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The conjecture in reference to the occurrence of A. Faxoni in 
Kenosha County, above alluded to, has not yet been confirmed. 
The plants designated under the name of A. commutatus are 
perhaps nothing more than unusually luxuriant individuals of A. 
multiflorus, with larger leaves and heads than in the typical form, 
but lacking the number of rays characteristic of A. commutatus. 
Mr. Wadmond’s specimens of A. cordifolius, A. sagittifslius and 
A. lateriflorus var. thyrsoideus, are all peculiar forms with much 
pubescence and somewhat difficult of exact identification. The 
identification of A. longifolius is also somewhat doubtful. 
REVISED CATALOGUE OF WISCONSIN ASTERS 
Aster furcatus Burgess 
A. leptocaulis Burgess 
As distinguished by Professor Burgess, the two species above 
named differ in the character of the inflorescence, as relatively leafy 
or bare ; in the relatively hispid or velvety character of the pubes- 
cence which clothes the lower surface of the leaves; and in the rela- 
tive roughness or smoothness of the stem. The first species is as- 
signed by the author just named to “ shaded cliffs and woods” in 
Illinois and Missouri; the second to the neighborhood of Milwaukee. 
The two species seem to run into each other. Hispid forms occur in 
exposed situations which do not seem to be distinguishable from the 
Illinois species, of which a number of specimens are to be found in 
the collections of the Field Museum of Natural History. Forms 
with softer pubescence are found in moister and more shaded lo- 
cations. The writer has specimens of these species from Mil- 
waukee, Ozaukee and Waukesha Counties. Mr. S. C. Wadmond’s 
herbarium contains a specimen of A. furcatus (not recognized by 
him at the time of the publication of his Flora of Racine and Keno- 
sha Counties, in 1909) from Kenosha County. A specimen of the 
same species, from Kewaunee County, is included in the J. H. 
Schuette herbarium, recently acquired by the Field Museum of 
Natural History. Another has recently been collected by Mr. 
Benke in Sheboygan County and donated to the Milwaukee Public 
Museum. 
