﻿Nor 
  

  

  l6o 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [J^l^' 
  

  

  fava 
  var. 
  viridula 
  Bailey, 
  that 
  is 
  common 
  further 
  south, 
  and 
  

   very 
  abundant 
  in 
  wet 
  sands 
  near 
  Chicago. 
  Collections 
  at 
  

   the 
  toot 
  of 
  Lake 
  Michigan 
  at 
  Petoskey 
  and 
  Escanaba 
  are 
  of 
  

   the 
  type, 
  those 
  about 
  Chicago 
  of 
  the 
  variet\% 
  

   ported 
  from 
  this 
  vicinity 
  by 
  others. 
  Some 
  from 
  Calumet 
  

   were 
  of 
  a 
  mixed 
  character, 
  though 
  referable 
  to 
  the 
  type. 
  

   They 
  sustained 
  the 
  reduction 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  C. 
  CEderi 
  to 
  a 
  

   variety, 
  for 
  otherwise 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  easy 
  to 
  place 
  

   these 
  with 
  satisfaction. 
  

  

  Of 
  other 
  sedges 
  notice 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  oi 
  Scirfiis 
  folyphylhi 
  

   VahL, 
  which 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  find'here. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  far 
  north 
  for 
  

   the 
  species, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  looked 
  upon 
  as 
  rare. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  

   at 
  Champion. 
  Eriofhorinn 
  cyferiuum 
  L. 
  of 
  the 
  typical 
  form, 
  

   its 
  spikes 
  clustered 
  in 
  heads, 
  grew 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  _ 
  I 
  

   do 
  not 
  iind 
  it 
  so 
  often 
  as 
  the 
  forms 
  with 
  drooping 
  rays, 
  which 
  

   are 
  the 
  common 
  ones. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  grasses 
  gathered 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  

   Champion 
  deserve 
  mention. 
  Pda 
  debilis 
  Torr. 
  grewintufts 
  

   in 
  dry 
  open 
  woods, 
  its 
  stems 
  very 
  slender 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  indi- 
  

   cates, 
  but 
  the 
  flowers 
  acute 
  rather 
  than 
  obtuse 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  

   described 
  to 
  be. 
  Danthonia 
  sficata 
  Beauv. 
  was 
  common 
  in 
  

   the 
  sterile 
  soil 
  along 
  the 
  " 
  Granite 
  Range 
  ;" 
  and 
  in 
  wettish 
  

   ground 
  a 
  diminished 
  form 
  of 
  Bromus 
  ciliatus, 
  but 
  fifteen 
  

   inches 
  to 
  two 
  feet 
  high. 
  China 
  fendula 
  Trin. 
  was 
  seen 
  in 
  

  

  ^]^/- 
  ^.^^"^^^"^ 
  o^ 
  ^^"^P 
  woods 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  damp 
  upland 
  woods 
  

   Mtllmm 
  effiisum 
  L. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Avena 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  '^^ 
  

  

  the 
  

  

  cold 
  woods 
  that 
  do 
  not 
  accord 
  well 
  with 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   species 
  ot 
  our 
  northern 
  borders, 
  a 
  smooth 
  slender 
  plant 
  from 
  

   a 
  foot 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  to 
  nearlv 
  three 
  feet 
  high, 
  the 
  radical 
  leaves 
  

   from 
  6-12 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  but 
  a 
  hne 
  or 
  tw^o 
  wide. 
  The 
  

   ^himes 
  have 
  more 
  nerves 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  A. 
  striata 
  or 
  A. 
  

  

  mithii, 
  varying 
  from 
  three 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  to 
  thirteen 
  in 
  the 
  

   nowenng. 
  

  

  Ten 
  days 
  of 
  my 
  time 
  were 
  spent 
  at 
  Marquette. 
  This 
  is 
  

   the 
  port 
  from 
  which 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  iron 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  is 
  shipped- 
  

   for 
  which 
  it 
  affords 
  excellent 
  facilities 
  in 
  its 
  long 
  docks 
  dmvn 
  

  

  o 
  which 
  the 
  cars 
  descend 
  from 
  the 
  surrounding 
  hills. 
  It 
  is 
  

   the 
  finest 
  town 
  in 
  the 
  Northern 
  Peninsula, 
  and 
  a 
  pleasant 
  

   place 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  pass 
  the 
  summer 
  months. 
  Bold,^rock> 
  

   mils 
  are 
  close 
  by 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  east, 
  the 
  ledges 
  of 
  which 
  

   come 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  and 
  from 
  whose 
  tops 
  

   may 
  be 
  obtained 
  extensive 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country- 
  

  

  he 
  low 
  Huron 
  mountains 
  being 
  in 
  sight 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  

   ^^est. 
  Here 
  the 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  Iron 
  Group 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Lauren- 
  

  

  