THE MISSOURI SAXIFRAGES. 13^ 



A species of low meadows and swamps, ranging from 

 Ont. to Minn, and Me. southward to Ga. and Ala. and on 

 rocky bluffs to la. , 111. and Mo. 



Specimens examined: Missouri: Allenton, LetteTrmn, 

 June 15, 1875, under shady rocks; Letterman, April 1880, 

 on wet sandy rocks: Jefferson County, Eggert, May 11, 

 1887, sandy rocks opposite Pacific; Eggert, May 8, 1896, 

 sandy rocks opposite Pacific; SiUca, Jefferson County, 

 Russell,Usiy 5, 1898, wet shaded sandstone cliff s ; Saint Louis 

 County, Letterman, June 20, 1884: Le^erwan, April 15, 1880; 

 Eggert, July, 1880, on shady sandstone; Engelmann, vaisad m 

 garden in 1876 and 1877, probably from seeds collected 

 by Letterman in 1875. Illinois: Makanda, C. F. 

 Baker 61G8, May 5, 1900, on moist cliffs (type station of 

 Saxifraga Forbemi Vasey, but with the leaves nearly glab- 

 rous instead of pilose beneath as described in Gray's Man- 

 ual)' Wady Petra, V. W. Chase, May 12, 1897, on wet 

 prairie; Cook County, W. W. Bahcock, May, 1869. Iowa: 

 Iowa City, Hitchcock, no date; Johnson County, T. J. Fitz- 

 patrick. May 11, 1895. 

 MiCRANTHES viRGiNiENSis (L.) Small, Fl. S. U. S. 502. 1903. 



Saxifraga virginiensis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 569. 1803. 



A species of dry rocky woodlands and hillsides, from Ont. 

 to Minn., and N. B. south to Va., Ga., Ala., Tenn., 111. and 



Mo. 



Specimens examined: Missouri: Silica, Jefferson Coun- 

 ty Eggert, April 14, 1887, on sand rocks; Eggert, May 20, 

 1887, on sand rocks; Eggert, April 18, 1896, sandy rocks; 

 Trelease, April 2, 1899; Russell, May 5, 1898, sandstone chffs, 

 thus, there being but one known locality for this species in 

 the state. 

 MiCRANTHES TEXAN A (Bucklcy) Small, 1. c. 501. 1903. 



Saxifraga texana Buckley, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1861 : 455. 1862. 



Scapes from a cluster of tuberous roots, 5-15 cm. tall, 

 sparingly short-branched above, nearly glabrous. Leaf 

 blades 1-3 cm. long, ovate to ovate-oblong, thickish, obtuse, 

 entire or crenate-serrate; branches of the inflorescence short. 



