74 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



Sonchus oleraceus,* L., 13tli September, street, Cedar Rapids. 



Silene noctv/rna* L., Ames, self-iutroduced, C. Lambs. 



^thusa Cynnpium, L., streets and yards, Ames. 



Croton monantltogynum, Mich., C. & N. W. R. R. grade. College farm, west end of 

 the last bridge between Ames and College, August 1st. A rare plant, confined to said 

 locality. I should not omit to say I found Oratiulii Virginica only two miles north of 

 Vinton. 



JjiifhyniH ochroleueus and the very rare variety of Purple Achillea^ five miles north of 

 Cedar Rapids along the railroad track.* 



1875. Cniruti /^eweff/V^wx,* L., Woodbine and Ames. (Int.) 



Afitragalus Flattenau, Nutt., Mo. Valley Junction and Crescent City, sand bluflfs, 

 Harrison and Pottawattamie counties, Iowa. ' 



Lespedeza molacea., Pers., Keokuk Cemetery, 1866. This is indigenous and common 

 there. 



Ldtliyrus palustris, var. myrtifolius* Muhl., Woodbine, hazel brush. 



Eupatorium album f* Woodbine and Ames. 



Euphorbia cyathophora, Jacq., Woodbine, new street. Cedar Rapids, and banks of 

 Squaw creek, Ames. 



Clienopodiumglimcum, L., streets of Keokuk, 1866, and Uunlap, Harrison county. 



Populus aitguUtta, Ait., our White Cottonwood. Common throughout the state. 



Archangelioa Jursutn,Ton-. and Gray, deep ravine, Mo. Valley Junction, Harrison 

 county. 



Caragnna arborescens^ Gray, Dea. Kingsbury's, Ames, and common in Ames, also at 

 the College. 



Ammania latifolia* L., near Woodbine, muddy brooks, in deep ravines; scarce 

 seen in different localities in two successive j^ears. 



Cavex t'dria, Muhl., everywhere; our earliest species. 



Andropogon ViTginicun^h.,'Woo<lhmc {o KnMis,. 



Vilfii aspera, Beauv. Railroad, Ames to Woodbine. 



Pan/cum amartnn, Ell., prairies and railroad, Woodbine to Ames. 



Eiitoiiid Peniinylvanica, Gray., abounds from Crescent City to Ames; a beautiful 

 grass. 



Glycerinfluitans, R. Brown, 1876; ditches, Ames, at Steam's and Bacon's, one mile 

 north of Ames. Another beautiful, rare grass. 



Besides these the writer may claim to have added to the printed cataloge of Iowa 

 plants, the following, as they are all confined to the Mo. River slope, where he spent eight 

 years in diligent research. 



0.i\i/bap?i>is idbidua* Sweet. Rai'c, on grade of Sioux City R. R., near Mo. Valley 

 Junction. 



Oxybnphiis angustifolim. Sweet. Rare and growing with the above; also nearDen- 

 nison, Crawford county. 



Chenopodiurn andn'oxioidcti* L. One locality alone ;between Logan and Magnolia, 

 Harrison county, roadsides. 



Euphorbia hcvagoiia, Nutt., growing with or near Euphorbia serpens* H. B. K. 

 Common only on sandy grade of the Siou.x City Railroad, near Mo. Valley Junction.* 

 I only thought I saw E. scrpenx. ten miles \\\\ Boyer Valley. 



AplopappuH spinulosus, DC. (Small form, Gray). Common on the steep sand bluflT at 

 Mo. Valley Junction. 



Eiisa lurida, Ehrhnrt, with a var., verj' glandular, hairy all over capsule and calyx, 

 which ought to bo called R. lufida,Viir. gJandulaaa. 



Trah'xcantia rosea. Vent., abounds along C.& N. W. R. R. from Ames to Woodbine; 

 while T. Virginira abounds in its glory, rank and gorgeous, in Cedar River Valley, 



