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His description is here appended : ' ' Glabrous and somewhat suc- 

 culent annual a foot or more high (this should be changed to 

 two to five feet) ; leaves entire from obovate to lanceolate, taper- 

 ing into a petiole ; flowers closely sessile in a dense terminal 

 pedunculate spike, small, each subtended by a short bract and 

 •c\ pair of bracklets: corolla white, a line or so wide, slightly ex- 

 ceeding the calyx. Range : Calcasieu and Cameron in the rice 

 legions.'" 



Nasturtium montanum Wall. 

 This plant, which has been observed by the writer for a 

 number of years, is believed to be recorded here for the first 

 time as occurring in North America. It is not included in any 

 of the manuals nor check lists of North American plants. It 

 was identified for the writer by Dr. B. L. Robinson of Harvard, 

 who wrote that it corresponded in all details with specimens in 

 their herbarium, of an East Indian and Chinese plant which 

 liad long passed as Nasturtium montanum Wall. It is very com- 

 m.on in and around New Orleans, and can be found both bloom- 

 ing and fruiting every month of the year. Dr. W. Trelease, of 

 the St. Louis Botanical Gardens, informed the writer that they 

 had some unidentified specimens in their herbarium, sent from 

 Covington by Dr. Joor. The writer has collected specimens 

 i'rom New Orleans. New Iberia, and Lake Charles. It is probably 

 well naturalized in the southern part of Louisiana. 



Pohjgala. 

 The genus Pohjgala is represened on the Calcasieu prairies 

 by the following species : 



Pohjgala Curtissii. 

 Pohjgalc. cruciata. 

 Polygalo pahido^a. 

 Pol II gala lutea. 

 Pohjgala nana. 

 Polygala cymosa. 

 Pohjga la grandiflora. 

 Poly gale i n ca rn a ta. 

 Polygala ramosa. 

 All of these except Pohignla Curtissa have been found in 

 many other porti(^ns of the State. Pohjgala Curtissii is reported 



