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  BOTAMCxVL 
  GAZETTE, 
  [November, 
  

  

  r 
  

  

  Thosefound 
  in 
  Minnesota 
  were 
  in 
  pools 
  and 
  ditches 
  along 
  

   the 
  railroad, 
  lirst 
  seen 
  about 
  ten 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Tower, 
  and 
  

   then 
  in 
  running 
  water 
  nearer 
  the 
  town. 
  Once 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  

   a 
  streamlet 
  b)- 
  a 
  wood's 
  path 
  between 
  the 
  village 
  and 
  the 
  iron 
  

   mmes, 
  where 
  the 
  w^ater 
  had 
  quite 
  a 
  current. 
  Macoun 
  also 
  

   mentions 
  its 
  growth 
  in 
  flowing 
  water. 
  It 
  has 
  but 
  little 
  resem- 
  

   bhmce 
  to 
  the 
  common 
  marsh 
  marigold, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  

   of 
  the 
  leaves. 
  These 
  are 
  much 
  smaller 
  and 
  rest 
  upon 
  the 
  

   water, 
  borne 
  on 
  petioles 
  of 
  varying 
  length. 
  The 
  stem 
  creeps 
  

   in 
  the 
  ooze 
  of 
  the 
  bottom, 
  sending 
  out 
  roots 
  from 
  the 
  nodes, 
  

   the 
  Upper 
  part 
  floating. 
  It 
  has 
  inconspicuous 
  flowers, 
  a 
  third 
  

   of 
  an 
  mch 
  across, 
  commonly 
  two 
  on 
  a 
  forked 
  peduncle. 
  

   Iheu- 
  color 
  is 
  pale 
  pink. 
  None 
  were 
  seen 
  purely 
  white. 
  

   1 
  he 
  anthers 
  were 
  also 
  tinged 
  with 
  pink. 
  Pursh 
  (Flora, 
  390, 
  

   under 
  C. 
  flabellifolia) 
  savs 
  that 
  the 
  flow^ers 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Pallas 
  in 
  eastern 
  Siberia, 
  which 
  he 
  saw 
  in 
  Herb. 
  

   J-ambert, 
  were 
  "white 
  with 
  a 
  tinge 
  of 
  red." 
  The 
  head 
  of 
  

  

  ■,l^\^ 
  r°n"^'^^'' 
  ^^''^^f 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter, 
  composed 
  of 
  20-30 
  

   -pitted 
  lolhcles. 
  The 
  stations 
  for 
  this 
  plant 
  mentioned 
  in 
  

   Macoun 
  s 
  catalogue 
  are 
  several 
  hundred 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  north- 
  

   west, 
  at 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Saskatchewan 
  and 
  Athabasca 
  

   iiveis, 
  J-eace 
  river 
  tributaries 
  and 
  .Methy 
  river, 
  near 
  Methy 
  

   r-oitage. 
  1 
  he 
  latter 
  is 
  in 
  latitude 
  S7°, 
  or 
  about 
  900 
  miles 
  

   11 
  om 
  Tower. 
  On 
  the 
  authoritv 
  of 
  Hooker 
  he 
  gives 
  it 
  as 
  

  

  tn 
  w-?"f 
  'I'o^^ 
  ^^"^^"^1 
  districts 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  provinces 
  

   to 
  latitude 
  60, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  question 
  mark 
  after 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   provinces. 
  Tower 
  is 
  in 
  latitude 
  48°. 
  

  

  Leo-o- 
  t. 
  J 
  Lechea 
  seen 
  was 
  one 
  called 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  

   m/nt.i 
  ^^ 
  ^^^'^" 
  special 
  attention 
  to 
  these 
  plants, 
  X. 
  

  

  thoZ,\:^'f'' 
  ^'^''- 
  '^''''^''- 
  It 
  g^o^vs 
  on 
  sandy 
  hills, 
  especially 
  

   wherP 
  rr 
  ^ 
  ''°''^'^^ 
  ''''^^' 
  Pi""s 
  Banksiana 
  and 
  P. 
  resinosa, 
  

   Td 
  Ipi 
  ^'°T'^ 
  '' 
  "^t 
  too 
  much 
  shaded 
  and 
  on 
  rocky 
  ailh 
  

   whirhf 
  '"''^^'rf 
  *^^^" 
  covering 
  of 
  soil, 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  one 
  

   To 
  we; 
  I'/P''. 
  ^^^^^ 
  the 
  highest 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   in 
  88; 
  LT'^ir^ 
  common. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  form 
  as 
  was 
  found 
  

   tiominepV 
  ^^.^^hern 
  Peninsula 
  of 
  Michigan 
  in 
  the 
  f- 
  

   Sie 
  mo' 
  "r 
  '^^^^"' 
  Showing 
  in 
  light, 
  sand/soil. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  

   cZtLJ^''t'^' 
  ^^""^'^^ 
  a^-o^^nd 
  Chicago, 
  unless 
  we 
  ex- 
  

   Illinois* 
  I?-'' 
  ^^"'^•' 
  '-^"d 
  is 
  found 
  elsewhei'e 
  in 
  norther 
  

   Manual 
  thV 
  T^ 
  ^"''"^^^ 
  ^^"etal 
  distinction 
  in 
  the 
  revised 
  

   eral 
  ch 
  ' 
  nT^ 
  ''"^ 
  "^'^'"^^^ 
  ^"^ 
  e^^^^^y 
  recognized 
  by 
  sev 
  

   pre 
  sed 
  b' 
  !'i' 
  "' 
  ''' 
  ^^"^^ 
  mode 
  of 
  growth, 
  numerous 
  ap- 
  

  

  habi 
  of 
  sendin'' 
  '^^^"^^^^ 
  ^^^'^^'^^ 
  with 
  fruit, 
  its 
  comm 
  

  

  sending 
  up 
  several 
  stems 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  root, 
  its 
  

  

  