BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 75 



thus, ami tht'sie sprouting, their roots run dowu enveloping tlie stem of tlie shrub with 

 a tangled mass, often for a distance of two feet or even more, presenting a curious 

 sight toward the close of the dry season when the pools have dried up and the Coreop- 

 sis is in bloom. 



I'helespermdfilifoliiun, Gray. Limestone. 



Gdilliirdid hinreohifd, j\[ichx. Pi'airie knolls. 



HyiiicnopdpptiK corymbosnn, var. Nuttdlliaiius, T. A: G. Limestone. 



Ileleiiiuiii. tciiuifoliuiii, Nutt. Introduced. 



Leptopodd hrdchypodd, T. tt G. Pools, rather common. 



Cedtdured Americand., Nutt. Fooi" to seven feet high in fields, in prairies with 

 smaller heads and stems 1-2 feet high, common. 



Apogod Juidu'lh^'EU. Wet places, common. 



Krif/id occidentdlis, Nutt. Prairies. 



Pyirhopdppus Cdvolinidims, DC . Prairies. 



Lohdid dppend/nildta, DC. The most common Lobelia in this region. Also in 

 Franklin county. Ark., '-Near Little Rock and at Memphis" EiKjehnaaa. (This is the 

 plant referred to in "Additions to the Flora of Arkansas," see Botanical Gazette, 

 Vol. 2, p. 104, where it was called L. hrevijlora). 



ISpecuk(i-i(( perfolidtd . DC. Rather common. 



Speruldria Ludovicidiid , Torr. The most common species of prairies, woods and 

 sulphate flats. 



Spcculdrid leptofdi-pii. Gray. Sulphate flats and dry hills. 



Ydcvinium arborcum, Michx. Rockj^ woods, common. 



1 lev decidud, Walt. Rocky streams. 



Buinelid Idniiginoiia, Pers. Dry woods. 



I'ldiitdfjo puxiUd, Nutt. Ver}' common. Large specimens have toothed leaves. 



Pldiitdyo heferopliylld, Nutt. Sulphate flats, raie. 



Pldiifdfld Patdgoiiicd,\i.iv., (jadplidlioides, (jri-dy. Prairie ki^olls. 



Phiiitdijo Patdgonicd, var., spinulosa'i Gray. Prairie knolls. 



Plddtiujo Patdg<niicd,\i\Y., dfutdtd, Gray. Sulphate flats. 



Audrosare ocridentdlif,, Pursh. Common. 



Centudralus ininivnis, L. Sulphate flats. 



Jfi>tt(dtid. inflatn, Ell. Arkansas river. 



Bigdonia cdjyreoldtd, L. Red river. 



Catdlpd bignoniot'dt's, Walt. Arkansas river. 



PedUU'didd- grdciliii, Nutt. Dr}' ])rairies. 



I'l'dtxtnmnrlamgatus, Sol., var., Digitalis, Gray. Prairies. 



(rcrdrdiu grand ijford, Ilenth. Dry woods. 



Cdst/lleid j)drpii.rrd. Null. Perennial, stems cicspitose. Not parasitic V Lime- 

 stone c litis. 



llrdcdiiKi hispidd, Pursh. Common. 



iSaloia dzare<i,\jAn\. Prairies. 



Moddrdajistulosa, L. Rich prairies and thickets. 



Mon.drdd Brddburidnu, Beck. Cherokee Nation. 



.\fididrdd Rdsselliddd, NuU, Stem simple and erect or slightly branched and ile- 

 cunihcnl at the base, l^'d ^^^^ high; leaves few, short-petioled, ovate-lanceolate, 

 rounded at the base, serrate, dark green ; whorls always terminal ; bracts i)urple tinged, 

 acute at each end ; calyx curved; corolla white, slender, IJ^ inch long, smooth, the 

 lower lij) d )lted wilii red pur[)le; angles of the stem, margins of the leaves and bracts, 

 and throat and tube of the calyx very pubescent. Corollas slowly centrifugal, so that 

 while any one lasts but 2 or 8 days, a head will be in flower for a month or more. 



