106 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



Another variety of the same species, pr()l)al)ly, i> i|uite abuodaut ia Monroe coun- 

 ty. It is quite smooth, leaves linear-hinceolalc, and very thickly punctate. This varie- 

 ty is so common tliat it sliould receive some notice in our botanical text books. 



Rudbeckut trilaba, L. [)reseuted some remarkable variations. IN ear Moulton in the 

 southern part of the State, in a thicket ffrowini;- alonii witli the ordinary forms, I found 

 some with ray tlorets a rich, velvety purple; some with luirple and yellow rays, very 

 mucli like those of ('(irciipxisfiiirfiin'u. 



Vi'iiiCiKi /laxtdtii, \^. runs into numerous varieties. I found scores of pure white 

 flowered specimens, <irovviun- by the roadside, aloni; with the blue flowered kind, scat- 

 tered along for more than a mile, between Moulton luid L'liionville. Around Albia I 

 found it ot various shades of color, i)ink, |iurple, i-)ink and purple, pink and white, as 

 well as white. I had seen a rose-colored variety previously in Michii>an. And here I 

 will refer to a variety of Riidhicl.tn xprriaxti ((uite comnu)n in some localities around 

 (jrand Rapids. It was very snuM)th, l)otli stem and leaves, except the maruin of the 

 leaves were often I'ousih. Otherwise there was no dillerence between this and the ordi- 

 nary form. 



A very strongly cork-winged oak attracted my attention not a little; but as I could 

 find no description bearing on this feature, I could come to no conclusicm concerning 

 it. It was a small tree, with leaves much like those of (^. /tif/m, but this and another 

 small oak that I did not have time to give much attention to. often had stellate pubes 

 cent leaves. The common Witch Ha/el presenteil a like featui'e, though that occurs 

 with stellate pubescent leaves in the East as well as at the West. In fact the .stellar 

 pubescent leaves are oftener found than any other form, as far as my observations ex- 

 tend; and I have ofteu inquired why this feature was not noticed by writers. 



Found quite a number of specimens of Axr/t'jnux, near Albia, agreeing substantially 

 with the description of ^1. ample.r/rnii/tx, Mx., but th.il is said not to grow so far north. 

 Now I will refer to some forms and variations notice(l in various places. 



A l7c/« Cdroliiu'iina found ((uitc abundant in one locality in >rississi|)pi near 

 Pontotoc, with white flowers, 



A strictlv erect ('Jiturin, with tiowcr^ in pairs and leaves siiiootliand glaucous, neai' 

 sanie place. 



A white variety of Plilur rej)t"/ix found near (xrand Rapids. 



June 31, 1873. Found a singidar AlliniK. Si^athe :! leaved, thin and i)ointed'. 

 flowers few, purplish, mixed with bulblets, stamens broad at base, anthers two lobed, 

 sonu'what sagittate; leaves two to three, thin, nearly radical, shorter than stem, which 

 was IT) inches high; bull) i., ''.^' ^ inch, coated with a strong net work of whitish tibies, 

 ^•rowinii,' in moist soil. Xot far from this I foimd a branching Axrlepidx ('anniti . 



August 4, 18TB. Saw several clusters of l)lossoms on a common locust tree in Iowa, 

 and last summer July Bl, saw the sanu' feature in ('(uinecticut. Aug. 'lO. 187B. Saw a 

 cherry tree well covered with its secoiul cr()])of fruit, which was nt'arly half grown. 



I have in my possession a Itlossom of the common Snowball, picked Oct. BO, IKTB- 

 in a yard in Grand Rapids, Midi, and the same <lirub. 1 think, had blossoms on it 

 Sept. 18, the same year. 



Bldciini'oiniiitd and B. friiinlnxii arc fre([Ucnlly nuM with around (iran<l liapids, with 

 rays 5 to 8. Sometimes the ravs are (piite conspicuous. 



The past summer I found an abiuidauce of Binij/Ioctiuiiinn Ef/i/pfiarinu, A^^illd., in 

 several localities in Windsor and some in Hartford, but plants much smaller than speci- 

 mens of the same grass found in Philadelphia. 



Sept. '2-t, "7(i. Found Lj/rojtiix V^/r</iii/'riix with lauiners six feet long, ;\nd ll t/dri'- 

 roti^lf Ainerinnta, with runners three feet long. Saw also, Sp/rn'ii xnlicifoli'i in l.)looni 

 for second time this season. 



Liuarut culg<irix in bloom October 14. 



