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Some notes on the Flora neak Kalamazoo, lilicw.—Nelximhiuin lutenm, Willd, 

 is found 14 miles south of this place, and this, I believe, is its only station in our 

 state where it flowers. It grows in a nnll-pond, and hence must have been intro- 

 duced after the country was settled. Ndsturtiitm officinale, E. Br., from a specimen 

 introduced some years ago, is now choking completely some of our small brooks. 

 We have Dentaria diphijUa, L., and D. laciniata, Muhl., the latter being quite true to 

 its typical form. We find here but one species of C'la;itoiua, C. Virginica, L. Sium an- 

 gustifoUnm, L., is abundant. Vernonia fasciatlata, Mx., is found in the western part 

 of the state, while Vernonia Novehoracensis, Willd., takes its place in the eastern 

 half. We have all the species of Lysimachia, Tourn., mentioned in Gray's Manual 

 except L. radicans, Hook. Our species of Gerardia, L., are jmrptirea, L., flava, L., 

 and quercifolia, Pursh. Collinsia verna, Nutt., in our moist woods is one of our 

 loveliest spring flowers. The Castilleia coccinea, Spreng., about here is always of 

 the yellow variety. Poliigonum JIartiori'jhtii, Gray, is found along our new rail- 

 ways where they cross the flats adjoining the river. Where can a description of 

 this species be found? In May. 1873,1 discovered a specimen of Salix discolor, 

 Muhl., having both male and female flowers in the same catkins. Visiting it when 

 in fruit the seeds seemed quite normal. Is this of common occurrence? Symplo- 

 carp^tsfoetidus, Salisb., is our earliest harbinger of spring. While the earth is still 

 locked in winter's frozen embrace, in favored spots this hardy plant pushes up its 

 spathes and opens its flowers. Its leaves are already, Jan. 27, piercing the surface, 

 and I have found its fully opened blossoms on the loth of February, when sleighs 

 were still in use on our streets. Of Orchid- we list Orchis spectabilis. L., Habenaria 

 viridis, E. Br., var. bracteata, Eeich., H. psycodes, Gray, Spiranthes cernua, Eichard, 

 S. gracilis. Big., Arethnsa biilbosa, L., Pogonia verticillata, Nutt., Calopogon pulchel- 

 lus, E. Br., all the species of Cgpripedium mentioned by Gray, except arietinum, E. 

 Br., and Aplectrum hyemale, Nutt. This last is abundant in our beech woods and 

 its green leaves are very noticeal)le after the snow of winter has gone, but after 

 vegetation has started it is almost impossible to discover its dingy flowers. Our 

 Trilliums are grandiflorum, Salisb., and erectum L., var. dcclinutum, Gray, which 

 passes into cernuum, L. Eriocaulon septangtilure. With., found here seems to be 8- 

 striate. 



Among plants whose habitat is chiefly south of this, we have Asimina triloba, 

 Dunal, Solea concolor, Ging, Viola pedata, L., V. rostrata, Pursh. (floweringin May), 

 Molhujo verticillata, L., Gleditschia triacunthos, L., (Enothera fruticosa ,Jj., Cha^rophyl- 

 lum procnmbens, Lam., Nyssa multijlura, Wang., Viburnum prunifolium, L., while the 

 northern Zygadenus glaiicus, Nutt., Tojicldia glutinosa, Willd., and Ilierochloa borea- 

 lis, Eoem. & Schultes, are found in low meadows. Heuchera hispida, Pursh, grows 

 on dry soil; Hydrocotyle xirabellata, L., thrives on the shore of a pond ; and Wnod- 

 xoardia Virginica, Smith, abounds in some of our swamps, ilalva Alcea, L., and Sida 

 Napcea, Cav., have established themselves in one station by the railroad, and Cen- 

 chrus tribtiloides, L., may have been brought by the same agency. Erodium cicuta- 



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