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Report of tJie Dcpartuicnt of Botany, Iowa State Agricultural 



College and Farm. L. H. Paniniel. (Reprint from 13th 



Bien. Rcpt. Board of Trustees, iSSS and 1889, pp. 42-48). 



This report is principally taken up with brief notes upon some 



of tlie recently introduced weeds, such as Cuscuta cpitJiyinuin^ 



Solanuni Carolinense^ S. rosfratuni and Laetuea Scariola^ also 



loco-poisonin^^, due to Crotalaria sagittalis and Astragalus niol- 



lishnus. 



Sand-hill Flora — Characteristic, M. A. Carleton. (Trans. Kans. 

 Acad. Sci. xil. Part i. 32-34). 



A list of eleven observed species is given for the region of the 



sand hills in the prhicipal river valleys of Kansas. The species 



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thought worthy of mention under the above title are: Prunus 

 Chicasa.Lithospcnnuni hirtuni, Evolvulus argentcus, Yucca angus- 



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tifolia, Discoplcura capillacea! (which grows with us hi swampy 

 land or even in water), Viola tricolor, van arvcnsis, Cristatclla 

 Jamesii, Linaria Canadensis, Aplopappus divartcatus, Fradichia 

 gracilis and Ilosac/cia Pnrshiana, 



Silk Cotton Tree — The, (Garden and Forest, iii. 341, 342, illus- 

 trated). 



Under this title is a description and representation of a tree of 

 Friodendron aiifractuosuni, from a specimen In front of the town- 

 house of Nassau, West Indies. 

 Some Western Plants. Wm. ]\I. Canby. (Bot. Gaz xv. 150). 



Astragalus Tweedyi, identical with specimens collected and 

 distributed by Mr. ITowcll as A, collinus. Dough is described as 

 \\^\\\ Mr. Canby relegates A. Californicns, to A. collinns, Dough, 

 van Californicus, Gray. A doubtful species of Erigeron^ allied to 

 F. pumilusj is described under tlie provisional name /f. Scribneri, 

 Trillium sessile^ var. Californicum. (Garden and Forest, iii. 320, 

 fig. 44). . 



]'^arieties Not Soon J Tearing Out — Some Reasons for, B}'roa D. 



Halsted. (Am. Nat. xxiv. 577-581). 

 Willoivs Presented to the dienry H. Babcock Herbarium by M. S, 



Bebb, Esq,,of Rockford, dlL (Rept. Dept. Nat. Hist. North- 



Avestern Univ. 1S89, pp. 20-23). 



This list includes a list of hybrids and also a description of 

 Salix glaucophylla, Bebb, and its varieties. 



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