404 Vermischte neue Diagnosen. 
tracted inflorescence and rays and disk-flowers numerically different. — 
The plant grows on dry, sunny hills or hillsides and was collected on 
August 28, 1908, by the writer at Des Lacs, Ward County, North 
Dakota. 
682. Achillea lanulosa Nutt. var. arachnoidea J. Lunell, l. c., p. 235. 
— Caulis laxe arachnoideus. Folia caulina 15—28, stricte vel laxe 
sericeo-pubescentia. — In woodland thicket, Turtle Mountains, North 
Dakota, July, 1910. 
683. Plantago major L. var. luxuriosa J. Lunell, Le, p. 236. — Planta 
luxuriosa, folia erecta, 7—11 nervata, late ovato-orbicularia, apice retuso 
et basi rotunda vel cordata, amplissima 12—14 cm diametro, petioli lati 
et canaliculati, scapi erecti. — In low meadow land of the Turtle Moun- 
tains, North Dakota, near St. John, July, 1910. 
684. Salicornia rubra A. Nels. var. prona J. Lunell, 1. c., p. 236. — 
Planta ramosa, et rami fundum petentes. — In saline soil, Devil's Lake, 
North Dakota, collected on August, 18, 1910. 
685. Helianthus nitidus J. Lunell, l. c., p. 236. — Perennis. Rhizoma 
crassum, tuberosum. Caulis 6—10 dm altus, in parte superiore ramosior, 
strigoso-pubescens apicem versus, ceterum glabratus, saltem aetate. 
Folia splendide viridia, oblongo-ovata, 6—10 cm longa, 3—5 cm lata 
coriacea, juxta basim 3-nervata, in caule breviter petiolata, in ramis ses- 
silia vel subsessilia, serrata, in lamina superiore scabra, in lamina in- 
feriore strigoso-tomentosa, capillis strigosis longioribus in nervis operta, 
superiora quidem basi abrupte contracta, alterna vel opposita, inferiora 
basi angustata et opposita, nonnumquam omnia vel nonnulla in tribus 
verticillata. Petioli paulum alati, marginibus ciliatis, partim amplectantes, 
inter oppositos sicut connati. Involucra 3—5 cm diametro, numerosa. 
Bracteae involucri lanceolatae, lamina et margine inferiore ciliis longis, 
albis praetexta, margine autem superiore breviter ciliata. Flores radiati 
13—20, 11}; em longa, 7 mm lata. — This species is related to H. 
tuberosus L., which is larger in all its parts, with long-petioled leaves: 
its rays are 3 cm long, 1 cm wide, — The plant grows in rich, moist 
soil in ravines or other protected localities in central North Dakota, 
and the type was collected by myself a Butte, North Dakota, on 
August 5, 1906. 
686. Helianthus nitidus var. camporum J. Lunell, l c. p. 237. — 
Lamina folii inferior scabra. — North Dakota: Not rare on the open 
prairie. Collected at Leeds, on Sept. 8, 1910. 
687. Helianthus apricus J. Lunell, 1. e p. 237. — Perennis. Rhizoma 
crassum, tuberosum. Caulis 6—7 dm altus, scaber, apice albo-strigoso, 
simplex vel in axillis superioribus sparsim ramosus. Folia lanceolata 
vel anguste ovato-lanceolata, firma, plana, lamina superiore scabra, in- 
feriore albo-strigosa, juxta basim 3-nervata, extremitatibus ambobus an- 
gustata, apice acuto, breviter petiolata, marginibus tumescentibus serru- 
lata, 2—7 cm longa, 5—22 mm lata (relatione plerumque 3:1), opposita 
vel superiorum 1—5 alternata. Petioli cauli proxime ciliati, inter oppo- 
