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ticiUata, CacaUd fubfrosa, Campannla aparlnoides, Sriitel/aria (/aler/cHfafa. 

 Tiipha latifolia, Sparganium eunjcarpum. AJisnui Flantago, Asclepias iit- 

 carnata, Saunirus cernuns, etc. Of other taniilies we found E/eochari.s 

 paliistr/s, En'opJiorum Virginicum, Rhynchospnyd (ilki. II. (j/oDiertifa. Carex 

 .scoparia, Zizaaia aquatica, Spartina cynosuroidea, Uroiiiiis ci/iains, Osiinoi- 

 da regalis and Woodirardia Virginlca. Of Epilohiinn jKilustrc we noticed 

 two forms that seemed constant and easily distinguished. In the first the 

 flowers were smaller, always white; the leaves very much crowded, narrow- 

 ly linear, H-2 inches long, 1 line wide; the whole upper part of the phuit 

 whitened. In the second the tl<)\vers were larger, pink or rose-color; leaves 

 1-li inches long, 2-3 lines wide. Of course the differences are only such 

 as may occur in all species, but both forms are certainly necessar3' to make 

 a complete specimen. The differences seem to become less when we come 

 to analyze them and subject them to measurement, but there is an inde- 

 scribable something that always enables us to distinguish them at a glance 

 III. The flora of the lakes proper. To one who has never botanized 

 upon small lakes there is something very fascinating in his first ride in a 

 "dug-out," coasting along reedy banks and among floating leaves, crowding 

 through choked channels where every dip of the oar brings up dense masses 

 of underwater vegetation. Such trips can be best taken at Laporte, where 

 boats can be had at any time and where the lakes are full of plants. Prob- 

 ably the most noticeable growth there is Fonfedertu cordata with its tall 

 spikes of violet-blue flowers rising in endless succession along the shores. 

 Then there is an abundance of Nuphay advemi and Xijniphcm odorata 

 though we searched our Nymph geas in vain for any fragrance. They were 

 as scentless as could be. We peered anxiously for tubers, but no tubers 

 could we And. and it had to stand a>^ N. odorafa. Then there was Brnsipnid 

 peltata, Hagiftar/tf (jraminea with leaves varying from ovate-lanceolate to 

 flliform, Ranunculus aguatilis^ var. sfagnati/is, Scltol/ent yratninea^ Fotoino- 

 (jeton compressus^ Anacharis Canadensis, Myriophi/lluni spicatum. Utricii- 

 laria vulgaris, etc. Along the low sandy shores we picked up Hypericum 

 Canadense, var. major, Hydrocofyle umbellafa, Stachys hysssopifoUa, ./uncus 

 pelocarpus, J. acuminatus, .JJulichium sputhaceum, Scirpus Smithii 

 Eleocharis aricularis, etc. Up to these lakes formerly extended the 

 growth of the prairies that lie farther south and it is still found in old 

 neglected fields and along the lines of railroads, but the rest has been so 

 long under cultivation that the indigenous flora has disappeared. Hence 



