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After weighiug the matter carefully, I should say that the meridian that 

 is six hours west from Greenwich will be most likely to be couveuient for 

 general use in Kansas. While the differences between this and true local 

 times are larger than for any other meridian, the fact that its use would 

 connect us with the whole Mississippi valley, bears strongly in its favor. 



BOTANICAL ADDENDA FOR 1881 AND 1882. 



BY PKOF. J. n. CARRUTH, LAWRENCE. 



Since my last report, two of my botanical correspondents, for whom I had 

 a high regard, have been called away : Mrs. E. C. Jewell, of Irving, Kas., 

 and Mr. Elihu Hall, of Illinois. 



In my last report, I inadvertently put Coniosellnum for ConocUnium. I 

 have learned that Gaura mollis and Gaura j)arvlflora are the same. Trillium 

 ereetum, in my last report, proves to be T. sessile L. 



At the meeting of the State Horticultural Society in 1879, the delegates 

 from twenty-one counties reported white ash, Fraxiaus Americana. At the 

 meeting the next year, some members maintained that the green ash had 

 been mistaken for white ash, and that we had no white ash. A careful 

 and extensive examination the season past has satisfied me that we have 

 white ash. 



The additions now made are but few. The field has been reaped, and 

 henceforth I can only give the gleanings. Of one package sent away last 

 spring for examination, I have no returns. In August last I visited Lyon, 

 Morris, Greenwood, Sumner, Rice, Stafford and Barton counties, and though 

 I became better acquainted with many plants, I found but few new ones. 

 Mr. Plank, of Independence, has made a thorough survey of Montgomery 

 county, but his collection has not been thoroughly examined. Mr. E. Bar- 

 tholomew, of Rockport, Rooks county, has explored that county the past 

 season, and sent me his doubtful specimens. The few that I cannot determine, 

 I cannot send away and get returns from for this report. Dr. J. H. Oyster, 

 of Paola, has also sent a few. 

 1438 Cdrdamine hirsuta L. Lawrence; found by students. 



1439. Solea concolor Ging. Reported from La Cygne. 



1440. ^Esculus parvillara Walt. Independence. 



1441. Lathyrus pusillus Ell. Ind. 



1442. Lespedeza procumbens Mx. Not before distinguished from L. repens. 



1443. Psoralea lanceolata Ph. Rooks county. 



1444. Crotallaria ovalis Ph. Ind. 



1445. Melilotus officinalis Willd. Emporia and Topeka. 



1446. Ludwigia arcuata Walt. Ind. 



1447. O'^nothera rhonibipetala Nutt. Rooks county. 



1448. Paesiflora incarnata L. Ind. 



