idlewild, 
Lincoln Co.; Herb. Moyer 114, Montevideo. 
Aster ericoides LINN. var. villosus (Micux.) T.and G. FI. 
IT, 128 (1841). 
A, villosus Micnx. Fl. N. Am. IT, 113 (1803). 
A. pilosus WiLLD. Spec. III, 2055 (1803). 
