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locality Prof. Wood says: "I detected this delicate species 

 in July, 1846, in Greene county, la." 



We have no Iowa specimens of this species. Prof. Wood 

 reported the species from Greene county as above noted 

 and Prof. Arthur includes the species in his catalogue 

 under the name of (ierardia setacea Walt. 



Wood, Classbook, p. 408; Arthur, Contr. Flora of Iowa, p. 23; Britton 

 and Brown, Ills. FL, Vol. 3, p. 177; Gray, Synop. Fl., Vol. 2, Pt. 1, p. 

 294; Mohr, Plant Life of Alabama, p. 727. 



Gerardia aitriculata Mich.c. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:20. 1803. 



Rough-hairy; stem 1 — 2 feet high, simple or branched 

 above; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 sessile, entire, many with an oblong or lanceolate lobe on 

 one side at the base; flowers solitary, sessile, purple. 



This species ranges from Pennsylvania to Minnesota, 

 south to North Carolina and Kansas, preferring moist 

 prairie soil, and blooming from July until the close of Sep- 

 tember. Type locality: "Hab. in pratis regionis Illinoen- 

 sis." In Iowa the species is frequent. 



Specimens in our collection are from Johnson and 

 Decatur counties. The State University herbarium has a 

 specimen from Henry county. Prof. Bessey reported the 

 species from Story and Poweshiek counties; Prof. Fink 

 from Fayette county; Messrs. Nagel and Haupt from Scott 

 county; Messrs. Barnes, Reppert, and Miller from Musca- 

 tine county, and Prof. Upham from Emmet county. 



Arthur, Contr. Fl. la., p. 23; Nagel and Haupt, Proc. Davenport Acad. 

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

 Vol. 5, p. 511; Bessey, Fourth Bien. Rep. Agr. Col., p. 112; Halsted, 

 Bull. State Agr. Col., JNov. , 1886, p. 52; Fitzpatrick, Proc. Iowa Acad. 

 Sciences, Vol. 5, p. 157; Manual Fl. Plants of Iowa, p. 126; Upham, Flora 

 of Minn , p. 101; Barnes, Reppert, and Miller, Proc. Davenport Acad. 

 Sciences. Vol. 8, p. 244. 



AFZELIA J. G. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2:927. 1796. 



[Seymeria Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:736. 1814.] 



