STATE GEOLOGIST. 27 



D. nenioro.sa, L., var. leiocarpa, Lindb.* (D. lutea, Gilib. [DC.]) 



Stearns county, Crtmp?*d{,- nearGlyndon, Gecffifc; Pipestone county, Mrs. Bennett. 

 Rare. North and west. 



D. Caroliniana. Walt. "Whitlow- Grass. 



Frequent southward, extenduig north to Stearns county, Mrs. Blaisdell, and west 

 to Pipestone county, Mrs. Bennett. 



D. Caroliniaua, Walt., var. niicrantha. Gray. 



Common in Iowa, .4 rf/iitr ; doubtless occurring also in Minnesota. 



D. verua, L. Whitlow-Grass. 



Saint Paul, Miss Cathcart. Rare. South. 



ALYSSUM". Tourn. Alyssum. 



A. calycinum, L. Alijssum. 



Minneapolis, Juni, Roberts; Lake City, Miss Manniuo; Nicollet county, Alton. 

 Infrequent. 



VESICARIA, Tourn. Blauder-pod. 



V. Liiuloviciana, DC.f Bladder- pod. 



Red river valley, Scott, determined by Watson ; also, Mississippi river bluffs, Red 

 Wing, Sandherg. West. 



CAMELINA, Crantz. False Flax. 

 C, sativa, Crantz. False Flax. 



Minneapolis, .luni; along railways. Blue Earth counly(introduced in flaxseed), Lei- 

 herg; Emmet county, Iowa (rare), Cratty; Pipestone county, Mrs. Bennett: Red river 

 valley, Dawson. Infrequent. 



SUBUJLARIA, L. Awlwoet. 



S. aquatica, L. Awlworfc. 



Found in about three feet of water, on sandy bottom in Vermilion bay, on Eagle 

 lake, Canadian Pacific railway, Manitoba, near Rainy lake ; abundant both in flower 

 and fruit, Sept 13, 1882, Ftefc/ier, Macottrt. This rare species probably also occurs, and 

 should be looked for, in northern Minnesota. 



CAPSELLA, Vect Shepherd's Purse. 



C. Biirsa-pnstoris, Moench. Shepherd's Purse. 

 A very abundant weed throughout the state. 



*Draba NERiORosA, Jj , var. lkiocarpa, Lindb. Pubescent; stem branching, 

 leafy, 6 to 1.5 inches high, very slender, sometimes branching from the base ; pubescence 

 simple or forked ; leaves oval, cauline ones lanceolate, toothed ; flowers very small, 

 yellow ; petals about twice as long as the calyx ; style none ; silicles oblong-elliptical, 

 rather obtuse, glabrous, about 4 lines long, one-third to one-half the length of the 

 slender spreading pedicels. Porter and Coulter's Flora of Colorado. 



IVesicaria Ludoviciana, DC. Canescent with a stellate pubescence ; stem G to 8 

 inches high, simple, or somewhat branched above; radical leaves spatulate, entire, 

 obtuse, cauline linear : flowers golden yellow; petals obovate ; style slender, longer 

 than the ovary and nearly as long as the obovate, globose, hairy sllicle. Porter and 

 Coulter's Flora of Calorado. 



