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iilJlicr Ic'iivfs ovatc-liiiicc'olatc, lower lanceolate inclining to spatulate. Comparative 

 nioasurcnicnts of lowei- leaves, as follows. 



FiKsT Form. — ]x'n,i;tli, 4% inches; Gr. width, 3 1-17; width, 1 inch above base 1%. 



Secoxd Fokm. — Lenuth, (J inches: Gr. width, 1 1-10; width, 1 inch above base, %. 



Of the second form all bnt a few of the njiper pairs of leaves are conspicuously 

 narrow-ed toward the base. The stem and leaves are too rough to be referreil to the var- 

 iety la've. 



Echinare/i ii/if/i/s(t'fi)li(i,DC Rather raie. 



Iiu(lbccl>iii KdJdoiiKiKlosd, Pursli. Abundant. 



Core(/psi)i 2Milinuti(, Nutt. Tolerably abundant. 



Dijsodid rhryxa/i,t/u://ioides, Lag. Entirely too common along roadsides where it 

 exhales its oflensive odoj-. 



C'tfiiliii hihcr(i.s<i, Nutt. Grows ainindanlly in wet places. 



I'liiiifiKj,! Pa((irj(,uic(i, Jacq., var. (irixlutn., Gray. Very common along roadsides. 

 The var. is (piite distinct from the typical form 



RiielliK <'ili'/.s(/,'Nccii. Very abuiuhuit along hedges. Several patches were observed 

 111 wjiich the corolla was cream-colored and marked inside with dark lines. 



\'(rh<u(i h(iist((t(i, L. Called "Iron-weed" liere. Grows in pastures, sometimes 

 taking complete possession of them. At hast tliree-fouitlis of the i)lants examined' 

 were without hastate leaves. Corolla often ro.se-colored. 



Verbena atricta. Vent. Not so common as the last. 



AtidepuDi tahci'oiid, L. Very showy and very common. A specimen was found 

 having the umbels arranged in two terminal racemes instead of a corymb. Each raceme 

 was about a foot long, bearing the umbels in the axils of the leaves. 



AkcIc pi a>i certiciUiitd, L, Vei'y delicate and by no means alnnidant. 



Acefdti'H l(iu(jif()li<iyVA\. Grows in clum]).s in old pastures. 



ILibt'iuirid U'iuu)p]t(Pi(, Gi'ay. Rare and l;eautiful. 



Tnidctirin/tia Virr/inira, L. Grows along ev'ery hedge. I observed a cluslei- of ten 

 or twelve stalks Iiaving the petals pale lavender c(dor and the filaments bearded with 

 iiuu/e/it(i hairs. 



Oi/]irri/K ijijir.nni, ^\nh\. Scarce. Only six or eight i)lants were secured. 



L'oitlcloiiii ni/iip('//</>//(i, Gray. (Jrows in patches among the |)ralrie grass. 



Trips((rinii tJiictnlokh'.f,^ L. Grows witii Spurtina cunn^iiroidetiAniX i"esembles it to 

 some extent. — C. R. Eaknes, Mudison, l/idiinm. 



Some laugk si'ecimeks of Aris>*;ma tkipiiyuat.m — In the July number of the Ga- 

 ZETTK, in the article of Mr. Barnes, I find measurements of an Arind'uid triphi/Uuvi 

 from Trimble county, Ky., and a request for tin; record of a larger one. In this species, 

 as in the oihers mentioned, Jeliei'son county still leads. In July, while taking a botanical 

 trip through one of the ravines near Hanover, 1113 attention was arrested l)y an ArimfiiKi, 

 which I felt convinced must exceed the measurements given b}'' Mr. Barnes. Its meas- 

 urements were as ff)ilovvs : Height 4oi^ inches : side leaflets 12I--2 inches long by 8 broad : 

 end leallet lo^o inches by 7 broad; spread of lateral leaflets 203^ inches; diameter at 

 ba.se of stalk H.2 inches; circumference of conn 7V2 inches. It will be noticed that 

 the height of this exceeds that recorded l)j^ Mr. Barnes over 15 inches; that 

 the leaflets are from 23^^ to S^' inches longer, but an inch or two narrower; 

 and the diametci- of the stalk and conn the same. The length of spadix and spathe 

 could not l)c olitained on account of their having withered. 



This was not an exceptional specimen, since in the immediate vicinity I measured 12 

 others whicdi exceeded 40 inches in lengtii with other measures proportional, and there 

 must have been fully 100 specimens exceeding 3 feet. \ great variation in the propor- 



