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Botanist to the collection of Cynosunis echinatiis (the dog's 

 tail grass) at Eugene. Since that article was written this 

 species has been found also about a mile north of Eugene on 

 the Pacific Highway and at Fall Creek which is about seven- 

 teen miles southeast of Eugene. In both places this grass 

 was abundant. At the first station it had crowded out every- 

 thing else and presented nearly a pure growth ; this was near 

 a road and part of the stand had been cut. At the second 

 station, a hillside overlooking a railroad, it was not so 

 abundent. 



Anthrisciis anthrisciis, a member of the parsley family, 

 is another of the rare introduced plants of Oregon. I have 

 collected but one specimen; it was at Eugene near the rail- 

 road. I think it has been collected probably once before in 

 the state. This plant resembles Coninin maculatiun or the 

 poison hemlock. The fruit however is beaked and bristly. 



Cogszvellia microcarpa, one of the dog fennels, which 

 is not included in Piper and Beattie and which Howell men- 

 tions only from the Umpqua Valley on dry cliffs was brought 

 in to me from the rocky hills between EjUgene and Fall Creek. 

 This plant looks not very much unlike C. utriculata which is 

 so common about Eugene. Both have brilliant yellow flowers 

 and beautiful green dissected leaves. These are members of 

 the earliest spring flora. 



The shepherd's needle {Scandix pecten-z'eiieris)h.a.s been 

 found in a few places in Oregon. This is another of the 

 introduced weeds. But one specimen has been observed at 

 Eugene and the following summer it was not to be found. 

 This plant looks somewhat like a cross between an umbellifer- 

 ous plant and Br odium cicutarinm if such a creation were 

 possible. The flowers are white and the fruit certainly does 

 at a casual glance resemble that of an Brodium. 



The cardinal monkey fiowtr {Mimulus cardinalis) which 



