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tiiiger reported it, was also barren of results. If anv of our 

 readers know of the plant, we would be glad to hear from 

 them. Is there such a species as Phlox stcllaria or is it a 

 mere variation of P. bifida? 



Sneezeweed in Oregon. I wish to record the finding 

 of the "sneezeweed" Hcleniiiiii puberulum at Brownsville, 

 Oregon. This is an extension of the range of this plant 

 approximately three hundred miles northward, its previous 

 northern limit according to competent botanists, being in 

 Humbolt County, California. The plant as I find it here is 

 quite rare, but seems to be quite widely distributed. — Leslie L. 

 Haskin. 



Idaho Weeds. — I have remarked before upon the large 

 number of old world weeds in the intermountain region. 

 I have two new ones to report, of more than ordinary in- 

 terest. Atriplex laciniata, a native of Europe not reported 

 before in the United States. This is well established here 

 (Pocatello, Idaho) as I found it in considerable quantities in 

 several places in vacant lots on the east side. This section 

 has been inhabited by Greeks and Italians for many years so 

 the connection is easy to establish. This plant is called local- 

 ly "pink weed" and occurs with A. spatiosa which it some- 

 what remotelv resembles. The other plant is Laueisia coron- 

 Qpifolia, a South African plant extensively introduced on the 

 Pacific coast but not collected inland before. It is a water 

 plant spreading in the ditches in North Pocatello. It is a 

 member of the Composite family distinguished l)y the con- 

 spicuously sheathing petioles. It grows in {)rostrate mats, 

 rooting at the nodes, in the mud on the banks, or upright, 

 taller and more succulent in the water amid the long grasses. 

 —Mrs. M. B. Soth. 



