IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 89 



I. Plants New to the State. 



Arabis perfoliata. Lam, Iowa City (Hitchcock). 



Dicentra canadensis, D. C, Decorah. Mr. Witter informs me it is not 

 uncommon on the Illinois side of the rive opposite Muscatine. 



C/irysosplenium alternifolium, L Decorah; "In a deep ravine, northside 

 of hill, in damp moss and probably the only localiti* within hundreds of 

 miles." (Holway.) 



Hypericum nudicaule, Walt. Muscatine; poor sandy soil. 



Amjihicarpma pitcheri, Torr. and Gray. Muscatine; common. 



Lespedeza violaeea, Pers. Muscatine; in dry sandy soil, border of wooded 

 hills. 



Rhexia virginica, L. Muscatine; in wet, swampy depressions on sandy 

 hills along Cedar river bottom. Not common. 



Aster macropihylhis, L. Muscatine; rich, hilly woodlands. Two localities — 

 Pine Mills, Montpelier Township. 



Aster drumondii, Lindl. Muscatine, Iowa City. (Hitchcock.) 



Oayliissacia, resmosa, Torr. and Gray. Muscatine; "The plant is quite 

 abundant within a limited area, one-fourth to one-half mile." (Reppert.) 



IpoiiKfa lacunosa, L. Muscatine; "Along the Mississippi river just above 

 the city." (Reppert.) In sandy as well as rich soil. 



Breweria pickxringii, Gray. Muscatine; "Sandy soil along railroad; Fruit- 

 land Station six miles below Muscatine." (Reppert.) 



Tecoma radicayis, Juss. Muscatine; Wyoming Hills, seven miles above 

 Muscatine. "It occurs near habitations, but evidently spontaneous." 

 (Reppert.) 



Cycloloma platyphyllum, Moq. Muscatine; "Along B. C. R. «& N. R. R. 

 near the city; of recent introduction." (Reppert.) Perhaps brought with 

 sand used for road ballast, 1891. 



Brehmeria cylindrica, Willd. Muscatine. 



11. New Localities for Some Plants. 



Ranunculus JIanimida var. reptans, E. Meyer. Webster City; in moist, 

 sandy soil near artesian wells close to the Des Moines river. 



Polanisia graveolens, Raf. Muscatine; a form with narrow leaves and 

 pods. 



Astragalus distortus, Torr. and Gray. Muscatine; sandy soil, Muscatine 

 Island. 



Desinodium iUi7ioiense,(Jrra.j. Muscatine; sandy soil. Ames. (Hitchcock). 

 It is rather common in clay soil at La Crosse, Wisconsin, along the Missis- 

 •sippi river. 



Parnassia caroliniana. Muscatine; banks of streams. (Lawler.) 



Oenothera fruticosa. Muscatine, (Witter); not common. (Jreenfield;" 

 low grounds with Spartina cynosuroides; perhaps introduced. 



Opuntia rafnesquii, Engelm. Breckenridge Ferry, Cedar River, Musca- 

 tine. 



IZupatorium aUissimum,^,. Mu.scatiue; Ames (Hitchcock, HaLsted); Vin- 

 ton. 



E. sero<iM?i?n, Michx. Muscatine; "Low grounds, common." Davenport. 

 (Hitchcock.) 



