158 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF KANSAS. 
BY B. B. SMYTH, TOPEKA. 
Much in a botanical line has been done (by others) in the past two years. The 
writer has done some original work, though not so much as usual. Opportunity 
has been given for ‘an additional trip to the southwest, and much uncertainty 
verified. A trip has also been taken through the counties from Russell to Wal- 
lace, with side trips into Thomas and Sheridan counties; and several weeks 
spent in collecting in those counties. Professor Hitchcock has taken several 
trips into southeastern and southern Kansas, and has studied pretty thoroughly 
those regions. He has kindly given me a part of the results of his labors. Mr. 
Bartholomew has, as usual, worked assiduously in his line of microscopic fungi, 
and has sent me the results of hislabors. Several new species are here described 
for the first time. The writer has also determined several species that have lain 
in his herbarium for several years, the results of former trips to the northwest 
and southwest. More remains to be told. 
A new catalogue of the flora of the state is greatly needed. So many of the 
plants of the state have been reported under erroneous names, and under various 
names, and nomenclature is in such a confused and chaotic condition, that it is 
difficult to tell, when one sees a new name reported from Kansas, whether it isa 
new plant or merely a new name for an old and familiar one. So that no attempt 
is made this time to say how many species of plants there are now in the state, 
after adding the present list. The number of species is probably not increased 
from the number given two years ago, namely: Flowering plants, 1997; crypto- 
gamic plants of all kinds, 1027; total, 3024. 
Species marked (H) have been found by Professor Hitchcock; species 
marked (B) are reported by Mr. Bartholomew. 
FLOWERING PLANTS, 
POLYPETALOUS EXOGENS, 
1. Ranunculus acris L. Tall buttercup. Riley and Clay counties. (H) 
2, Ranunculus divaricatus Schrank. Phillips and Logan counties. In state 
herbarium. 
3. Ranunculus missouriensis Greene. Missouri buttercup. McPherson 
county, in Lake Inman. 
4. Ranunculus pennsylvanicus L. f. Bristly buttercup. McPherson county. 
(H) 
5. Ranunculus sceleratus L. Ditch crowfoot. Wet places near Arkansas 
river, at Garden City. 
6. Ranunculus septentrionalis Poir. Marsh buttercup. Wyandotte and 
Cherokee counties. (H) 
7. Corydalis crystallina Eng. Spangle-pod. Southeast Kansas. (H) 
8. Corydalis curvisiliqua Eng. Curve-pod corydalis. Cherokee and Chau- 
tauqua counties. (H) 
9. Arabis glabra Bernh. Tower mustard. Topeka; occasional in suburban 
streets. 
10. Arabis hirsuta Scop. Hairy rock-cress. Riley and Clay counties. (H) 
11. Arabis ludoviciana Meyer. Western rock-cress. Cherokee county. (H) 
12. Camelina microcarpa Andrz. Slender false-flax. In waste places, about 
barns, etc.; introduced. 
