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the specimens above referred to have violet rays. Plants inter- 
mediate between this species and A . paniculatus var. simplex , with 
white rays and bracts of more or less indeterminate character, 
have been collected in Brown County by Mr. Schuette, Door 
County by Dr. Ogden, Racine County by Mr. Wadmond and Dr. 
Ogden, in Milwaukee County by I. A. Lapham, and in Dane 
County by L. S. Cheney. 
A. prenanthoides Muhl. 
Widely distributed in damp wooded districts in the eastern tier 
of counties, at least in the southern half of the state. It has not 
yet been collected farther north than Ozaukee County. It is not 
mentioned in Parry’s or Lueders’ list, or in that of Cheney and True, 
and it is entirely absent from Mr. Benke’s and J. H. Schuette’s 
collections. The rays are either white or light blue, differing in 
this respect from the deeply tinted plants of northeastern Ohio 
and western Connecticut. Narrow-leaved plants from the vicinity 
of Lake Church, in Ozaukee County, suggest the variety porrecti- 
folius Porter. Stout, hispid plants from the same locality appear 
to be hybrids between this species and A. puniceus. 
A. puniceus L. 
A. puniceus var. demissus Lindl. 
A. puniceus var. compactus Fernald 
A. puniceus var. firmus (Nees) T. & G. 
A. puniceus var. lucidulus Gray 
This species is found in marshy and swampy districts throughout 
the eastern portion of the state and is no doubt widely distributed. 
In the type form the rays are generally deeply tinted, but speci- 
mens are occasionally found in which they are pure white. In the 
varietal forms above mentioned the rays are white or pale in color. 
The variety demissus has been collected by Dr. Ogden, to whom 
the writer is indebted for a specimen, in Waushara County. Va- 
riety compactus is found in Sheboygan and Racine counties; var. 
firmus in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties; var. lucidulus in 
Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha and Sauk counties. Forms occur 
with long, thin, entire and taper-pointed leaves, slender branches 
and pedicels, and with little pubescence, which connect with A. 
