NOTES ON MOUND FLORA OF ATCHISON CO., MO. 133 
ScUTELLARIA PARVULA Michx. 
Common on the sides of most of the mounds. ( Watson 
No. 484.) 
EvurHorsiA GLYPTOSPERMA Engelm. 
Abundant on the tops of all the taller mounds. (Watson 
No. 495.) 
EUPHORBIA MARGINATA Pursh. 
Abundant along the lower part of all the mounds. Called 
Snow-on-the-Mountain by the country people. E. serpens 
H. B. K. (Watson No. 497) was abundant on the bottom- 
prairie below. (Watson No. 496.) 
QUERCUS MACROCARPA OLIVAEFORMIS (Michx. f.) A. Gray. 
Common in the pockets on the north sides, and in 
thickets at the bases of the mounds. The growth of the 
year and the leaves are densely woolly-tomentose, and the 
trees are from 3 m. to 6 m. in height. (Watson No. 633.) 
SaLIx HUMILIS Marsh. 
Abundant in the pockets on the north sides of all the 
mounds. (Watson No. 658.) 
SisyRincHiuM Bermupranum L. 
Common on the tops of nearly all the mounds. This is 
what has been called S. angustifolium, and which appears 
to me to be very distinct from S. Bermudianum, but I bow 
to the decision of the makers of the new Check List. 
(Watson No. 671.) 
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Yucca exiauca Nutt. 
Common to all the large mounds, on the steep precipitous 
sides on the south and west. When observed on June Ist, 
1894, it was in full flower, andjthe Pronuba moth was present 
in great numbers, and on July 11th, I noticed that there was 
an abundance of mature fruits, many of which showed the 
insect punctures plainly. It is called Soap-weed by the 
