144 IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Specimens in our collection are from Muscatine, Appa- 

 noose, Decatur, and Lyon counties. The State University 

 herbarium has specimens from Henry county and northern 

 Iowa. Prof. Bessey reported the species from Des Moines 

 county and Dr. Parry and Messrs. Nagel and Haupt from 

 Scott county. 



Parry, Owen's Report Geol. Sur Wis. la. and Minn., p. 616. Arthur, 

 Coutr. Fl. la,, p. 22; Nagel and Haupt, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci- 

 ences, Vol. 1, p. 160; MacMillan, Met. Minn Valley, p. 462; Gray, Synop. 

 Fl. Vol. 2, Pt. 1, p. 288; Bessey, Fourth Bien. Rep. Agr. Col., p. Ill; 

 F'itzpatrick, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 5, p. 156; Manual Fl. Plants 

 of Iowa, p. 122; Barnes, Reppert, and Miller, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. 

 Sciences, Vol. 8, p. 243; Mohr, Plant Life of Alabama, p. 718; Gray, 

 Synop. FL, Vol. 2, Pt. 1, p. 268. 



Pentstemon digitalis (Sweet.) Nutt. 



Chelone digitalis Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2, PI. 120. 1820-27. 

 Pentstemon digitalis ^utt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (11)5: 181. 1833-37. 

 Pentsteynon IcBvigatus var. digitalis A. Gray, Syn. FL 2: Part 1, p. 268. 



1878. 

 Pentstemon Icsvigatum , authors. 



Stem 2 — 5 feet high, glabrous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 usually serrulate; the basal oval or oblong; corolla white, 

 inflated, campanulate, throat open, beardless; sterile fila- 

 ment thinly bearded. 



This species ranges from Maine and New York to Vir- 

 ginia, west to Iowa and Arkansas. The species occurs 

 along borders and in woods and thickets, the flowers open- 

 ing usually in June, but found in the latter part of May 

 and in July, and is rather frequent in eastern Iowa. Nut- 

 tail's type locality is: "Arkansas Territory, in wet woods 

 and prairies; common." 



Specimens in our herbarium are from Johnson and 

 Appanoose counties. Specimens in the State University 

 herbarium from Louisa, Lee, and Lyon counties are 

 referred here. Messrs. Barnes, Reppert, and Miller reported 

 the species from Scott and Muscatine counties. 



Parry, Owen's Report Geol. Sur. Wis., la. & Minn., p 616; Arthur, 

 Contr. Fl. la., p. 22; Shimek, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 5, p. 31; 

 Iowa Geol. Sur., Vol. 10, p. 171; Fitzpatrick, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, 

 Vol. 5, p. 156; Manual Fl. Plants of Iowa, p. 3 22; Barnes, Reppert, and 

 Miller, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sciences, Vol. 8, p. 243. 



