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FLO^\ERING PLANTS. 



1. Agropyroii occidentale Scriltii. (A. Spicatum L. & L.) Ctjlorado Blue- 



stem. Tippeeaiioe County. 

 This species is not listed in Bnttoii and BroAvu, but may be found in 

 the revised edition of Bulletin IT of Division of Agrostology, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, p. 21KS. liMH. According to Scribner it is found 

 •'iu dry or moist soil. "Wisconsin to Iowa, and westward to Washing- 

 ton, Texas and Arizona." It was found in abundance by the writer along 

 the Wabash and Monou raili-oads south of Lafayette, in diy, gi-avelly soil. 

 Its introduction into the State is doubtless due to the railroads. 



2. Sporobolus neglectus Nash. (S. vaginaeflorus Yasey.) Small Rush- 



grass. Tippecanoe County. 

 Found growing iu abundance along sidewalks in West Lafayette. No 

 other station noted. 



3. Chenopodium murale L. Nettle-leaved Goosefoot. Tippecanoe County. 

 Collected along sidewalk in Lafayette. 



4. Astragalus Tennesseensis Asa Gray. Tennessee Milk Vetch. Tippe- 



canoe County. 

 This plant was collected in sandy bottom land along the Wea Creek, 

 about four miles south of Lafayette, and some two hundred yards down 

 stream from the Wabash railroad bridge. It is probable that it owes its 

 introduction into the State to the railroad. Not very abundant. Of this 

 plant Britton and Brown say: "On hillsides. Tennessee to Alabama and 

 Missouri, March to :May." It was collected in fruit the latter part of May. 



5. Psoralea tenuitlora Pursh. Few-tloweved Psoralea. Tippecanoe County. 

 Found growing along the Wabash railroad south of Lafayette. Not 



abundant. Collected in fruit .July 7. 1901. Britton and Brown give the 

 range as follows: "Prairies of Illinois and Minnesota to Texas and Sonora 

 west to Colorado and Montana. May to October." 



PLANT RUSTS. 



6. Puccinia vexans Farlow. On Bouteloa ciu-tipendula (Michx.) Fon. 



Tippecanoe County. II. III. collected .Tuly 20. 1900. 



7. Puccinia panici Dietl. On Panicum virgatum L. Tippecanoe County. 



III. collected May 30. 1901. (Telentospores of previous season.) 

 II, collected June 22. 



