506 TRANS. ST. LOUIS ACAD. SCIENCE. 



L. Flobidana, (L.) Gaertu. Fmct. ii. 1791. — Sonchus F/oridanus, 

 Li. Spec. 



Shady places ; frequent. 

 Li. spicata, (Lam.) — S'onehus s^yicatus, Lam. Diet. iii. — L. Uuco- 

 phcea, Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. xix. 18S3. 

 Moist open woods; not uncommon. 



LactHca leucoplura, Sibth. Fl. Gr;cc. 4. 79^, 1S33 (ex DC. Prnd. vii.) is pl;iced by 

 Boissier (Fl. Orient ) under L. Cretica, hut it may be revived at any time, in wliich 

 case JL. leucophaa. Gray, would be untenable. 



SoNCHUS OLERACEUS, L. Spec. 



1 have no specimen of this, but Prof. Pammcl assures me that it occurs at Ames. 



S. ASPER, Vill. Fl. Delph. 1785. 

 Waste places ; not uncommon. 



LOBELIACE.E. 



Lobelia cardinalis, L. Spec. 



Wet places in lowland woods; frequent. 

 L. SYPHILITICA, L. Spec. . 



Low ground; abundant. 

 L. SPICATA, Lam., var. hirtella, Gray, Syn. Fl. ii. 1. 



Prairie; frequent. 

 L. INFLATA, L. Spec. 



Open woods ; a few specimens found in the woods w-est of cemetery. 



CAMPANULA CE^E. 



Specularia perfoliata, (L.) A.DC. Mon. Camp. 1830.— Camjja- 



7iula perfoliata., L. Spec. 

 Campanula aparinoides, Pursh, Fl. 

 Low grassy places; not uncommon. 

 C. Americana, L. Spec. 



Moist woods ; abundant. 



ERICACEAE (MOyOTROPE.E). 



MoNOTROPA uniflora, L. Spec. 



1 have one specimen collected near the stont- arch, a few years ago, by Mr. C. L. 

 Spencer. 



PRIMULACE^E. 



Steironema ciliatum. (L.) Raf. Ann. Gen. Phys. Brux. vii. 1820. 

 — Lysimachia ciliata, L. Spec. 

 Low ground; abundant. 

 S. lanceolatum, (Walt.) Gray, var. hybridum, (Michx.) Gray, 



Syn. Fl. ii. i. — Lysimachia hybrida., Michx. Fl. 

 Sloughs; aliundant. 

 S. QUADRIFLORUM, (Sims). — Lysimachia quadriftora, Sims, Bot. 

 Mag. 1S03. — 5. long-ifoliuni. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. xii. 1S76. 

 Low prairie; frequent. 

 Lysimachia thyrsiflora, L. Spec. 

 Ponds; becoming rare. 



