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Walt. Mississippi river bank, Davenport and Rock Island. 

 Anemone virginiana L. Woods of Iowa. Delphinium 

 azureum Mx. A characteristic larkspur, growing on sandy 

 ridges or high prairies, Iowa and Illinois. Actaea rubra 

 Willd. Woods and copses, Iowa. Actaea alba Bigelow. 

 With the preceding." A total of six species of which five 

 are readily confirmed. As the home of Dr. Parry was in 

 Davenport we have referred for various reasons all his 

 Iowa species to Scott county. 



Prof. Bessey in his Contributions to the Flora of Iowa 

 published in the Fourth Biennial report of the Iowa Agri- 

 cultural College, 1872, pp. 90 and 91, gives a list of 31 

 crowfoots. Prof. Bessey used the nomenclature of the 5th 

 edition of Gray's Manual. The list is quite long for the 

 time when made, Iowa botany being then in its infancy. 

 The list was made from personal work and expanded by 

 contributed lists by Prof. Carpenter of Indianola, Prof. 

 McLain of Fayette, Prof. Parker of Grinnell, and Rev. 

 Isaiah Reid of Nevada who had collected plants around 

 Burlington, Iowa. No doubt some mistakes were made by 

 the use of this method as would naturally be the case. 

 Clematis viorna L. is given but it is probable that C. 

 pitchcri T. & G. is the species considered. Anemone mnl- 

 tifida DC. is probably a blunder. Hepatica triloba Chaix 

 is said to occur at Fayette and Burlington. It seems not 

 to have been found at Fayette by subsequent botanists and 

 its occurrence at Burlington was probably on the Illi- 

 nois side of the river. Thalictrum cornuti L. (T. polyga- 

 mum L/.) while it has been reported by others is doubtless 

 a mistake. Delphinium exaltatum Ait. is said to occur at 

 Grinnell but no doubt an error was made and that some 

 form of D. azureum Mx. was examined. All other species 

 mentioned have been confirmed. 



Prof. Arthur in his Contributions to the Flora of Iowa, a 

 catalogue of Phenogamous plants published in 1876 by the 

 Iowa Centennial Commission, lists 38 species of the family. 



