IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 173 



1892. Pamphlet, 29. E. Antony & Son, New Bedford, Mass., 

 1892. A list of almost 500 species and varieties with copious 

 notes and three or four new species described. 



95. Wilson, L. A. An Artificial Key to Lichens. Am. 

 Mo. Mic. Jour. 16: 65-80. Mr 1895. 



THE FLORA OF SOUTHERN IOWA. 



BY T. J. AND M. F. L. FITZPATRICK. 

 II. 



On June 20, 1898, the first writer of this article started over- 

 land from Lamoni to Council Blulfs, in company with Prof. J. 

 T. Pence. The route taken passed through the west side of 

 Decatur county to Hopeville, in the southwest part of Clarke 

 county, thence bearing west to Afton in Union county, on to 

 Creston in the same county. As near as practicable the line of 

 the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway was followed 

 through Adams county, bearing southward with the railway to 

 Villisca and northward to Red Oak in Montgomery county. 

 From Red Oak a nearly northerly direction was taken until into 

 Pottawattamie county, then westward to Wheeler and north- 

 westward to Carson, where the overland trip, as far as this 

 article is concerned, ended. Carson was reached June 24th. 

 The five days of the journey were filled with frequent stops in 

 order to collect by the wayside and from adjoining groves and 

 fields. A week was spent at Carson collecting in the immedi- 

 ate vicinity and in Wheeler 's grove. 



On July 25th, the writer in company with J. P. Anderson, 

 an ex-student of the Nebraska State University, left Lamoni in 

 a covered wagon for an overland trip to Nebraska City, Neb. 

 The route taken beyond Decatur county, was through the 

 southern portions of Ringgold, Taylor, Page and Fremont 

 counties, passing through in succession Caledonia, Redding, 

 Blockton, Bedford, Shambaugh, Coin, Riverton, through the 

 hills west of Riverton and across the valley to Nebraska City, 

 Neb. An entire week was taken for the journey. Material 

 was collected from the waysides and adjoining streams or occa- 

 sionally covering the rougher uplands. From Nebraska City 



