68 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



Chisago county (plentiful), Upham, lake Pepin, Miss Manning, Blue Earth county, 

 Leiherg, and the Upper Minnesota river, Parry. 



H. purpurea, L., var. ciliolata, Gray. Houstonia. 



Stearns county, Campbell. [Walhalla, northeastern Dakota, Scott.} 



VALERIANACE^. Valerian Family. 



VALERIANA, Tourc. Valerian. 



V. edulis, Nutt. Valerian. 



Upper Mississippi river, Pairy; Minneapolis, Robei-ts; lake Pepin, Miss Manning'^ 

 Faribault, Jifi8sBea?i6; Winona county, Holzinger; Fillmore county, ifrs. Career; Steele 

 county (frequent), Upham. 



LV. sylvatica. Banks, probably also occurs northward.] 



VALERIANELLA, Tourn. (Fedia, Gsertn.) Corn Salad- 



Lamb Lettuce. 



V. clienopodifolia, UC. (F. Fagopyrum, Toir. & Gray.) Corn Salad. 

 Lamb Lettuce. 

 Lake Pepin, Miss Manning ; eastern Rice county (common), Upham. Southeast. 



V. racliata, Dufresne. (F. radiata, Michx.) Corn Salad. Lamb Lettuce. 

 Lapham. Cannon River Falls, Zilaft-e,Sandber(/. Rare, Southeast. 



DIPSACE^. Teasel Family. 



DIPSACUS, Tourn. Teasel. 



D. sylvestrist Mill. Wild Teasel. 



Lake Pepin, Miss Manning, Infrequent. 



COMPOSITJE. Composite Family. 



VERNONIA, Schreb. Iron-weed. 



V. Noveboracensis, Willd. L-on-weed. 



Upper Mississippi river, Hougf7i£o/i; Hennepin county, Hcrrick; St. Paul, JTeJlej/; 

 Blue Earth county, Lciberg, Southeast. 



V. fasciculata, Michx. Iron-weed. 



Common through the south half of the state and in the Red river valley, Upham. 



LIATRIS, Schreb. Button Snakeroot. Blazinq-Stab. Gay 

 Feather. 



li. squarrosa, Willd. Blazing-Star. 



Common through the south part of the state ; extending.uorth to the upper Missis- 

 sippi river, Garrison. 



[L. squarrosa, Willd., var. iutermedia. DC. (heads narrow ; bracts of the involucre 

 erect or little spreading, less prolonged), probably also occurs in this state, according 

 to Gray's Synoptical Flora of N. A.] 



