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Many other iilnnts nre found in the L-ike. but not in quantities suffi- 

 cient to call for UKii'e Than passinu" notice. Only a tew plants of PJiilotria 

 were seen here, altliouiih it urows abundantly in bayous. \ itUismi-'ia jirows 

 most plentifully just south of the mouth of Cherry Creek, about Chicago 

 Hill pier, about 7(M> feet south of this, near Clear Creek mouth, at the 

 westei'ii end of West Bay. near tlie pier by tlie ice-liouses. and off the 

 Assembly grounds. Kladderwort. I triiiihiria ndfiaris. fringes the edges of 

 the channel, but it is not particularly alnni(huit here. It was really found 

 in niucli greater (|Uantities in tlie lake plain Just beside the chaiinel. The 



Fig. 7. 



pl;iiits in the lalce .-ire liright green, with empty iiladders and no bloss(nns, 

 while those in the foul water of Willow Point bayou and elsewhere were 

 very different in appearance, the bladders black with contents, and the 

 stems bearing abundant flowers. 



Water-shield (Brasoiio ijuriiiirca) covers rather thinly oidy one small 

 area at the south side of the lake. The plants are small anil unthrifty, 

 and I have iieA'er seen them in blossom at this place. In a pond not far 

 away (Market-street pond) they blossomed abundantly during the summer 

 of 1899. 



