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ties; Professor Fink from Fayette county; Messrs. Nagel 

 and Haupt from Scott county; and Mr. Mills, by note, 

 from Henry county. 



Prof. Bessey, in commenting on the Poweshiek locality, 

 says: "At the latter place Professor Parker describes it as 

 having a stem four-angled; two opposite sides convex, the 

 other two equally, concave." 



Arthur, Contr. Fl. la., p. 2'i; Nagel and Haupt, Proc. Davenport Acad. 

 Nat. Sciences, Vol. 1, p. 160; Hitchcock, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Science, 

 Vol. 5, p. 511; Gray, Synop. Fl., Vol. 2, Pt. 1, p. 276; Pammel, Proc. 

 Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 3, p. 127; Plant World, Vol. 2, p. 183; Fink, 

 Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 4, p. 97; Bessey, Fourth Bieu. Rep. Agr. 

 Col., p. Ill; Halsted. Bull. State Col. Agr., Feb., 1888, p. 108; Fitzpat- 

 rick, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 5, p. 124, and p. 157; Vol. 6, p. 192; 

 Manual Fl. Plants of Iowa, p. 123; Rigg. Notes on the Flora of Calhoun 

 county, p. 22; Shimek, Iowa Geol. Sur., Vol. 10, p. 178; Barnes, Reppert, 

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



MiMULUs ALATUS Solauder in Alton Hort. Kew. 2:361. 1789. 



Perennial, glabrous; stem narrowly winged at the 

 angles; leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acumin- 

 ate, conspicuously serrate, margined-petioled; peduncle 

 shorter than the calyx; corolla violet. 



This species ranges from Iowa to Coi}necticut, south to 

 Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. The species occurs within 

 our limits only in southern Iowa, where it may be found 

 in damp soil along wooded streams or bogs; blooming 

 from June until September, and frequent in occurrence. 

 Type locality: "Native of North America." 



Specimens in our collection are from Appanoose and 

 Decatur counties. 



Fitzpatrick, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 5, p 157; Vol. 6, p. 192; 

 Manual Fl. Plants of Iowa, p. 123. 



MiMULUs jAMESii T. d' G.; Beuth. in D'. C. Prodr. 10:371. 

 1846. 



Perennial by stolons; stem spreading, diffuse, rooting, 

 smooth; leaves roundish, obscurely serrate, sessile or peti- 

 oled, palmately veined, calyx ovate, oblique, upper tooth 

 longest, inflated in fruit; corolla yellow, lower lip bearded, 

 throat open. 



