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Plantago elongata Pursli. 

 (P. pusilla Nutt.) 



Occasionally in cultivated ground over the State. Com- 

 mon in St. Tammany and Tangipahoa. 



RUBIACEAE. 



Orusea triococca (T. & H.) Heller. 



On the ridges near the beach. First record from Louis- 

 iana. Small gives range as: "Texas and adjacent Mexico." 

 Diodia Virginica L. 



Over the State. 

 Diodia teres L. 



Also over the State, especially in poor soil. 

 Gallium hispidulum Miehx. 



Found in most parts of the State. 



CAPRIFOLIACAE. 



Sambucus Canadensis L. 

 Over the State. 



CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



^lelothriapendula L. 



Over the State. 



COMPOSITAE. 



This list of Compositge is probably very incomplete, as the 

 writer was compelled to leave early in September, when many had 

 hardly begun to put in an appearance. 



Heterotheaca Lamarkii Cass. (H. subaxillaris (Lam) Britt and 

 Rusby. ) 



Common in the sand along the beach, and also collected 

 in the prairies of Calcasieu. Reported by Langlois from 

 Plaquemines. The writer is strongly of the opinion that there 

 are two species of Heterotheca in Louisiana. One of them* 

 is found only on the beach, is prostrate, and has broadly 

 oblong, clasping, serrate, thick leaves. The other is found 

 mainly in the prairies and open land, not in the vicinity of 

 the sea. It is upright, has much narrower, thinner leaves, 

 vpvy slightly^ serrate, and slightly clasping. None of the 



