roS TRANS. ST. LOUIS ACAD. SCIENCE. 



A. OVALIFOLIA, Decaisue in DC. Prod. viii. 

 Prairie; scarce. 



The following specimens are in tlie I. A. C. herbarium: "Ames — R. Burgess, 

 187S;" "Ames— H. A. Gossard, 1SS7;" "E. Ames— E. K. Paine, 1SS7." 



A. VERTiciLiiATA, L. Spec. 



Banks and prairie ; frequent. 

 Acerates Floridaua, (Lum). — Asclepias Floridana, Lam. Diet. i. 

 — Acerates lons^ifolia^ Ell. Sk. i. 



Prairie ; southeastern part of Story county. 

 A. viRiDiFi.ORA, (Raf.) Ell. Sk.i. — ^scZc^^ias'uiHd^'/Zoro, Raf. Med. 

 Rep. xi. 1807. (?) 



Prairie ; not uncommon. 

 Var. LANCEOi.ATA, (Ives) Gray, Syn. Fl. ii. X. — Asclepias lan- 

 ceolata, Ives, Amer. Jour. Sci. iv. iS22.(?) 

 Prairie; infrequent. 



GENTIANii CEyE. 



Gentiana crinita, Froel. Geut. 1796. 

 Swamps ; rare. 



Near pump-house, and reported elsewhere. 



G. QUINQUEFOLIA, L., var. occiDENTALis.— G"'. quinquefoUa, Lam., 

 var. occidentalis. Gray, Syn. Fl. ii. i. 

 Open woods; not uncommon. 



G. PUBEBULA, Michx. Fl. 



Prairie ; infrequent. 

 G. Andbewsii, Griseb. Gent. 18.39. 



Low ground ; not uncommon. 

 G. FliAViDA, Gray, Amer. Jour. Sci. 2d s. 1. 1846. — G. alba, Muhl, 

 Cat. 2d ed. 



Low ground; infrequent. 



Along the railroad east of Squaw creek bridge, and elsewhere. For note on no- 

 menclature see Porter, Torr. Bull. xvl. 1SS9. 



P OLEMONIA CEM. 



Phlox maculatai L. Spec. 

 Sloughs; scarce. 

 Near Shearer School. 



P. PiLOSA, L. Spec. 



Low prairie; abundant. 

 P. DIVARTCATA, L. SpeC. 



Woods; abundant. 

 POLEMONIUM REPTANS, L. Spec. 2d ed. (Syst. Nat. 10th ed. ex 

 Richter.) 



Rich woods; not uncommon. 



Frequent along Skunk river nortli of Ames. 



