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PLANTS PECULIAR TO THE PRAIRIES, i 



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The following plants are peculiar to the prairie region of the south- 

 western portion of the State : '■ 



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Amorpha canescens Pursh. Lead-Plant. "j 



Asclepias verticillata L. Milkweed. ' . 



Aster sericeus Vent. Aster. ] 



Atheropogon curtipendulus (Michx.) Fourn. ; 



(Bottteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. ) ; 



Baptisia leucantha Torr. & Gray. False Indigo. * i 



Brauneria purpurea (L.) Britton. Cone-Flower. , , 



(Echinacea purpurea Moench.) J 



Coreopsis palmata Nutt. • i 



Helianthus scaberrimus Ell. Sunflower. ' 



(HeliantJius rigidus Desf.) \ 



Phlox bifida Beck. Phlox. i 

 Silphium integrifolium Michx. Rosin-weed. 



Silphium laciniatum L. Compass-plant. i 



Silphium perfoliatum L. Cup-plant. 1 



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OVERLAPPING OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SPECIES IN THE GRAND RIVER i 



VALLEY. i 



Northern Species. i 



Carex Magellanica Lam. Sedge. • 



Carex pauciflora Lightf. Sedge. I 



Carex tenuiflora Wahl. Sedge. 



Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt. Dragon-head. ♦ -J 



Eriophorum vaginatum L. Cotton-grass. 



Lonicera oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook. Swamp Fly-Honeysuckle. J 



Mimulus Jamesii T. & G. Monkey-flower. j 



Primula Mistassinica Michx. Primrose. ; 



Symphoricarpos pauciflorus (Robbins) Britton. Snowberry. ' 



(Symphoricarpos racemosus pauciilorus Robbins.) ; 



Taxus Canadensis Willd. American Yew. Ground Hemlock. I 



Southern Species. i 



Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal. Papaw. \ 

 Bidens trichosperma tenuiloba (A. Gray) Britton. Tick-seed. Sunflower. 



(Coreopsis trichosperma var. tenuiloba A. Gray.) ^ 



Cassia Marylandica L. Wild Senna. ; 

 Cercis Canadensis L. Red-bud. Judas-tree. 



Chaerophyllum procumbens (L.) Crantz. i 



Collinsia verna Nutt. Blue-eyed Mary. i 



Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl.) R. & S. Spike-rush. , 

 (Eleocharis equisetoides Torr.) 

 Eleocharis mutata (L.) R. & S. Spike-rush. 

 (Eleocharis quadrangulata R. & S.) 



Eleocharis olivacea Torr. Spike-rush. t 



Eleocharis Robbinsii Oakes. Spike-rush. J 



Eleocharis rostellata Torr. Spike-rush. I 



Erigenia bulbosa (Michx.) Nutt. Harbinger of Spring. : 



Gymnocladus dioica (L.) Koch. Ky. Coffee-tree. \ 



(Gymnocladus Canadensis Lam.) j 



Hicoria laciniosa (Michx. f.) Sarg. King-nut. ] 



(Carya sulcata Nutt.) ,; 



Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl.) Britton. \ 



(Hemicarpha suhsquarrosa Nees.) . 



Liriodendron Tulipifera L. White-wood. Tulip-tree. ! 



Meibomia Marylandica (L.) Kuntze. Tick-Trefoil. 1 



(Desmodium Marilandicum Boot.) ] 



Morus rubra L. Red Mulberry. 1 



