74 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



This species (whether it is so in all I cannot say,) has an enlargement or thicken- 

 ing of the base of the stem, sometimes an inch in diameter, and somewhat in appear- 

 ance, like the corm of the Indian Turnip, with the little fascicle of roots coming out 

 at the side instead of at the bottom part. It is not unlikely that these may retain suffi- 

 cient vitality to preserve the plant over winter, as many specimens showing no attach- 

 ment to the roots of any other plant were attached in a cluster around one of these 

 tliickened bases, the upper part of the jdant having long since decayed. On cutting- 

 one of them open it was found to be as tirm and solid as those of a growing plant. 



Withering, in his Arrangement of British plants, speaks of this species as being 

 "a destructive weed in Surrey and Essex, highlj^ injurious to the clover crops." 

 AVhether it may become so in this country or not, only the future can determine, but 

 no little anxiety and even alarm was felt in the neighborhood, when it became known 

 what the plant was. A single specimen will produce sufficient seed to stock the whole 

 neighborhood, and unless these hardened bases should be found to retain vitality for 

 sevei'al years, the early mowing of clover fields will prevent its increase, and probablj' 

 destroy it entirely. — Isaac C. Maktindale, CatiuUn, New Jersey. 



A LIST OF SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING SPECIES OF PLANTS COI,I,ECTED IN THE 



Indian Teuuitory; by Geo. D. Butler. — [concluded from p. 68.] 



Li<(t)-i>i elec/ans, Willd. Sandv woods. 



Licit ris piDu-tdta, Hook. Dry prairie hills and sulphate flats. 



Aster paludonus, Ait. Rich prairies, uncommon. 



Aster sericeus, Vent. Sandstone ridges. 



Aster (iiioiJKilux, Engelm. Sandy woods. 



Erif/eroa ditarleatum, Mx. Roadsides. 



Erifieron teiine, T. & G. Sulphate fiats; common. 



Clueto-paiypa usteroides, DC. The smallest plant of my acquaintance m this familj^ 

 and the earliest in liloom. Tlie ligulate flowers are curled back soon after opening. 

 Sandstone hills. 



Aiiiphliiclt(/ris dracunctiloides, DC The tough, elastic stems and branches make 

 good brooms. Yards, common. 



Oriiidelid Uniaeoldta, ISiiM., var. latifoli((,^uge\m. Stem low and simple or spar- 

 ingly branched (sulphate fiats), or tall and widely branched (fields and fence rows); 

 heads large; leaves elliptical, sessile, cuspidate, serrate. 



Ghrysupsis rillasa, Nutt. Sulphate flats. 



Heterotliecd seabra, DC. Fort Smith. 



Silphium scaberrimum, Ell. Low prairies. 



E ihgelmiiinia pinnatifidd , T. ic G. Limestone. 



Iva ciUiita, Willd. Wet places . 



Icii ai)!/uKt(fflIi(f, Nutt. Sulphate fiats. 



Rudheckia aUsmcefoiiti, T. & G. Prairies, common. 



Dmoopis amplexicaulis, Cass. Wet prairies. 



Helianthus lenticularis, Dougl. Fields, introduced. 



Heliantlius rigid us, Desf. Prairies 



Ilelidiotlms iiKillis, Lam. Prairie knolls. 



Coreopsis aristosti, Miclix. Low prairies. 



Coreopsis laiiceolata, varV Every way larger, especially the darker colored 

 achenes. Limestone clifl's. 



Coreopsia tinctoria, Nutt. Very common. 



Coreopsis (/nnidiflora, Nutt. Prairies, common. 



Coreiipsis disroidca, T. &' G. Pools, on Cephulutt.thm. During tlie rainy season 

 when the pools are well tilled with water, the floating seeds lodge against the Cephulan- 



