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Sciences for 1895, volume 3, enumerates 14 species in his 

 article, "Notes on the Flora of Western Iowa." In his 

 notes on some introduced plants of Iowa in volume 6, Pro- 

 ceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences, p. Ill, he men- 

 tions Ranunculus acris L. and Delphinium consolida L. 



Prof. Shimek in Bulletin Laboratories of Natural History, 

 S.U. I., volume 3, pp. 199-200, 1896, publishes new local- 

 ities for Clematis pitchcri T. & G., Anemone caroliniana 

 Walt., Ranunculus multifidus Pursh, R. rccurvatus Poir., 

 R. septentrionalis Poir., R. repens L., Delphinium azu- 

 reum Mx., D. tricorne Mx., and Isopyrum bitcrnatum T. 

 & G. He also in his Flora of Lyon county published in 

 1900 in volume 10 of the Iowa Geological Survey enumer- 

 ates several species as is noted farther on under their 

 respective names. 



Prof. Fink in his annotated Spermaphyta of the Flora of 

 Fayette, Iowa, published in volume 4, Proceedings of the 

 Iowa Academy of Sciences, lists 26 species. He notes 

 Clematis virginiana L,., five Anemones, A. patens L. var. 

 nuttalliana Gray, A. caroliniana Walt., A. cylindrica 

 Gray, A. pennsylvanica L,., and A. nemorosah., Hepatica 

 acutiloba DC, given as common in woods and with the 

 note that H. triloba Chaix is frequently reported but 

 does not occur, A nemonella thalictroides Spach, Thalictrum 

 dioicumlj., T. purpurascens L,., Ranunculus circinatus 

 Sibth., R. aqztatilisL,. var. trichophyllus Gray, R. mtdtijidus 

 Pursh, R. rkomboideus Goldie, R. abortivus L-, R- 

 fascicularis Muhl., R. septentrionalis Poir., R. hispidus 

 Hook, which is reported for the first time from Iowa with 

 the note that it has probably been confused with R. repens 

 L,. or R. pennsylvanicus L,. f • , Isopyrum biternatum T. & G. , 

 Caltha palustris L., Aquilegia canadensis L-, Delphinium 

 exaltatum Ait. [probably an error], D. ajacis L., new to 

 Iowa, Actaea spicata L. var. rubra Ait., A. alba Bigelow, 

 and Hydrastis canadensis L. 



T. J. and M. F. L. Fitzpatrick published in the Pro- 



