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APPENDIX. 



Since the date of the acknowledgments made on page 10, con- 

 tributions to this catalogue have been received from Mrs. C. L. 

 Herrick, of Minneapolis; Mr. A. W. Jones, of the state university; 

 Mr. W. H. Kelley, of Saint Paul; and Mr. 0. W. Oestlund, of Min- 

 neapolis. Three varieties of grasses, described by Dr. Vasey, are 

 first published, with his permission, on pages 161 and 172. Mr. 

 Kelley also supplied a copy of notes on the " Botany of Winona 

 county," by J. C. Norton, M. D,, printed in the Winona Bepiih- 

 lican, July 14 to Sept. 22, 1857, including a list of 211 species. 

 Several of these are accessions to the foregoing catalogue, while 

 for other species their known geographic range in this state is ex- 

 tended. Items from this source, and others sent by correspond- 

 ents too late for insertion in their regular places, are as follows: 



Nasturtium obtusum, Nutt. Water- Cress. 



Winona county, Norton; Minnehaha falls, Miss Butler. South. 



•Cardamine rotuntli folia, Michx. (Including C. rhomboidea, var. purpurea, 

 Torr.) Mountain Water-Cress, 

 Winona county, Norton. Infrequent. 



Arabis petraea, Lam. Rock Cress. 



Winona couuty, Norton. [Ranging from southern Michigan to the shores of lake 

 -Superior, Isle Royale, and far northward] 



Hypericum perforatum, h. Common St. John^s-tcort. 

 "Winona county, Norton. Infrequent. South, 



Stellaria uliginosa, Murr. Swamp Stitchwort. 



Fond du Lac, at west end of lake Superior, Mrs. Herrick. North. 



■Cassia Marylandica, L. Wild Senna. 

 Winona county, Norton. Infrequent. South. 



Cassia nictitans, L. Wild Sensitive-Plant. 

 Lily lake, Stillwater, JMtssUw(?er. Hare. South. 



j\.MMANNIA huniilis, Michx, Ammannia. 

 Lake City, GibsoTi. Infrequent. South. 



Cornus florida, L. Flowering Dogwood. 



Upper Mississippi river, Garrison; northern Minnesota, Sargent's Catalogue of the 

 Forest Trees of N. A.; 'Ra.msey county, Winchell. Rare. South. 



liepachys columnaris, Torr. & Gray, var. pulcherrinia, Torr. & Gray. 

 Lepachys. 

 Red river valley near Saint Vincent, Scott. West. [Differs only in having a part 

 or even the whole upper face of the ray brown-purple ; varies southward into more 

 slender and branching forms, some with rays reduced to a quarter-inch. Gray's Syn- 

 •optical Flora of N.A.] 



■Quercus nigra, L, Black Jack or Barren Oak, 



Southern Minnesota, Sargent's Catalogue of the Forest Trees of N. A. 



