HITCHCOCK PLANTS OF AMES, IOWA. 509 



Hl'DROPH I'LLACE^IL. 



Hydrophyj.lum Virginianum, L, Spec. 

 Low woods; common. 



This is commonly quoted as H. Virginicum, L. 



H. appeudiculatum, Michx. Fl. 



Rich woods; Des Moines river west of Boone. 

 Ellisia Kyctelea, L. Spec. 2cl ed. — Polononium J^ycteka^L,. 

 Spec. 



Low sandy ground ; abundant. 



B ORRA GIN A CE^E. 



EcHiNOSPERMUM ViRGiNiANUM, (L.) Lchm. PL Aspor. 1818. — 

 Myo$otis Virginiatia. L. Spec. — M. Virgitiica., L. Spec. 2d ed. 

 Woods; common. 



It is probable that the name as it appears in the 2d edition of' the Species, is a 

 tvpographical error, which was followed by Lelimann; hence I have quoted the lat- 

 ter above, although in PI. Asper. it appears as E. Virginicum. 



E. Lappula, (L.) Lehm. PL Asper. 1818. — Mijosotis Lappula, L. 

 Spec. 



Sterile soil ; frequent. 



Mertensia Virginica, (L.) DC. Prod. •&.-,- Pal monaria Virginica, 

 L. Spec. 



Low woods; abundant. 



LiTHOSPERMUIvr I.ATIFOLIUM, Mlchx. Fl. 

 Upland woods; scarce. 



Skunk river northeast of College, and elsewhere. 



L. CANESCENS, (Mlchx.) Lehm. PL Asper. 1818. — Batschia c-ancs- 

 ceiis, Michx. Fl. 

 Prairie; frequent. 

 L. ANGUSTiFOLiUM, Michx. FL 



Prairie; frequent. 

 Onosmodium Carolinianum, (Lam.) DC, var. mollis, (Michx.) 

 Graj', Syn. Fl. ii. i. — O. mollis^ Michx. Fl. 



CONVOL VULA CE.E. 



Ipomcea purpnren, (L.) Lam. Illustr. i. — Convolvulus lyurjiuna, 

 L. Spec. 2d ed. 



Escaped from cultivation in the neighborhood of dwellings. 

 Convolvulus sepiuim, L. Spec. 



Low ground ; abundant. 

 C. arvensis, L. Spec. 



In a field a short distance northwest of Mr. Sexton's house. 



