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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  ^33 
  

  

  Ulm 
  and 
  Granite 
  Falls, 
  however, 
  it 
  is 
  apparently 
  less 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  than 
  L. 
  pycnostachya, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Gulllake 
  

   and 
  Brainerd 
  it 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  pine 
  barrens 
  

   where 
  L. 
  pycnostachya 
  is 
  rare. 
  L. 
  cylindracea 
  occurs 
  near 
  

   Bramerd, 
  but 
  onl^- 
  two 
  typical 
  plants 
  were 
  found. 
  In 
  this 
  

   region 
  almost 
  every 
  individual 
  of 
  L. 
  cylindracea 
  presents 
  a 
  

   most 
  remarkable 
  divergence 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  

   probable 
  that 
  this 
  pine-barren 
  form 
  is 
  of 
  varietal 
  rank. 
  In 
  

  

  accordance 
  with 
  such 
  belief 
  I 
  present 
  the 
  following- 
  descrip- 
  

   tion: 
  ^ 
  b 
  f 
  

  

  Liatris 
  cylindracea 
  Michx., 
  var. 
  solitaria 
  (n. 
  v.).— 
  Dif- 
  

   ters 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  bushy 
  stem 
  6 
  to 
  

   12 
  inches 
  high, 
  heads 
  somewhat 
  larger, 
  never 
  spiked, 
  but 
  

   sohtary, 
  terminal, 
  erect 
  or 
  nodding. 
  

  

  This 
  remarkable 
  form 
  of 
  L. 
  cylindracea 
  has 
  much 
  more 
  

   the 
  aspect 
  of 
  a 
  pink 
  than 
  of 
  a 
  blazing 
  star. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  

   seen 
  by 
  us 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  pine-barrens 
  around 
  Brainerd. 
  In 
  

   the 
  Upham 
  catalogue 
  I 
  find 
  this 
  note 
  under 
  L. 
  scariosa: 
  "A 
  

   lemarkable 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  bearing 
  the 
  heads 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   ot 
  leafy 
  ascending 
  branches 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  bog 
  near 
  

   ^ankato, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Leiberg." 
  This 
  mav 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  form 
  just 
  

   aescribed, 
  but 
  probabl;^ 
  

  

  ucral 
  scales 
  of 
  L. 
  cylindracea 
  would 
  scarcelv 
  permit 
  of 
  con- 
  

   founding 
  it 
  with 
  L. 
  scariosa. 
  

  

  Grindelia 
  squarrosa 
  Duval. 
  — 
  Hitherto 
  reported 
  only 
  from 
  

  

  »e 
  southwestern 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  Found 
  at 
  Brainerd 
  in 
  

  

  »e 
  pme-barrens. 
  This 
  plant 
  is 
  evidentlv 
  traveling 
  eastward 
  

  

  Jt 
  a 
  rapid 
  rate. 
  It 
  is 
  remarkable 
  to 
  find 
  "it 
  in 
  the 
  heart 
  oi 
  the 
  

  

  Minnesota 
  forest. 
  

  

  I-fiemrU..^ 
  T 
  Reported 
  so 
  far 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  

  

  r-.Mc 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Red 
  River 
  valley, 
  but 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  Pine-barrens 
  about 
  Brainerd 
  and 
  in 
  damp 
  forest 
  opening 
  

   "ear 
  (juH 
  i^ke. 
  

  

  Monotropa 
  Hyfofitys 
  L.— 
  Mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Upham 
  cat- 
  

   Ij^^^J^^ 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  region 
  north 
  of 
  Lake 
  Superior 
  and 
  from 
  

   th^ 
  f- 
  ^^ 
  ^^^ 
  St- 
  Croix. 
  It 
  occurs 
  rather 
  abundantly 
  m 
  

  

  e 
  White 
  pine 
  forests 
  about 
  Irving 
  Chase 
  lake. 
  M. 
  uniflora 
  

   ^^as 
  not 
  seen, 
  

   neaffr^^^ 
  ^«^r//V 
  Decaisne.— 
  Very 
  abundant 
  in 
  a 
  bog 
  

  

  dr 
  the 
  Brainerd 
  cemetery. 
  

   ^ 
  l^y<^^'^(^ria 
  gibba 
  L.— 
  Never 
  before 
  reported 
  from 
  Minn. 
  

   lalcp" 
  ^'"^^^ing 
  in 
  the 
  mud 
  at 
  the 
  waters' 
  edge 
  in 
  Irving 
  Chase 
  

   Both 
  ^"^^^ 
  ^^ 
  t^^'o 
  from 
  shore 
  U. 
  intermedia 
  was 
  noted, 
  

  

  cles 
  ^P^^^^^ 
  ^'^ere 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  average, 
  and 
  the 
  pedun- 
  

   ^^ere 
  commonly 
  but 
  one-flowered. 
  

  

  