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Watson. The following description is from Proc. Amer. Acad., XII, 

 1877. 



Amarantus (Pyxidium) blitoides, Watson. — Prostrate or decumbent, the 

 slender stems bccomino; a foot or two long, glabrous or nearly so; leaves 

 broadly spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, attenuate to a slender petiole, an 

 inch long or usually less; flowers in small contracted axillary spikelets; 

 bracts nearly a line broad. — Frequent in the valleys and plains of the interior, 

 from Mexico to N. Nevada and Iowa, and becoming introduced in some of the 

 Northern States eastward. It somewhat resembles the A. Blitum, L., of the 

 Old World, and has been mistaken for it. 



Aster Novi-Belgii (No. 371) is to be omitted from the list. The speci- 

 mens on which the determination was made, prove to belong to a much 

 commoner species. 



A few very interesting names are withheld for further verification. 

 Collectors will confer a favor if they will forward information in regard 

 to the State flora. It is proposed to publish additions as fast as consis- 

 tent with accuracy. 



Botanical Laboratory, Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa; August, 187^. ^ 



