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leaflets sharply cleft and toothed ; flowers in an ovate 

 raceme; sepals 5, white, deciduous ; petals 4-10, spatulate, 

 shorter than the numerous stamens ; pistil 1 ; berry red, 

 globular, many-seeded, pedicels slender. Actaea spicatci 

 var. rubra Ait. Hort. Kew., vol. 2, p. 221, 1788. Actaea 

 rubra Willd. Enum., p. 561, 1809. 



We have two fruiting specimens from Winneshiek county 

 and have referred here flowering specimens from Fayette, 

 Johnson, and Shelby counties. The State University herb- 

 arium has specimens referred here from Emmet, Story, 

 Winnebago, and Pottawattamie counties. Prof. Pammel 

 reports the species from Woodbury county and Dr. Parry 

 reports it from Scott county. 



Parry, in Owen's Rep. Geol. Sur. Wis., Iowa, and Minn., p. 609, 1852; 

 Arthur, Contr. to the Flora of Iowa, p. 6, 1876, where it is written 

 Actaea spicata L. var. rubra Mx., as it is given in the 5th edition of 

 Gray's Manual; Hitchcock, Trans. St. Eouis Acad, of Science, vol. 5, p. 

 483; Pammel, Proc. Iowa Acad, of Sciences, vol. 3, p. Ill; Fink, Proc. 

 Iowa Acad, of Sciences, vol. 4, p. 83; Fitzpatrick, Proc. Iowa Acad, of 

 Sciences, vol. 5, p. 108 and p. 135; Manual of the Flowering Plants of 

 Iowa, p. 6; MacMillan, Met. Minn. Valley, p. 233. 



Actaea alba (L.) Mill. White Baneberry. 



This species which is of frequent occurrence in our woods 

 is distinguished from the preceding by its oblong raceme, 

 slender petals, thickened fruiting pedicels, and white ber- 

 ries. Actaea spicata var. alba L,. Sp. PL, p. 504, 1753. 

 Actaea alba Mill. Gard. Diet., ed. 8, no. 2, 1768. Actaea 

 alba Bigelow, as it is given in the 5th and 6th editions of 

 Gray's Manual. 



Our collection comprises good specimens from Winne- 

 shiek, Muscatine, Johnson, Jefferson, and Decatur coun- 

 ties. The State University herbarium has specimens from 

 Winnebago and Emmet counties. Prof. Fink reports the 

 species from Fayette county; Dr. Parry and Messrs. Nagel 

 and Haupt report it from Scott county; Prof. Bessey from 

 Story and Floyd counties; Mr. Mills by letter from Henry 



