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Senecio viscosus 1.. Quite abundant on Western Sister Island, 
near Mt. Desert, Long Island, Penobscot Bay, August, 1896. F, 
L. Harvey. Growing with Solanum nigrum. 
Panicum agrostidiforme Lam. (Panicum agrostodés Muhl.). 
Along roadsides, Brownfield, Me., August, 1896. For locality. 
E. D. Merrill. 
Panicum lanuginosum Ell, A form with long soft hairs was re- 
ferred to Prof. Scribner, who named it as above doubtfully. Our 
Panicums need’ careful study. E. Auburn, July, 1896. E. D. 
Merrill. 
Lolium temulentum L. A few specimens found near the Still- 
water river, Orono, Me., July, 1896. F.L. Harvey. Probably in- 
troduced. 
Agrostis Novae-Angliae Tuck. Low ground. Grasslands, 
E. Auburn, July, 1896. E. D. Merrill. 
An undescribed Species of Gilia. 
‘ GILIA LAXIFLORA (Coulter). 
Giha Macombii laxiflora Coulter, Cont. U.S. Nat. Herb. 1: 44. 18g0. 
This Gi/ia is undoubtedly worthy of specific rank, and its rela- 
tionship seems to be with Gilia longifiora Don, rather than with 
the species of which it was made a variety. It may be character- 
ized as follows: 7 
Annual, about 3 dm. high, erect, branching, glabrous except _ 
the calyx, pedicels and growing stem, which are minutely glandus _ 
lar; leaves pinnate with slender divisions, mucronate-tipped, the 
upper few-lobed or entire; inflorescence scattering, with flowers _ 
on slender pedicels 1-2 cm. long, the corolla white or bluish _ 
tinted, slender, 10-15. mm., the lobes ovate, pointed, 4-5 mm. long, 
the filaments included, unequally inserted; tube of the calyx 5 _ 
mm. long, with subulate teeth 134-2 mm. long; capsule 10 mm. S 
long, having 6 seeds in each cell, which develop mucilaginous = 
threads when wetted. ce 
It is found on the plains about New Windsor, Colo., and has 
quite an extensive range. It blossoms from June to September. 
The flowers are smaller and are not showy as are those of Guha 
/ongiftora. 1 intended to describe this Gilia under another name; 
but Mr. P. A. Rydberg compared it with type specimens 18 
