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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [J^tie, 
  

  

  r 
  

  

  two 
  feet 
  long, 
  but 
  the 
  northern 
  plant 
  grew 
  nearl}- 
  or 
  quite 
  

   erect, 
  with 
  a 
  stem 
  but 
  two 
  to 
  six 
  inches 
  high, 
  and 
  the 
  flower 
  

   so 
  near 
  the 
  ground 
  as 
  seemingly 
  to 
  rest 
  upon 
  it. 
  The 
  effect 
  

   was 
  verj' 
  pleasing 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  massed, 
  as 
  they 
  some- 
  

   times 
  were, 
  especially 
  on 
  dry 
  knolls 
  in 
  the 
  newly"^ 
  cleared 
  

   fields, 
  the 
  ground 
  being 
  spangled 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  blossoms 
  

   so 
  much 
  more 
  prominent 
  than 
  the 
  stems. 
  

  

  The 
  Virginian 
  Lungwort 
  further 
  south 
  seems 
  here 
  to 
  be 
  

   replaced 
  by 
  Mertensia 
  -paniadata 
  Don., 
  near 
  enough 
  like 
  it 
  

   to 
  be 
  at 
  once 
  recognized 
  as 
  a 
  Mertensia, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  look 
  a 
  

   little 
  unfamiliar. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  smooth 
  plant, 
  and 
  is 
  more 
  

   . 
  slender 
  than 
  M. 
  Virginica, 
  with 
  ribbed 
  leaves 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  

   pattern, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  pale-green, 
  sleek 
  appearance. 
  

   It 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  rocky 
  woods 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  

   abundant. 
  

  

  Hieracmm 
  scabrnm 
  frequently 
  had 
  a 
  character 
  which 
  

   somewhat 
  belied 
  its 
  specific 
  name, 
  the 
  leaves 
  being 
  quite 
  

   sniooth 
  and 
  the 
  stem 
  mainly 
  so 
  except 
  the 
  dark 
  glandular 
  

   bristles 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  flowers. 
  It 
  w^as 
  of 
  a 
  stout 
  

   form, 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  two 
  high, 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  open 
  grounds 
  

   and 
  open 
  woods. 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  first 
  at 
  Humboldt, 
  and 
  after- 
  

   ward 
  at 
  Negaunee 
  and 
  Marquette, 
  always 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  dry, 
  

   open 
  localities. 
  '^ 
  

  

  Krigia 
  amflexicmdis 
  Nutt. 
  {Cynthia 
  Virginica 
  Don.) 
  

   was 
  common 
  in 
  damp 
  ground, 
  sometimes 
  taking 
  to 
  the 
  hum- 
  

   mocks 
  in 
  the 
  bogs, 
  and 
  it 
  occasionally 
  had 
  lower 
  leaves 
  Iv- 
  

   rately 
  pinnatifid. 
  It 
  affects 
  much 
  dryer 
  situations 
  in 
  the 
  

   prames 
  and 
  sands 
  about 
  Chicago, 
  where 
  it 
  may 
  sometimes 
  

   be 
  found 
  m 
  company 
  with 
  K. 
  Virginica. 
  

  

  13ut 
  one 
  more 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Compositaj 
  needs 
  be 
  men- 
  

   tioned, 
  an 
  anomalous 
  form 
  of 
  that 
  '' 
  most 
  polymorphous 
  spe- 
  

   cies, 
  benecio 
  aureus. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  rayless 
  form 
  of 
  an 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  nearly 
  typical 
  plant. 
  In 
  some 
  respects 
  it 
  resembled 
  

   the 
  var 
  boreaJis 
  Torr. 
  & 
  Gray, 
  of 
  British 
  America 
  and 
  some 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  Rock 
  V 
  a 
  nrl 
  ^\^J^^ 
  xt„.._ 
  •, 
  t*^ 
  . 
  • 
  . 
  i.,,f;fis 
  

  

  Nevada 
  Mount 
  

  

  n 
  t 
  n 
  V 
  ^^"^;"J 
  "^^"^ 
  oierra 
  i^evada 
  Mountains, 
  uul^^- 
  

   a 
  taller 
  plant^nd 
  with 
  the 
  stem 
  leaves 
  divided 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  co^ 
  

  

  ^,rnl 
  K 
  * 
  }'^ 
  "-'^^^^^^ 
  ^^'^^'^« 
  ^^e 
  thick, 
  almost 
  succulent, 
  

   purple 
  beneath, 
  spatulate 
  and 
  serrate 
  with 
  long 
  petioles. 
  I^ 
  

   IS 
  a 
  Pron^inent 
  plant 
  in 
  open 
  grassy 
  spots 
  of 
  peat 
  bogs, 
  iro^ 
  

   the 
  r.i 
  rnn^^ 
  I 
  ^"^^ 
  ^^^' 
  ^^^^h' 
  ^^^^ 
  was 
  mainly 
  founii 
  alon 
  

   MichiJi^ 
  V 
  ^T^ 
  ^^'^^^^ 
  f^O"^ 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  of 
  Lak 
  

   seen 
  fC"l^ 
  '"^ 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  Humboldt, 
  and 
  was 
  no 
  

  

  cvr^ose 
  rtT; 
  ^5" 
  ^^^^^^ 
  ^'^ 
  numerous, 
  corymbose, 
  

   C} 
  mose-umbellate, 
  of 
  a 
  saffron 
  or 
  orange 
  color, 
  and 
  all 
  that 
  

  

  