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The tall aspect of the plant, with its broad leaves mostly clus- 
tered at the base, together with the broad bracts and sessile stami- 
nate spikes, seem to mark this as a distinct species. 
VERYSIMUM SYRTICOLUM, n. sp. 
Glaucous throughout, with close, appressed hairs; stems up- 
right, rigid, branching from the base, 1-2%4 feet high; leaves 
rigid, sparse, linear-lanceolate, sparingly denticulate, 1-2 inches in 
length, early deciduous; flowers small, 3-4 lines in length ; stigma 
conspicuously two-lobed ; pods narrow, short, 6-15 lines in length, 
mostly tumid at the base, erect or slightly spreading on short, 
diverging pedicels, which are 214-3 lines in length. 
The locality of the type is on the high, sandy banks of Lake 
Benton, Lincoln county, Minn., where 1 collected it in August, 
1891. During August, 1892, I found it sparingly on the gravelly 
shores of Pelican Lake, Otter Tail county, Minn. This species 
resembles £. inconspicuum (S. Wats.) MacM., but the glaucous, 
Strict aspect and short pods fully characterize it. 
Nasturtium obtusum, Nutt. in T. and G. Fl. i. 74 (1838). 
Not previously reported from Minnesota. Frequent in low, 
marshy ground near Fergus Falls, Otter Tail county, Minn. (E. P. 
S., Aug., 1892). 
Crategus punctata, Jacq. Hort. Vindob. i. 10 (1770). 
Not previously reported from Minnesota, although occurring — 
frequently in Illinois, some portions of Wisconsin, and Eastern 
Missouri. A number of scattered bushes were found growing on 
open hillsides near Center City, Chisago county, Minn. (B. C. 
Taylor, June, 1892). : 
Astralagus multifiorus (Pursh) A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 226 
1866). : 
Not previously reported from Minnesota. This plant was 
found in abundance on the sandy shores of Lakes Belmont and 
Eagle, Otter Tail county, Minn. (E. P. S., Aug., 1892). It has 
a bushy, bunched habit of growth. The bunches are frequently 
2-3 feet in diameter. This adds another to the list of eastward 
traveling, Rocky Mountain plants growing in Minnesota. : 
Llatine Americana (Pursh) Arn. Edin. Journ. Nat. and Geogr. Sci. 
i. 430 (1830). | i 
Not previously reported from Minnesota. This plant was 
